Homeward Bound

We were up and packed in the car and moving by 9:15. We thought this (relatively) early start would give us a little cushion so we considered some brief detours along the way. But wisdom was our guide today and we headed straight for the airport. After, rest stops , gas stops, rental drop-off, and tickets we sat down to eat lunch at about 1 for a 2:40 flight. We ate all the leftovers we couldn't eat for breakfast before we went through security.

We also met a man from Malaysia who had just completed 10 weeks of training at Quantico. He was very glad to be going home.

At Dulles, they have trams that take you between buildings, (and at least use to take you to the planes themselves.) Here we are riding to the terminal.
We found our gate quickly at 2:05 to find out boarding had begun and was almost over.

We were glad we didn't dally with any distractions on the way to the airport.

A short hop on the big 767 to Chicago and then 737 for 4 hours to Spokane. A little seating chaos with a packed plane, but we managed.

We and our luggage and maybe a few bed bugs made it to the hotel in Spokane for the night. Tired but relived to be breathing dry air.

Odessa tomorrow.

Funny story. I took Joel to the bathroom and then the girls needed to go (on the airplane.)
Then Melissa needed to go and when she got up Paul and Lydia followed. So we had our whole family standing in the galley of the plane at 30,000 feet above Montana. One of the stewardesses was taken with Joel and insisted on holding him. She and the other stewardess played with him while everyone cycled through the bathroom.

Last night while getting ready for bed, Lydia and Paul were sitting close to each other and she kept pushing her head against him. He then pushed her head away and the game continued. I broke it up at which point Lydia said indignantly, "Paul puth'd me". Sounds like more proof (like we needed any) of original sin.