In the Nick of Time

Well, we certainly flew around today. Our flight was supposed to leave Miami at 2:10 eastern, so we got up at 9:30, had another lovely bkfst at Denny's, packed up and left for the airport in two taxis (and arrived right on schedule). But our flight to Chicago was delayed because of soupy weather there, so they told us 3:30 for the new departure. This messed up the connection to Seattle, so they bumped us off that flight and Dad got us on a waiting list for an 8:30 (central) flight. But when we got to Chicago, we found that our original flight was still there (it was in a "final boarding" status). So some of us ran ahead and made sure they didn't leave without us if they could. We got on in the nick of time, but we couldn't see any two seats together, and there were 6 of us; Meg and Jason had this same flight returning. But thank the Lord, the back row was completely empty! We all got to sit together on our original flight. :) We were a little worried about our two checked items making it by the time we did, but they were waiting for us when we arrived at Baggage Claim.

I can't believe I was in Miami this morning! How strange it is to cover the entire distance of the country in a matter of hours! Most of the trip was smooth sailing. All of our landings were a little bumpy though (which I think is FUN!) and we did encounter a bit of turbulence going over the cascades (which is also FUN). Chicago certainly was enveloped in soup... we weren't able to see the ground until we were coming down for the touch-down. And on the flight to Seattle, we didn't have a break in the clouds below us until we got at least half-way through Montana. Whew! That was a BIG blanket of clouds!

But anyway, we're at home sweet home and we already stopped off at my sister's house in Everett to collect Spiffy, who enjoyed his stay with them very much.

Jp