Planes, Trains, (Buses) and Automobiles

Wow, what a long day yesterday was! Hit the ground running around 7:00 to do all the "last minute" things required to leave 4 children and a dog for 5 days. We pulled out of our driveway at 12:37 waving good-bye to the kids (who were already SO over our leaving and ready to see what all Ms. Victoria had planned for them) and headed for the Pensacola airport. Our flight was at 2:26 and we pulled into the parking garage at 1:50. That's my idea of perfect timing. Check in, get on your seat. (That's the "Plane" part).

We flew from Pensacola to Atlanta and got there around 4:30. Three hours, almost, to kill before our flight to Denver. So we rode the airport shuttle (That's the "Train" part) to another terminal and ate supper at TGIFridays..... even though it was Monday..... but we're just crazy like that. 

We arrived in Denver around 8:30 (Mountain Time) but then we had to get our luggage (took FORVER!!) and then take a bus (That's the "Bus" part) to the car rental place where we picked up our rental car. (That's the "Automobile" part) 

Finally, we headed up into the moutains! Through Boulder and then up VERY narrow and winding roads into Estes Park. By the time we got here, checked in, drove to our cabin and unloaded, it was almost 2:00! See, I told you it was a long day! We dropped our luggage, took quick baths to "blow the stink off," (I LOVE that line from "Hope Floats") and then fell into bed. Of course, it was way too dark to see anything then, but this morning, when the sun woke us up, this was the view from our window. 

Well worth all the hours of travel!!