We arrived at the small airport with time to spare. Darryl turned in our rental van and we waited to go through security. It was a little different. The small airport was probably more thorough than what we experienced before. We didn't have to take off our shoes, but I was patted down (randomly) and Bubba had to take off his belt.
The flight to Salt Lake City was uneventful. (That's always a good thing.) I have discovered that I really like airplane coffee (Starbucks) and airplane cookies.
We had over two hours in Salt Lake City and we ate at Darryl's favorite Mexican restaurant in the airport. Lo and behold.... it was really good too. Who knew?
The plane back to Atlanta was not crowded so we were able to spread out a little more. Bubba watched Fox News flying back and I watched Jurassic World (ugh). More coffee and cookies and refills and we were back in Atlanta by 10:30 PM, arriving back at Amy and Darryl's by midnight.
We rested on Sunday. That evening, Amy and I were able to go out for dinner just the two of us. (Surprise, I'm not going to tell you what we ate!) That was nice. Monday morning as soon as the traffic was predicted to let up (around 9:30) we started home.
Darryl and Amy proposed this trip to us in September as a celebration of our 50th anniversary. Darryl said that he would make all the reservations and that they would take care of our plane tickets. That was probably the best part of the plan. I would not have known where to start. He made our reservations at Canyon Lodge in Yellowstone in September and would send me an email every now and then asking our preference about doing this or that. We were going to split the other expenses involved;however, when I saw where we were staying and when he told me what "our part" was I knew that they were pretty much paying for the condo as well as our plane tickets. (It was NICE! And COMFORTABLE! And had a great VIEW!)
Both he and Amy were very patient with us as we bumbled our way through the airports with them. (Amelia knew more what to do than we did.) While traveling in the park one day, Bubba mentioned that a Snickers candy bar would be good and then when Darryl turned in at an unexpected stop, Bubba asked him why we were stopping and Darryl said, "To get you a Snickers." Anytime we wanted a picture, Darryl pulled over.
This trip meant so much to us. We had always wanted to go out west and just didn't know where to start. We will never forget how we celebrated our 50th anniversary. (Even though we forget a lot of other things.) This has also shown us that just maybe we can travel some on our own, especially if we don't start in Atlanta. I like this statement by St. Augustine, "The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page."
My desire is that we read as many pages as we can for as long as we are able.
This trip meant so much to us. We had always wanted to go out west and just didn't know where to start. We will never forget how we celebrated our 50th anniversary. (Even though we forget a lot of other things.) This has also shown us that just maybe we can travel some on our own, especially if we don't start in Atlanta. I like this statement by St. Augustine, "The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page."
My desire is that we read as many pages as we can for as long as we are able.
Thank you to Amy, Darryl and Amelia! It was perfect!
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