Even though we celebrated the New Year on Newfoundland time, we got up late this morning, late for us anyway. Mom was up at 0600, me at 0700 and Pop at 0730. But, we made it to Victoria Chapel in time for almost all of Morning Prayer and all of Holy Communion, of course! Then, back home to finish packing. Got it all done and left to get the travel documents notarized. Rats! We forgot Mom's purse, back home. On the way home, we remembered we forgot SkyPuke. Good thing we went back or SkyPuke would have missed the trip. Back on the road. We stopped at the Pattons' for Mom and Pop to pick up a bass guitar for John Young to play on this Sunday while I am gone. Rats, again. I really wanted to play with him.
Anyway, it was an uneventful drive to Los Angeles International Airport, KLAX or LAX for travelers. We were going to eat dinner at The Proud Bird, but it was closed by the time we got there. So, we are at In-N-Out. Have you ever eaten at a place full of Rose Bowl attendees and Asia Travel Company people? I've never been to such a full place.
Anyway, to the airport. The security line was about 700 people long, luckily Pop knew a way that had three people in it. Unfortunately, he forgot to remove his pocket knife until he was emptying his pockets. Fortunately, I was able to hand it back to Mom who was not going through the line. All's well that ends well.
While we were waiting to get on board, I met a young fellow about my age named Peter from Kentucky. He had a Glenn Beck book and a lovely leather NIV Bible. Interesting fellow to talk to and we ended up with aisle seats in the same row - 54!
Pop intercepted the IRO getting on the aircraft and asked him if he knew our friend Chuck G, a Delta Captain. We checked with him ahead of time and Chuck said he knew at least one of the crew. Scott said he did, but not well (obviously it was the other guy), but he invited me to the cockpit.
Airborne a bit late, but should be in Sydney, that would be YSSY, ahead of schedule.
More later!
Rodent Kandaroog Out
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