The long trip to CA

It was an early wakeup for us (there aren't a lot of connections through Lyon, so you usually end up on an early flight) at four in the morning, then drove to the airport, dropped everyone+luggage off at the terminal, parked, took a picture of the parking space, met up with everyone at the terminal and found the check in. A dog was being checked in in a carrier, and the very worried looking owner was contemplating a large puddle of dog pee on the terminal floor. I'm guessing it was doggie-sedative related. The check in people seemed to be completely at a loss for what to do however and it was at least twenty minutes before we could get our luggage through. The security check in was a nightmare with complete jerk attendants -- it reminded me of the TSA! The trip was fairly uneventful, but looooong. It is unspeakably daunting to look at the "flight progress" monitor, see that you are halfway there (YAY!) and then realize that that is another six hours (BOOOO!). We were met at SFO by a very excited nana. I love to see her reunited with the kids






it's a long trip. Happily, we were prepared with lots of gifts, the iPad loaded up with movies and games and a lot of snacks.