Sorry that sounds so ominous but honest, could this day have been any more topsy/turvy? Okay, don't answer that. Of course it could have and we are grateful in the end for safe travels.
Well with about 2 hours sleep max last night what with train whistles, the sound of airplanes (who, pray tell, is flying in the middle of the night?) and various other noises, we schlepped our way to the hotel/airport shuttle pick up area in the dark before 6 a.m. And yes, I will post a picture of us standing there. At some point.
We arrived at the airport in plenty of time to insure that there were no delays on our part for our morning flight back to the East Coast. We used our food vouchers to buy breakfast at an airport coffee shop and then lunch from Subway to take with us. A familiar choice on this vacation if you have been following this blog. Sad to say we had an In 'N Out Burger shop right by our hotel last night, a favorite of Craig's, but alas, not open during the hours we were there. Ah, so close...
Okay you know I am going somewhere with this story... We should have taken off at 8:05 a.m. but by 8:15 when we hadn't pulled back from the gate you know something had to be up. And it was... the captain came on to tell us that in the midst of their security check that the co-pilot was checking something outside the plane and hit his head on a open door of some kind. He was being checked out but if it turned out he couldn't fly, then it would take over an hour to get another co-pilot here. And so we sat, once again for nearly 2 hours before we could take off. Which of course meant delays on the other end. But at least for us the impact would be minimal this time; only having to adjust Craig's sister's pick up schedule of John & Doris and also arranging after hour care for my mom since we knew we would not be home by 8 p.m. Truth be told, by the time the plane took off I was an emotional mess - sick, tired, homesick and just wanting this adventure to be over (also - one of the meds I'm on might have also enhanced this melt-down!) A United crew member found me a row to myself where I could rest and lie down which I did for the first two hours of the flight; I don't even know that I was conscious when the plane took off!
So, it is now 9:30 p.m. East Coast time and we are in OUR home, ready to go sleep in OUR beds and grateful that this little side excursion is now over.
Thanks for following us on our MANY adventures!
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