Traveling Across Country

The day began with the alarm going off at 3 AM for the trip across the country... from the NW to the tip of Florida. It ended over 14 hours later. Along the way, I had a smooth trip into Houston, where I had time to walk for 40 minutes after eating lunch at Bubba's. (Where else would you eat in Texas?) The airport has a space exhibit in honor of NASA's 5oth anniversary; along with amazing space pictures, my favorite was a full-size model of the Mars rover.

I then met up with the rest of my family and fed Carson strained carrots while everyone else had lunch. Carson's penchant for sucking on two fingers of his left hand, even while eating, gave new meaning to carrots as finger food.

We boarded the jet for the next leg of our journey and were promptly "deplaned" because of some maintenance problem. Less than an hour later, we were underway again. But we were in a holding pattern for quite awhile before we were allowed to land in Ft. Lauderdale.

We felt right at home because it was pouring down rain. Did I mention that it was sunny and 80 degrees in the NW today? Soaked to the skin on the first day of this adventure. I wonder what tomorrow will bring...