The final destination

After saying our goodbye’s to Mom and Chuck, and the Jeep, our only constant in the last 75 days, we headed out in our rental car, heading South to Dallas.

We had a 5 hour drive to Arlington, Texas , stopping at a DSW shoe warehouse to pick up pre ordered shoes and then dinner at a pizza parlour. At dinner I surprised the kids with tickets to Six flags Hurricane Harbour water park for the next day, as our flight isn’t till 820pm.

Heading to the water park, meant we needed to pass Dallas AT&T stadium which are hosting World Cup matches and that afternoon was Spain vs Portugal. The line of excited soccer fans to get in was already super long and traffic was slow.

We got to the waterpark around noon with new information that we aren’t flying out till 1115pm so we literally had all day at the park. It was a good way to end the trip. It was already super hot and was only getting hotter over the day. The lazy river was the best, and there was so many slides on offer, all different types.

We finally made it to the Dallas Fort Worth airport after stopping at subway for the Monday sub deal, dropped off rental car and then checked in. Our flight didn’t actually get up in the air till about midnight as there was more delays on the tarmac. The only good news was that our 17 hour 40 min flight would only be 17 hours due to the good headwind.

With a long day in the sun (Josh even got burnt), and a late departure, meant we were all tired. Brandon was asleep before dinner was served. The food service was fast and then shut off all the lights. When I woke up there was only 6 hours left in the flight.
It was one of the better flights I have been on.

The process of getting through immigration, customs, and baggage was fairly uneventful other than it took about 40 min to wait for our final bag. We finally got into our pre booked car, taking in the cold air which felt great.Read more