Flight Day: Mokolele Kauai to Honolulu 35 minutes
Air Canada Honolulu to Calgary 6 hours (overnight flight, 4 hours time change)
Air Canada Calgary to Edmonton 1 hr (prop plane, in a blizzard, landed at 7:30 am)
Bags packed, we headed to Mike and Deb's for a farewell breakfast. We gave them the last of our food stocks, except for the mac chocolates, which we had for dessert - everyone should have chocolate for breakfast I think. We hope to catch up with them again in the summer, as we have been promising a trip to visit them for 12 years, and still haven't followed that one through. Jaclyn has qualified to dance at Nationals in Nashville so maybe we can do a loop of that part of the States in July... been around the world but not sure how far it is from Michigan to Tennessee, will have to look that one up...
We returned our last rental car, and went through our airline procedures. One bag per person, one carryon no liquids, laptops out through security, shoes off, pat down (lucky Rick) and board another plane. Quick up, quick down, shuttle, another line, another security (lucky Rick again), and hey! Canada eh! When we landed in Calgary, the first thing we saw was Tim Horton's..... and yes, it tasted awesome. And, we had to walk outside to board our plane to Edmonton. Boy, do we live in the bush. Calgary airport (which I hope is under renovation) had a plywood walkway, not heated and the wind was whipping the snow right inside. We were still in shorts and flip flops. Frozen toes! Static charge! Welcome home!
Janice, Paege and Chris, and mom, and Anita were all waiting at the gate when we walked into Edmonton International. We stand out, being very brown in this white world. The snow drifts are still 8 feet high in places, and there were a lot of cars in the ditch... freezing rain makes for slick highways. It was wonderful to see everyone, and even exhausted, we were charged with energy. Derek was the funniest. We had only walked in the door and moved in the bags, and he was already in and out of the shower and dressed for school. He must have ran there, because he arrived only 20 minutes late for class, and apparently caused quite the stir in the hallway. He was the most anxious of us to resume his social life. Travis has a weeks worth of dates lined up. Jaclyn is dancing non-stop, trying to gear up in a hurry for Nationals, and Katie is in doll heaven. Rick and I just needed a nap.
Air Canada Honolulu to Calgary 6 hours (overnight flight, 4 hours time change)
Air Canada Calgary to Edmonton 1 hr (prop plane, in a blizzard, landed at 7:30 am)
Bags packed, we headed to Mike and Deb's for a farewell breakfast. We gave them the last of our food stocks, except for the mac chocolates, which we had for dessert - everyone should have chocolate for breakfast I think. We hope to catch up with them again in the summer, as we have been promising a trip to visit them for 12 years, and still haven't followed that one through. Jaclyn has qualified to dance at Nationals in Nashville so maybe we can do a loop of that part of the States in July... been around the world but not sure how far it is from Michigan to Tennessee, will have to look that one up...
We returned our last rental car, and went through our airline procedures. One bag per person, one carryon no liquids, laptops out through security, shoes off, pat down (lucky Rick) and board another plane. Quick up, quick down, shuttle, another line, another security (lucky Rick again), and hey! Canada eh! When we landed in Calgary, the first thing we saw was Tim Horton's..... and yes, it tasted awesome. And, we had to walk outside to board our plane to Edmonton. Boy, do we live in the bush. Calgary airport (which I hope is under renovation) had a plywood walkway, not heated and the wind was whipping the snow right inside. We were still in shorts and flip flops. Frozen toes! Static charge! Welcome home!
Janice, Paege and Chris, and mom, and Anita were all waiting at the gate when we walked into Edmonton International. We stand out, being very brown in this white world. The snow drifts are still 8 feet high in places, and there were a lot of cars in the ditch... freezing rain makes for slick highways. It was wonderful to see everyone, and even exhausted, we were charged with energy. Derek was the funniest. We had only walked in the door and moved in the bags, and he was already in and out of the shower and dressed for school. He must have ran there, because he arrived only 20 minutes late for class, and apparently caused quite the stir in the hallway. He was the most anxious of us to resume his social life. Travis has a weeks worth of dates lined up. Jaclyn is dancing non-stop, trying to gear up in a hurry for Nationals, and Katie is in doll heaven. Rick and I just needed a nap.
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