We welcomed the start of our Florida golf vacation with excitment. We had packed all our stuff, made sure we didn't forget anything, printed a million Google maps, left the cat with my mother in law. We were more than ready and eager to go :) My husband had taken care of printing the map to go to the airport, the drive was smooth, we were even early when I had a funny feeling... Were we at the right airport?
You see, I thought we would save money by departing from Plattsburgh. And indeed, Allegiant offers pretty cheap flights to Orlando. Only now we were at the Burlington airport. Not far from Plattsburgh, mind you, only there's a big pond of water between the two cities. We were two hours away from our flight departing and we were in the wrong city!! We drove as fast as we could, got lost when trying to cross Lake Champlain, almost ended up in Quebec again, finally made it to the ferry... The ferry was just boarding. We were the last car that they allowed on board!! We were clearly running out of time. I envisionned us missing the plane. My husband called Allegiant and they told us that the plane had been delayed. Still, they could not guarantee that they would allow us to board since we were so late... I was frantic behind the wheel. We finally made it to the Plattsburgh airport, my husband ran to the counter and... YES!!! The counter was still open, the plane had not even arrived. We had made it!!! I felt like Jack Bauer. I need someone to torture, fast ;)
I couldn't believe that I was on the plane. I couldn't believe that I had safely landed in Orlando and I couldn't believe what I saw when we woke up this morning... Hawk's Landing at our feet :)
This is going to be a good week :)
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Sylla
3/16/2009 5:32:30 PM I think we're airport challenged! On the way back home, we ended up at Orlando Intl' Airport instead of going to the Orlando Sanford airport!! Luckily for us, there was no lake to cross this time ;) We arrived a bit late, but not by much. Missing our flight back home wouldn't have been that bad, I like Florida ;)e arrived a bit late, but not by much. Missing our flight back home wouldn't have been that bad, I like Florida ;) |
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jhuang916
3/9/2009 7:09:36 PM Haha go get em Sylla .. "You're running out of time" and "it's complicated, I'll explain it to you later" Have fun in orlando and give us a review of your golf vacation! |
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jhuang916
3/9/2009 7:09:36 PM Haha go get em Sylla .. "You're running out of time" and "it's complicated, I'll explain it to you later" Have fun in orlando and give us a review of your golf vacation! |
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pjcedog
3/9/2009 5:43:09 AM Who is Jack Bauer? |
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pjcedog
3/9/2009 5:43:09 AM Who is Jack Bauer? |