The reasons I'm writing it after-the-fact are twofold: one - the Blogger app wouldn't work with my new phone, nor would it accept text-blogs, and two - I want the trip described in more than just pictures, for posterity.
So, here goes!! Welcome to my world!
:)
DAY ONE - DEPARTURE FROM EL PASO, TX (the closest airport to our home in NM)
We didn't have an early call as our flight was scheduled to leave at 12:30 pm, and we were about 1.25 hours from the airport. I was, unfortunately, up around 5:30 am and unable to go back to sleep. Too excited!
So, I went for a walk, made breakfast, and began last minute packing. The boys woke around 8 am, and we headed out for our adventure around 9:30 am.
Excited as we head out from home to the airport!
We stopped at Subway before the airport, to get our lunch. Then arrived, too late for Kurt's liking, just about an hour before takeoff. Kurt parked the car while the boys and I waiting in the lobby. Then, off we went through security and to our gate. The plane was a little late, so we had time for a last minute bathroom run as well as getting our necessary water supplies before boarding.
In the terminal, awaiting boarding!
We boarded a little late, as I said, but were then told that the plane was overweight. This was, apparently, due to having too much fuel - - they had added extra fuel based on the flight not being sold out, but then standby people showed up and hence, we became overweight. So, we had to wait for the fuel crew to take some of the fuel out of the plane. Never had this happen before, and it took a LONG TIME. We ended up leaving about an hour late. Ugh. From this point forward, though, we did have an uneventful flight.
We arrived in LAX, had to take a bus to get to the main terminal from the "commuter terminal," then get our luggage and take another bus to the car rental lot. By the time we left the car rental place, we were almost 2 hours behind schedule. We had intended to meet my cousin Julia, our fathers are brothers, and her family in Riverside at a fantastic place called Yard House - but by the time we were delayed, and found our way out of the LAX maze, and looked at the Friday-night LA traffic, it would've take us 3 hours to get to Riverside - OMG! I had heard that LA traffic was notorious, but I was NOT prepared for a 65 mile trip to take that amount of time!
So, thankfully, Julia and her husband Alex agreed to come out to Anaheim from their home of Redwoods, CA. Which was fabulous of them! We all met at the Cheesecake Factory in Anaheim and had a wonderful visit, there the 5 second-cousins met for the first time. Yay!
The Boreri and Brown families!
From there we headed back to our hotel to get some much needed sleep. It had been a LONG day!
We slept quite well too.
:D
Here is a link to the day's photos, although there is only one more that isn't posted here. One of my and Julia alone, not a great shot of me though! :)
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