Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

 

Originally posted on November 19, 2012.

It has been a wild ride here! We started out yesterday morning with our plane coming to a stop on the tarmac because a passenger had become a ill. A doctor onboard looked her over and said that she needed to be taken off. So, the paramedics came and took her off. We actually made it to Miami in time to catch our connecting flight (whew). We then sat on the plane for two hours because a bulb needed to be changed on the cockpit controls. Maitenance finally came and determined that the bulb was okay and that a switch was the problem. They put in a new switch. Good. Except by this time the crew had reached their limit in terms of flying time. Another crew was called, and while we waited, we all had to disembark. At the gate I was assured that we would, in fact, be heading out that night. Lie. Our flight was cancelled, and Michaela and I were rebooked on a 6:15 a.m. flight out of Ft. Lauderdale. So, we took a shuttle to Ft. Lauderdale, spent the night at the Sheridan, and took of this morning on time.

Unfortunately, our luggage was still in Miami. We spent the morning in the PAP airport (not much fun) with 1 1/2 hours spent standing in a line to get a piece of paper saying that we could come back in later and get our luggage. Of course, by that time our driver had been sitting in the airport parking lot for three hours! We left without our luggage, but went back later this afternoon to get it. So, we are finally here and settled in. I will post again tonight with more about our time here with the kids.