Well, after a frantic morning and early afternoon of packing and organizing things, Linnea and I made it to Portland. There were a few hiccups along the way, hopefully not a sign of what is to come for the next two weeks!!
For some reason most of the rental cars where we liver were unavailable today, but thanks to my dad for calling around to all the places and getting a car lined up for us!
It is crazy when the family calendar, aka Me, tries to leave town! I seemed to spend the day saying, " and then someone has to do this or someone has to do that!" Hopefully they will survive without us!
Got the bags packed, but still have a sneaky suspicion that I have forgotten something. The drive was uneventful, thank goodness! We stopped for dinner in Hood River at 6th St Bistro, yum. Made it to the airport and dropped off the rental car no problem. Then we ran into a mixup with the information booth, I think they called the right shuttle, but the guy who was standing there told us to get on the wrong shuttle :(. Even after I said we were to go to Airport Way, not Columbia. The shuttle driver was very nice and took us to the right place after he dropped off his proper customers!
We are staying at the Holiday Inn Express and I booked it for the free airport shuttle. When I called, I asked if I could book the shuttle that we wanted and was assured that it would be no problem to do it when I checked in. Well, when we checked in the shuttle we wanted was full! They very kindly offered to get me onto the sister property's 4 AM shuttle- I was hoping to sleep til 4AM! So taxi it is for us!
Tried to do online checkin only to find that the seats the airline has for us are totally different from our tickets. So tomorrow in Atlanta, I have to wait for the gate agent to try and get seats for us together> wish us luck with that!! It is a long flight!
Still, thanking God for giving me a wonderful daughter to travel with! Hoping tomorrow goes a bit more smoothly!!
For some reason most of the rental cars where we liver were unavailable today, but thanks to my dad for calling around to all the places and getting a car lined up for us!
It is crazy when the family calendar, aka Me, tries to leave town! I seemed to spend the day saying, " and then someone has to do this or someone has to do that!" Hopefully they will survive without us!
Got the bags packed, but still have a sneaky suspicion that I have forgotten something. The drive was uneventful, thank goodness! We stopped for dinner in Hood River at 6th St Bistro, yum. Made it to the airport and dropped off the rental car no problem. Then we ran into a mixup with the information booth, I think they called the right shuttle, but the guy who was standing there told us to get on the wrong shuttle :(. Even after I said we were to go to Airport Way, not Columbia. The shuttle driver was very nice and took us to the right place after he dropped off his proper customers!
We are staying at the Holiday Inn Express and I booked it for the free airport shuttle. When I called, I asked if I could book the shuttle that we wanted and was assured that it would be no problem to do it when I checked in. Well, when we checked in the shuttle we wanted was full! They very kindly offered to get me onto the sister property's 4 AM shuttle- I was hoping to sleep til 4AM! So taxi it is for us!
Tried to do online checkin only to find that the seats the airline has for us are totally different from our tickets. So tomorrow in Atlanta, I have to wait for the gate agent to try and get seats for us together> wish us luck with that!! It is a long flight!
Still, thanking God for giving me a wonderful daughter to travel with! Hoping tomorrow goes a bit more smoothly!!
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