So, updating every day did not go as well as I had planned it to, New York was okay to update in, but it seems like everywhere else we have just been really busy somehow. I was going to make this a "The rest of the trip" post but apparently I have more to talk about than I thought I did. If you don't feel like reading all about the issues we had with planes then you can skip this blog, I won't be offended.
Our trip to LA from New York wasn't exactly the smoothest - we got to the La Guardia Airport about eight hours before our flight because of the time we had to be out of the hostel. We sat around and watched friends for hours before we could finall check our bags in four hours before our flight was due to leave. We stood in the check in line for an hour which was utterly ridiculous as the line wasn't even that long. I still have no idea why it took so long, we seemed to be standing at the very front of the line for 10 minutes or so while they sorted something out. No one told us anything. It was really frustrating.
When we finally did reach the check in desk, the guy serving us obviously like to make people who are travelling want to punch him. While doing our tickets he was mumbling to us and somewhere in it he said that we had missed our connecting flight into LA. My mind started racing "We hadn't even gone to Milwaukee to get to our connecting flight! How could we have missed it? What on earth was going on?" What he actually meant was that because of the delays on the plane that we wouldn't get to the airport in time to catch our connecting flight, so he would have to change it.
Still not an ideal situation to be in, but really, we actually had to ask the question "So how do we get to LA then?" He should have flipping told us straight up. Doesn't he deal with stressed travellers all the time? You don't freak them out and not give them a solution. Anyway, he booked us a flight from LA to Atlanta and then we would fly from Atlanta to LA. With the original trip plan we were going to be in LA by about one in the morning. This had us getting there at one pm the next day. That was annoying, but okay because, whatever, flights get delayed and that's fine.
Our plane to Atlanta was supposed to leave at a quarter to seven but because of the ridiculous delays it didn't leave until about 12:30am, maybe 1:00. I don't really remember. Wwe were left sitting in the smallest gate I have ever sat in for a ridiculous eight hours. We got through all the friends disks I had with me, and we didn't even get seats for that entire time, so we were sitting next to a pole, on the ground . It was not comfortable. And there wasn't even free wifi!
Finally getting to Atlanta, which is the most confusing airport I've ever been in, we managed to find our gate. We found our gate with several people sleeping on the chairs. Elizabeth decided she would do the same. I tried, and failed to sleep on the ground so ended up watching Disney movies instead. When Elizabeth woke up I was still watching movies and so she joined me. While we were watching the Lion King a little girl spotted us and tried to inconspicuously watch it with us. We ended up just sitting it on the ground for her to watch and then suddenly there were five little girls. We were practically a low budget babysitting group. We even had stuffed animals with us.
Finally when we got on to our plane for the flight to LA I think I was awake for about 10 minutes and then fell straight to sleep. That flight certainly seemed like a short one for me. We collected our baggage, which thankfully was all there and not damaged and headed to our hostel.
More on LA to come!
Tara
