Is anyone familiar with the Fresno, CA area? I won't have time to visit the Yosemite national park, but I need to figure out a way to spend about six hours (could be even more) at the Fresno airport.
I am getting a ride from the airport to go to another place (a very small town). My flight arrives at 9:30am, and the ride cannot pick me up before 3 pm. Since this is a small airport, I am wondering how I am going to spend the time, while carrying two suitcases (one of them a carry-on)? Are there any places to visit within 10 miles of the airport? Like shops, restaurants, parks, etc.?
Would I be able to go into the city to may be have lunch and come back to the airport? Not sure how far the city is, although I have been there before. It was 10 years ago and I don't remember much. I may have to rent a car to do this, which I may not mind, except this would be day before Thanksgiving. So I suspect most places will close down around noon.
I doubt that the airport has lockers to store my bags, which would make it easy for me to move around, inside or outside the airport (In that case I could take a bus into the city, I think). May be they have lockers?
I may end up just spending the time at the airport. Better take along a really good book to read.
I have some bad memories of that airport. At one time I was stuck there for 12 plus hours because my flight got canceled and at that time only a few airlines flew there. I hope they have improved the facilities there. It was really not my top choice, but I was talked into flying there (I would have preferred the bay area- it would have been easier to get a ride from there).
Changing my flight is out of the question. It would cost me $200 change fee plus difference in the fare. May be it won't be so awful to wait at the airport for 6-7 hours.
I am getting a ride from the airport to go to another place (a very small town). My flight arrives at 9:30am, and the ride cannot pick me up before 3 pm. Since this is a small airport, I am wondering how I am going to spend the time, while carrying two suitcases (one of them a carry-on)? Are there any places to visit within 10 miles of the airport? Like shops, restaurants, parks, etc.?
Would I be able to go into the city to may be have lunch and come back to the airport? Not sure how far the city is, although I have been there before. It was 10 years ago and I don't remember much. I may have to rent a car to do this, which I may not mind, except this would be day before Thanksgiving. So I suspect most places will close down around noon.
I doubt that the airport has lockers to store my bags, which would make it easy for me to move around, inside or outside the airport (In that case I could take a bus into the city, I think). May be they have lockers?
I may end up just spending the time at the airport. Better take along a really good book to read.
I have some bad memories of that airport. At one time I was stuck there for 12 plus hours because my flight got canceled and at that time only a few airlines flew there. I hope they have improved the facilities there. It was really not my top choice, but I was talked into flying there (I would have preferred the bay area- it would have been easier to get a ride from there).
Changing my flight is out of the question. It would cost me $200 change fee plus difference in the fare. May be it won't be so awful to wait at the airport for 6-7 hours.