My travel season has started.  This week I am visiting beautiful Bend Oregon.  I had to spend time in 3 airports getting here.  I love to people watch in airports.

The Minneapolis airport had a few great long hair sightings.  There was a young Asian girl (maybe 10) with hair to her knees.  It was blunt cut, so you know it could have been longer.  It looked in great condition.  Her mother had classic length hair.  Asian hair always looks so nice!

There was a middle aged woman with waist length dark blonde hair that had lots of shine.  I complimented her on her hair, after thanking me she admited she had spotted my bun and was curious how long my hair was and how I put it up.  So I showed her, and helped her do the same with her hair.  I gave her a card for LongLocks, so I hope she shows up here.  Joan - if you see this - say hi!

In Portland, I had only 45 minutes, but still saw some great hair.  The best was on a young man (25 maybe).  He could have been my hair twin (minus the grey).  His hair was in a french braid which as almost to his waist.  He was on the phone the whole time, so I did not have a chance to talk with him.

I did talk with an older lady with "to die for" silver hair half way down her back.  She was definately an "outdoors" woman with a ruddy face, trim body, simple but functional clothes.  She said she enjoys hiking and camping, and does as least one white water rafting trip a year (she admited to being over 55 but would not say exactly how old she was!).  She had her hair pulled back into a beautiful silver and torquoise barrette.  Unfortunately she spends so much time outdoors she has not yet discovered the internet, so I don't think we can benefit from her experiences.

There was also a young gal with mid back Asian type hair with red coloring (sorry - I'm so out of it, I have no idea what you gals call that).  It was very striking on her.  I didn't have a chance to talk with her as she boarded her plane while I was talking with someone else.

When I arrived at the Redmond OR airport, I had to hang around while they tried to find my bag (which never left Minneapolis).  I chatted with another bagless gal who had a very thick braid that came to between her shoulder blades.  We both decided that the bag handlers were anti-long hair and that's why our bags went on their own trips.

The funniest encounter I've had this week - I stopped at a McDonald's for a quick dinner tonight and there was a young man who obviously does outdoor work on trees (his pickup truck was full of branches, etc).  He had his shoulder blade length hair in a sectioned pony tail.  I had hit my bun/hairstick on the doorframe of the car getting out and apparently it had loosened my bun.  As we walked into McD's, my hairstick slipped out of my hair - I felt it going and was about to grab the stick when this fellow grabbed it for me.  He complimented me on how shiney my hair was and then expressed shock when he saw how long it was.  He commented that he wished he could put his hair in a bun to keep it out of his way when working.  I told him he could and then showed him how.  I used my LL hairstick (pink beads, keep in mind) to put his hair in a bun.  Just as I got the stick in his hair, one of his fellow workers walks in and sees him with it and says" What the f**k are you doing with a froo-froo thing in your hair, man??".  That response was not unexpected, however the fellow with my hairstick in his bun then replied, "I'll wear froo-froo if I want.  I really like how this feels and this lady was nice enough to show me how to do it - so back off man!".  I'm standing there not sure if a fight is about to break out, or if everyone will break out in laughter.  Fortunately, laughter was the result.  I then dug a pencil out of my handbag and replaced the "froo-froo" stick with the pencil, and suggested it might not be as hard on his reputation if he used wood instead of pretty glass beads.  The guy then bought my dinner!  (It was McD's, so it wasn't that much).  I figured he had suffered enough humilation at that point, so I did not mention LL, but I would have loved to have had him come visit here!

I head home on Thursday - I wonder if my airport sightings will nearly as plentiful?

I always wonder when I see people with long hair if they are on LL.

LOL! Thanks for sharing that, BB! My favorite part is what happened at McDonalds. 

Heheheh great stories!  I hope those people show up.  Especially froo-froo guy. 

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Yes, NR, anything you can't live without should be carried with you, especially if you are flying Northwest.  (Their mechanics are on strike, and although the other unions are not honoring the picket line, there have been work slowdowns and a lot of misdirected luggage - most likely sympathy moves.)

Be sure to report back on your airport sightings - They are the greatest place for seeing interesting hair.

hi hi hi, clearly you are a woman with a mission ... spread the word BB!!! 

my only concern these days is to figure out how to get through a metal detector without setting it off. i am indeed getting slightly nervous about my trip to NYC (as well, i hope they don't throw apart my luggage as they like to do in JFK when they spot a weird person - i am so not taking hair herbs that is  8)  )

Thanks for sharing your stories, BB!

Great suggestion on the envelope!  I've often thought about that but haven't done it.  Come to think of it, I haven't travelled at all this year 

Great stories, BB!

I don't travel much, but I always try to remember to keep a LL card in my wallet. My hairsticks draw admirers, and they usually want to know where I've bought them. I don't think that I'd dare to travel abroad with my LL hairsticks- I'm way too paranoid.