My parents brought us to the Providence airport. I factored in WAY too much time...it was a long time to wait until our flight but it was nice to hang with Zachary :-) Note to self...be reasonable on the wait time.
We started with no problems with checking our luggage and getting through security. First thing...get something to eat. Zac spotted Johnny Rockets and was sold! Burgers were good! Starbucks was close by too :-)
We continued to wait, read and watch people. He said "Wouldn't that be funny if we saw someone we knew?" Well, funny enough, we DID see someone we knew. We saw our good friend Ivy from church! Her flight was delayed. She was tickled to see us too! We chatted briefly and then continued to walk around and wait for our flight.
Zac was lucky enough to catch the end of the US team at the World Cup match. It was neat to see so many people congregate at the bar/TV and route for the US team and then all cheer when Donavan scored the winning goal during stoppage time!!
Once we were on the plane, we listened to a little bit of music then we enjoyed a couple of movies. They started off light with Monsters, Inc (that was my choice) and then finished with Black Hawk Down (his choice). We landed in Phoenix fine. The next plane was delayed (from Chicago) so we stopped in a few shops. Turns out our flight was delayed about an hour and was overbooked by 6 people! So after finally getting 6 people to take the SW deal and not take that flight, we were off to Ontario...California that is. It was just a stop (we didn't need to get off). That was a full flight too. It was short and sweet to San Jose.
Do you know how big of an airport San Jose is?? Okay, getting our luggage was no problem but finding the shuttle to the rental cars was a bit of a challenge. I was tired, hungry, wanted to see Fred in the worst way and I couldn't find how to get to the rental car place :-( After talking to a few people, we found it. This huge shuttle bus stops at all the rental places and makes a loop. We picked out our car and we were on our way...so I thought. Getting out of the airport complex was easier said than done. Yes, we had GPS! But with roads closed and needing to reroute, I was now beyond frustrated. We finally got on the road to the hotel and I felt so much better.
