It Worked

 I am not sure why but it seems like it is getting earlier and earlier that we have to go to the airport.  This morning was pretty early.  We got up at 3:45.  Fortunately everything lined up perfectly for us.

There were rumors that there could be fog this morning but there was none. The roads were clear and traffic was light.  Art dropped me off at the airport and then he went to the lot and parked the car.  For me it didn't seem to take very long.  There were some pretty long lines at the ticket counter but we just went right through.  

A few weeks ago, the airline changed our flights and so instead of having a couple hours layover, we had a thirty minute layover.  That is fine as long as we take off on time and the new gate is close to the one we would be going to.  We full well knew we had a good shot making it to the next flight ok but the chances were slim that our luggage would make it with us so we planned and prepared accordingly. 

The flight was full so boarding was slow.  Then the plane had to be deiced.  As a result, we were late taking off.   I wasn't too worried as I know the pilot can make time up. But he didn't. Good fortune kicked in and we were just a little late.  Unfortunately our gates were in different terminals.  According to the airline messaging the walk to the new gate would be about 9 minutes.  That's not too bad all things considered.  We hurried as fast as we could and made it in less than that.  When we arrived to the gate, it had already boarded. But believe it or not we were not the last to get on.  There was another couple that sat across from us that had a delayed flight.  They were a couple minutes behind us.  Once they got on, we took off.  Although we tried to remain optimistic, we were fairly sure at that point our luggage would not have time to get unloaded and reloaded onto our plane.  It was okay because we had prepared.

Customs was a complete breeze.  We walked right through.  We knew we had to wait for all the luggage to be off loaded before we could file a claim so we walked over to the carousel to wait.  When I pulled up the website and checked where our luggage was, it said it had arrived.  WHAT!!!  Holy cow could it be true?  Sure enough our luggage was some of the first to be loaded on the carousel.  We could not believe it.  Not sure how on earth it had time to get loaded on the plane but we were so happy......gobsmacked..... but oh so happy.  

Made it to the hotel.  Our room wasn't ready so we went to lunch.  After lunch they said the room still wasn't ready so they gave us another room but then decided the original room really was ready.  So we got to the room and the keys didn't work so I suggested we try the other room and it worked. So Art went to get it straightened out.  In the meantime, the bellman brought the luggage.  I told him what the scoop was and he said the original room was the right one and got the maid to let us in.  Nope that wasn't the right one.  The keys worked for the room we really were assigned to.  All worked out and we got all settled.  Not much of a view but the room is nice and clean.  I'll post pictures later.  The long day has caught up to us so it is bedtime.

And we have luggage.........woohoo.