It’s been an adventure already!
We spent the morning getting packed,
feeding the animals, and getting ready
to leave on our grand vacation.
Left in PLENTY of time,
but when we got to the airport,
Long-term parking was CLOSED!
We had to drive a gazillion miles around
the airport to get to the south parking.
And it looked like it would take forever
to park, wait for the little bus, and ride
back to the airport.
So we bit the bullet and parked inside.
It will be a bit pricey, but whatever.
Got into the airport, did the new self-check in
thing they are doing now,
checked our bags and headed to security.
NO LINE and whipped right through!
Took longer to put the stuff in the buckets.
I “sparked” on my right arm and the
top of my head... weird! LOL.
But she was really nice.
Off to our gate where we waited for a bit,
and then realized we were going to be hungry
before our plane landed in Las Vegas in 4.5 hours...
so we got a couple of sub sandwiches
(and Kyle got a pretzel)
and then boarded the plane.
They announced they were going to try to
HURRY and load the plane because there
was lightning in the area.
Florida is NUTS about lightning.
Unfortunately we didn’t beat the storm.
We were supposed to take off at 3:40.
Rod finally got off and bought himself
a pretzel and tried to find out more information...
Kyle followed the radar on his phone.
Thankfully the plane was only 2/3 full.
It rained. It lightning-ed. It thundered.
The plane rocked.
And then it quit.
And we took off.
2.5 hours late.
We missed our connecting flight out of Vegas
by exactly an hour.
Which meant spending the night in the airport.
We’ve done it before... but we were all younger then.
Sleeping on the floor and in chairs
ain’t the party it was when the boys
were little and raced wheelchairs in the
empty Dallas airport many years ago.
Mostly it was COLD.
But about 2:00 we wandered around the
airport and found a gate that was actually
about 10 degrees warmer.
Masks are, of course, mandatory, and warm.
Hahahahaha.
It is now 8 am.
We board in one hour.
We’ve had a $5 bottle of water and
a couple of solid gold breakfast sandwiches.
Should’ve played the many slot machines
to afford the food.... lol!
Looking forward to getting to Salt Lake!
(And out of this airport...)
And having lunch we don’t have to
mortgage the farm for.
But despite being sore, cold, tired,
we are having fun!
It’s an ADVENTURE!!!!
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