We were up by 4:45 am so we could be to the house by 5:45 to get the totes loaded onto Karl’s truck and the suitcases and backpacks into Cams van. All the local cousins, aunts, uncles, and Grandma piled in and off to Nashville!
We met Flynn and LeAnne + family and our friends Michael and Erica Bodeker and mom Twila Rothgery from Fountain Run at Cracker Barrel for breakfast.
45 min wait time(10 parties ahead threw us a little curveball but our options were a little limited.?. Our other option of choice was Pancake Pantry 20 min drive or there is always fast food🤨) we opted to stay where we were and the wait didn’t seem long. We were seated at 4 different tables, our table got served last and Lonnie and I ended up having about 3 min to eat our breakfast altho we stretched that a little. Hurried goodbyes as we were cutting into our recommended 3 hrs before departure.
After the luggage was unloaded and more goodbyes Sherry took their van while Grandma, Cam and girls stayed with us til totes and suitcases were all checked in and we were ready to head thru security
At the gate, it wasn’t long before it was already time(think busy toddler) to pull out the dried apples Lisa T had sent from Mackay 💛, take a “stroller“(car seat on wheels) ride, go find a place to fill our water thermoses,etc.
Nashville-Chicago
12:21 P.M.-2:02 P.M.
Uneventful. small. American Airlines plane.
In Chicago O’Hare we undertook finding our next gate which meant going to ground level where the veiled agent at the ticket counter with hard to understand English was training another lady, they needed to see our passports and boarding passes and they got us onto a bus just outside the door where it was icy cold, snow on the ground! Navigating thru the jets on the runway we made it to the Qatar Airlines terminal. More dark skin, veiled heads, skirts down to the ankles.
We found some supper. 3 hamburger and fries meals/$80. We spent quite awhile over supper, re combed the girls’ hair.
Back to our gate. Where the agents at the counter were were dressed in Qatar Airways uniform complete with quaint matching maroon hat. Google it if you haven’t seen it. And then an unforgettable sight was watching our overseas crew come parading in! All the beautiful dark skinned ladies with bright red lips, in their maroon uniforms with the captains. I just smiled ☺️
Before we boarded, the toddler was getting quite unmanageable so we found the melatonin.
Chicago-Doha
7:05 PM-5:20 PM Feb.14
By time the boarding process was under way Annslie was “out”. On the aircraft we had to walk past the spacious, comfy First Class….
In the economy seating it was definitely just that, with the only exception being the screens in front of us where we had a large selection of “stories” to listen to.
The meals..
When the options were given, it was hard to understand their English, so we just chose something! We chose chicken and rice, which came in a sealed TV dinner like tray. It was hot and ready to eat. A pile of rice with a pile of chicken curry next to it and a pc of green cooked asparagus? on top. A dense bread bun heated in its plastic wrap. A cup of slaw with fresh cilantro on top! A little dessert cup with graham cracker crumbs. Drinks were a nice, normal variety of coke products and juices. And they have milk for Annslie and even heated it for her upon request☺️
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