Home Again, Home Again
We are home safe & sound! Our flights were eventful with several continuous hours of turbulence between the two of them. We are happy to be home, sad to be off vacation and a little worse for the wear. It's about 2am, but I wanted to let you all know we are home safe & sound.
My hope is to update this tomorrow night with hyperlinks, photos and human interest stories I've forgotten about along the way. We'll see how tired I am. Dave, I'm sure will also be posting photos sometime this week.
UPDATE: The plane rides were rather eventful. The first one over the Pacific was supposed to be 11 hours and 45 minutes. Due to the eight-hours of turbulence we encountered, it was closer to 13 hours. At one point, both Kate & I thought the plane was going down. The plane tipped first left, then right, then dropped altitude dramatically. Stewards were screaming, things were rolling and hands were shaking. KT, Josh and Dave though it was "fun". WHAT? Kate did the rounds about an hour later to nurture and mother us, making sure we were all OK. Needless to say, it was quite scary. We now know the plane dropped so dramatically to avoid the turbulent atmosphere, but since it happened so quickly - we were shocked & scared!
Once in LA, we got off the plane, claimed our bags, went through customs, then re-checked in for our Northwest flight to Detroit (thanks for not going on strike!). By the time we boarded our second flight at 5:30PST, we had been traveling for 17 hours. Our next flight to L.A. had over an hour of turbulence. I wasn't scared as it wasn't as bad as the first flight, but the lady next to me did ask to hold my hand... and told her friend that she "loved her" and "appreciated their 30 years of friendship". I love women! We are so dramatic! None of us got the chance to sit next to each other on the second trip, so it was good that it wasn't as bad as the first one.
For those of you still checking - thanks for keeping us in your prayers & thoughts. I've added a few pics, and will continue to do so over the course of the next week!
love you,
kendra
~kendra
My hope is to update this tomorrow night with hyperlinks, photos and human interest stories I've forgotten about along the way. We'll see how tired I am. Dave, I'm sure will also be posting photos sometime this week.
UPDATE: The plane rides were rather eventful. The first one over the Pacific was supposed to be 11 hours and 45 minutes. Due to the eight-hours of turbulence we encountered, it was closer to 13 hours. At one point, both Kate & I thought the plane was going down. The plane tipped first left, then right, then dropped altitude dramatically. Stewards were screaming, things were rolling and hands were shaking. KT, Josh and Dave though it was "fun". WHAT? Kate did the rounds about an hour later to nurture and mother us, making sure we were all OK. Needless to say, it was quite scary. We now know the plane dropped so dramatically to avoid the turbulent atmosphere, but since it happened so quickly - we were shocked & scared!
Once in LA, we got off the plane, claimed our bags, went through customs, then re-checked in for our Northwest flight to Detroit (thanks for not going on strike!). By the time we boarded our second flight at 5:30PST, we had been traveling for 17 hours. Our next flight to L.A. had over an hour of turbulence. I wasn't scared as it wasn't as bad as the first flight, but the lady next to me did ask to hold my hand... and told her friend that she "loved her" and "appreciated their 30 years of friendship". I love women! We are so dramatic! None of us got the chance to sit next to each other on the second trip, so it was good that it wasn't as bad as the first one.
For those of you still checking - thanks for keeping us in your prayers & thoughts. I've added a few pics, and will continue to do so over the course of the next week!
love you,
kendra
~kendra
posted by KM @ 8:18 PM
3 Comments:
At 2:07 AM,
Anonymous said…
Thanks for allowing us to be a part of your adventure!
At 6:54 AM,
Anonymous said…
Welcome Home Kiwis! We look forward to seeing you all sporting your flare and sharing your stories at a slideshow party. We're thinking Sunday, March 19 or Saturday, March 25. Let us know if you're up for reliving the moments on either of those dates.
At 11:58 PM,
Anonymous said…
Glad you're home, honey. Excited to see the pictures and live vicariously.
Love,
Mom
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