Improvements

They seem to have finished the new terminal at San Jose, and it's gorgeous -- full of light and space and wide, graceful curves. (The fancy touch-free sensors in the baggage-claim bathroom all seem to be in need of recalibration, though.) Also, the rental car center is back within walking distance of the terminal, instead at the end of a bus ride as it has been for the last few years. This makes arrival a much nicer experience -- though descending from the seventh floor of the parking structure on a tight spiral ramp was a little dizzy-making, like a slow-motion helter skelter.

For once, it feels less humid here than in Tucson. It's certainly a lot cooler, which comes very welcome.