My First Plane Trip

As I was loading pictures from my camera onto my computer I realized I hadn't posted pictures from San Diego. I'm slipping!

This was my first plane trip and while I was a little nervous, I was also excited. I had always wanted to fly and even though I heard it can be a hassle, I also heard it can be fun. I wouldn't quite describe it as fun as I would uneventful... in a good way!

This is Mama and me on the plane in Charleston. It's hard to tell but we had enjoyed a big glass of wine just before boarding. I wasn't too nervous at this point, but I think what helped was knowing I got to see Connie and Alexis at the end of the trip. And the wine.

I really like this picture. This is somewhere near Atlanta. We were really high up there!

Alexis sucking her left thumb. We woke her up a little earlier than she's used to. Whoops. What can I say, we were on Charleston time.

I love this video, it's Alexis doing her low crawl.

This is the view near Connie and Josh's apartment. Look at those mountains! It really is beautiful out there.

More mountain views on "the 5". I don't think I could get used to that. I just don't see myself saying, "yeah and then you get on the 26 and go x miles until you get to exit whatever."

This is downtown San Diego, as seen from the tram. That is a fun excursion because you go all around the city and they tell you neat facts. You can get off on any stops and just hop on the next tram. We did this in St. Augustine and really enjoyed it. The bad thing is that we didn't have enough time to do or see a lot since we were only there 1 full day. I guess we'll have to go back.

This is the front of the San Diego Zoo. We didn't go in, but it is a stop on the tram. I thought this tree republican was so cute! Mama said, "oh take a picture for Jackie!" So here you go, Jackie Wacky!

Alexis having fun on the plane going back to Charleston. She does travel well and only got sort of fussy a few times.

The bad thing about the trip was actually a good thing to experience. Our flight was delayed leaving San Diego, but the flight from Atlanta was not. We got there with maybe 10 minutes to board. Oh did I mention we had to go from gate A to gate B? Gah!

The guy was slow getting the stroller to us. He was very apologetic which was nice, but it didn't stop the plane from leaving. Even the flight attendents from our flight missed the connecting flight to Charleston.

Luckily there was another flight... at 7:15... 3 hours later. We actually boarded around 7:45 and sat.. and sat.. and sat. Then a flight attendent came on the overhead saying they couldn't find the pilot. Seriously?! Isn't he the first one on? I mean really. So 45 minutes later we were off and got home close to 11 pm. We should have been home close to 5 pm.

Oh well, I experienced just about all the things that can go wrong in one fail swoop so next time I'll know.

All in all it was a good trip and I'm glad I went. Steven is ready to fly somewhere too. Maybe to Los Angeles when the Mariner moves?