Planes, Trains and Automobiles

We finally made it to where we could sit down for a bit and report to you, our faithful followers. Let me start off by saying that our trip was not without its little hangups, but fear not! We did prevail.

I suppose I should start at the beginning, it is such a very good place to start after all...

Mom worked through her lunch so she could leave early and take us down to Vegas to catch our flight. Here we are bidding a fond farewell to our arid, desolate, desert home.
I don't think I will miss it much, I just hope we don't see too much sun while we are over here. (That was a little foreshadowing, btb... we've seen nothing BUT sun since getting here *wails*)

Here I am, looking a little wild-eyed... but is it due to excitement over our trip finally getting underway, or the "speed" of Anna's camera? *ponder*
And again more of our desert abode behind me. We were clipping along quite nicely when the conversation turned to a favorite on-the-way-to-the-airport passtime: The "What did I forget?" Game! Believe me, folks, the list was pretty long. Most of the stuff was non-essential though, until I mentioned our travel documents.

Judging by Anna's face, you might think that she forgot hers. You would be correct. We were not -that- far away, so we turned around and met her dad in the gorge. Within 30 mins we were back on the road and making decent time. I was a little worried and so I urged my mother to goose it. (Family phrase, I think.)

I told her she could easily do 85-90 on this part of the drive as I normally do 95-100 with no problems. She wasn't too keen on that idea, as is obvious by the evidence gained with the use of my spy cam. In the end we were fine, luckily flying out of Terminal 2 (MUCH less traffic/security lines). We even had enough time to pick my dad up on the way so he could give his last minute fatherly advice.

Maxjet's computer system was down when we went to check in, but after another 30 mins or so they had everything straightened out and we had our boarding passes. We had no problem getting through security (thank goodness!), though it was a bit dicey for a minute with Anna talking about shooting someone if we didn't get on the plane. ;)

Above is the plane, waiting patiently for us to board, and to the side is the empty gate. Yes, empty, as opposed to occupied. The time we were given as our boarding time came and went and still no one came to man the gate. Luckily, I think the helpful "other airline's name" employee had his times wrong.

This is what I'd planned on blogging (as much as you can plan these kinds of things) when we got to the hotel in London, but it had limited facilities and we had severly limited time. I bring it up, only because I am closing this post and that is my reason. Anna and I have much more to share, so I am sure will be posting one or two more tonight before we crash.