The many months of preparation are over, and we are on our way! Here are a few pictures from our trip so far, which has included some great adventures within three airports in the US - Detroit Metro Smith Terminal, Chicago Midway and Los Angeles International (LAX). We're currently in the midst of our longest layover in LA - it is 9:30 and we've still got at least 2 hours before boarding time.
Our first leg of the journey from Detroit to Chicago went very quickly, though not so smoothly in the skies due to the storms rolling into the area. This was Christa's first flight EVER, but she was a trooper and thought it was "not bad at all!" The second leg of our flight from Chicago to LA was longer, but less bumpy, and we even felt a little like we were in Vegas with a bit of jackpot dollar lottery on the plane with the rest of our fellow passengers. Alas...we didn't win any spending money for LA.
As excited as we were to finally arrive at Los Angeles International, I think we might have been more excited about finding the bathroom after the slightly bumpy landing! Luggage collected, we hopped the bus over to the Qantas terminal to check in for our flight before the waiting game began only to be delayed as they could not find Fr. John Martin's Visa information when they scanned his passport. Prayers were said, phone calls were made, and after two typos were corrected we were on our way to ... oh, right, waiting some more. At what is now 1AM, people are split between those who are excited and slaphappy and those ready to catch some zzzzs.
We're off to walk around for a bit before being stuck in that flying cylinder in the sky for 14 1/2 hours! Yikes!
Good night, and may God bless you always... Rakhi & the Genesis WYD Crew.
1 comment:
Hey, who took those pictures at the airport? ;)
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