Last Wednesday, we flew Grandma Pack in to Las Vegas and then she took a shuttle to St. George where a very excited family picked her up at the shuttle station. The kids wouldn't go to bed until she got there so we all went to pick her up. So they stayed out really late.
Thursday morning we got up early, got things ready and then Bryan and I took the shuttle from St. George to Las Vegas to catch a flight to Monterey, California (via LAX). We had a while after the shuttle let us off until our flight so we booted up the computer and used their free wi-fi to play around on the internet. We also got some hot chocolate from Starbucks and didn't like it at all!! We had to add a bunch of sugar to it and it was still really bitter. But it was warm.
The flight from Vegas to LAX was short (about 45 minutes) but then we had a 2 hour layover. We ate lunch, looked around and then tried to find our gate so we would be ready when the plane came. But we only found a sign with our gate number on it next to a bunch of stairs. After walking around for a while, we decided to ask someone for help. The woman asked us to wait a minute and then we went outside and loaded onto a little shuttle bus that took us to a satellite station where our little 48 passenger plane would be loading. Bryan loved the shuttle ride because we were out on the runway at LAX with all these planes going by us that were huge. He wanted to ask the driver to stop so he could get out, but didn't.
It took a while but we finally got loaded onto the small plane. Originally in Las Vegas they didn't give us seat assignments for the small plane. When Bryan asked about it at LAX they said they would call our names. We were kind of antsy when they loaded up and we still were sitting there waiting for our names to be called. Finally they called us and let us on the plane but our seats weren't near each other. After they shut the doors, Bryan switched to the empty seat by me. There was another couple who had been waiting to get on the plane also but they had a carry on bag. It turns out that the little plane didn't have any carry on room left so we were allowed on the plane and they weren't (we didn't have a carry on). I would not have been happy had I been them.
It was fun to ride on a smaller plane. It was a bit creaky but we got drinks on that plane, which we didn't on the larger one. After another 45 minute plane trip, we landed at the Monterey airport. It was pretty small but we got to climb off the plane and walk on the tarmac, which made Bryan's day!
The hotel had sent a car to pick us up and the driver was a young kid who spent two years playing for the St. George Roadrunners baseball team. So we had a lot to talk about on the way to the hotel, which wasn't far from the Monterey airport.
We then explored the hotel and walked all around Cannery Row. We ate dinner at Bubba Gump's (the restaurant that Forest and Bubba start in the movie Forest Gump). We shared shrimp and it was really good! Then we walked back to the hotel.
It was a long trip out but we're happy to be here. Here are some plane photos Bryan took at LAX and then a photo of us at the hotel.
2 comments:
Are you in Hawaii? I've been to that Bubba Gumps if so!
No, we're in Monterey, CA
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