Friday, July 4, 2008
It's time for the annual trek out west, which begins with a week in Coronado, the peninsula across the bay from San Diego.
While our official time in my parents' timeshare doesn't begin until Sunday, we choose to leave today. For starters, a couple extra days in California means more time (hopefully) when are kids will acclimate to the time zone and won't get up at 3 a.m. local time.
But flights were easier to obtain on the evening of July 4th. Apparently it's actually a smart day and time to fly. In fact, airlines often schedule the fewest flights of the year (to date) on that day than any other day. Who knew?! That gave me hope that if thunderstorms pop up and delay flights that there will be less flights to clog up the runways when the storms pass.
We fly out of Newark and all is well. No flight delays at all! Knock on wood, I have had horrible travels on business trips, but never with the family....I always bargain with the Lord to make it that way.
Matthew flies from Newark to San Diego without using the bathroom (the toilet on the plane scared him).
Continental served dinner, which is nice....but in a way, slightly annoying. I'm kind of now prefer the no meal approach as it's just one more thing to juggle while entertaining the kids, and the kids don't eat the plane food anyway.
We land around 9 p.m. local time and -- surprise -- FIREWORKS! From above the baggage concourse, we can see THREE separate displays! Such savvy planners. But alas, the payback is major traffic getting from San Diego to Coronado. Ah well...we landed with no kid incidents, so what else matters?
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