Travel Day

Wed. July 27, 2011:

We left for CR airport @ 8:30.  Had one glitch- couldn’t bring up the reservation for Emma & Gruff.  Finally, she was able to find our receipt of payment online.  Note to self- next time make sure to have the actual payment receipt with the confirmation.

We were delayed about 20 min., but the pilot made up for it in the air and we arrived in Chicago with no trouble.  From gate B we had to go the gate C, which was tricky to find.  A very nice pilot helped us as his plane was delayed due to mechanical problems.  When we finally got to our gate it was announced that we had a 3-hour delay to London.  The plane was coming from Hong Kong. 

We went and got food and walked all around the concourse.  Gruffydd slept from CR to Chicago, woke up and ate and played.  He slept on and off all afternoon and was not fussy at all.  Around 7:30pm we finally started boarding our flight.  The plane was not full so we were able to move Mark to a different seat and have a place for Gruffydd.  After having supper we settled in for the night, and yes- airport food truly stinks.

I discovered at the airport that my iPad2 would not charge and would not change to a new screen unless I shut it down and restarted every time I wanted a new application.  Of course this was a huge problem, as I had downloaded lots of games, movies, and books for the trip.  I will try and go to an Apple store in Cardiff, Wales.  I can still use my iPod touch- thank heaven I had updated it with my white noise app and my laptop- my movies and books are accessible, just no games- I will have to download those.

Gruffy and I watched “Tangled” .  Emma and I stretched out criss cross and made a bed for Gruffy on the seat between us.  He slept most of the way to London.  What an angel.