Friday, December 11, 2009

And the case of the missing luggage : )

{KD}
Started off driving to Calgary on icy roads with light snow. Had to use 4x4 on the highway actually! Got to Calgary and hit Walmart for the last minute stuff. Headed to airport and played some games in the arcade for a few minutes to kill some time - when did video games stop being a quarter by the way??
Natasha was pretty nervous about flying, and the wings had to be de-iced too so we got to see some men spray pink and green stuff on the wings and over the top of the plane. The bad part of this is it put us back over half an hour and we only had a 55 minute lay over as was in Dallas. When the plane took off, Natasha and Julie both were giggling at the butterflies in their tummies - turns out flying isn't that bad... :)
So we get to Dallas and the Fehr Family had the true life experience of the Amazing Race. We ran like crazy and got to our gates just as we heard "Fehr Family - party of 4 - Finally call. So, on we got and sat back with a ahhhh.
Getting off in Orlando was great - until we got to the baggage pick up. No bags for the Fehrs. One is in Dallas, and two are yet to be determined. Should find out more in the AM
Jake was the hunter/gatherer for us and got some food from Denny's once we got to our room. All we had to eat since we left Calgary was PoppyCock (thanks to Linda) and some way over priced food on the plane since we didn't have time to eat at Dallas airport. The temp is well into the plus even though it was after 11pm their time here. smiles all around here for that.
Oh well, tomorrow we board the Disney Magic Cruise ship and let's hope it truly is magic and our luggage arrives there too.


{Jake}
Fun day, we played some video games, on the plane I sat with Julie because Natasha talks as much as Kristie. So Julie and I took the seats ahead of them and had our selves a good nap. :)
As for the luggage, well I kind of saw that one comming concidering we were of one plane and back on another one in under 20 min.
(Above and below) While Kristie was sorting out the clues to missing luggage the girls helped out by doing some "THINKING".


{Natasha}
When I first got on the plane I was scared & excited at the same time! I watched them spay the plane with pink and green de-icer. When we took off I got butterflies in my tummy. When the plane landed it was a smooth landing.

3 comments:

  1. Glad that "Dining with Linda" was the gastonomic highlight of the two flights! And while the lost luggage may have been interesting, it undoubtedly has added to the adventure.

    What we wouldn't have given to have seen & heard Kristie on her learning of the lost luggage! (Did the airport need any exhauast fans to clear out the blue smoke?)

    Oh well, now that you are on board, you probably won't even think of us in the -30C today.

    Enjoy!

    Ampa & Linda

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  2. What a way to start the trip! Have fun....

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  3. Glad to hear that your trip got off to a racing start, I can relate to lost luggage and the amazing race through the airport, no worries about the parcel, I had to say I was your sister, its in your house ( from Anutie Boo ).

    Lisa and Jim

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