Welcome to the first installment of our Rickshaw Run blog. After some tense last-minute packing and a ride to the airport from Jen, we are finally en route to India, but that doesn’t mean the drama hasn’t begun. High winds in New York meant that we would have missed our JFK to London connection. Thanks to some very cooperative folks at American, we were able to re-route on the direct RDU to London flight (thank you Glaxo for creating demand for that route) and Jason has finally been able to relax about the flights!

The flight crew from Raleigh was charming, and quickly figured out the way to keep us quiet was to keep us liquored up. Jason snored most of the way — his flight worries gone — and I watched the Oscar-winning Spotlight. If you haven’t seen it, see it now.

We are nearing London and will have a few hours on the ground there before continuing on to Delhi.

Thanks to all who have donated to Cool Earth… We appreciate your support. For those of you who are reading who haven’t donated, remember that karma thing I warned you about. Just sayin’.