We were given the option of putting our suitcases in the hall at 5:30 am or bringing them to the lobby ourselves by 6 am, so we decided to do it ourselves. This was much better because I was able to put all my last-minute things in the suitcase. When we got to the lobby, there was a breakfast bag that included a stuffed pretzel with butter, an apple, and orange juice. The pretzel was very good! At 6:30, we boarded the bus and were taken to Terminal 2. A bunch of us were going to Philadelphia. After we checked our bags in, we had to go through security. Then we had a long walk to find our gate.
While we were waiting, I saw a couple that we had seen on the ship, but I really didn’t get a chance to talk to them much. I don’t think we ever had a meal with them, so I asked them where they were from. When she told me that they were from Greenville, SC, I asked them if they knew my friends Dick and Kathy. These were the people that Kathy told me to look for when we were on the cruise! I can’t believe we had been on the same cruise and never connected until we were on our way home.
The flight to Philadelphia during the day was much easier than a nighttime flight. The middle seat is really cramped, but I was able to watch movies. I stayed away the whole 8 ½ hour ride. Going through the Philadelphia airport was very nice and went smoothly. We had to go through Passport Control, pick up our luggage, walk them through to another place, check our luggage back in, and then go through Customs. Then we walked almost a mile to our gate to get the plane to Palm Beach.
The 3-hour flight to Palm Beach went smoothly. After we got our luggage, I texted Donna. She said Bob, and she was on the way. We got home just before it started raining really hard.
After we unpacked, we went to bed. By this time, we had been up for 24 hours.
Original photos by Pat Hensley
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