The first flight, between Lexington and Dallas, wasn’t too bad. They are only dinky little planes going out of Lexington. We were seated in different rows (Joe right behind me) but the bloke next to Joe moved to a single and I then moved into his seat. Actually I had to wait until after take off, then the seatbelt light never went off. But I got back there -thankfully as the bloke I was sat next to was all over the place.<\/p>\n
We were on time and had plenty of time to make the connection in Dallas. Which, with the chaos due to the weather seemed a bit of a miracle. Between Dallas and Vegas however we were in hold class. Very last seats. Behind two good old boys. With an engine right next to us. Misery doesn’t come close to discribing it. Not the worst ever flight I’ve been on, but comes close. Still, have a little bit of time before I have to do it again.<\/p>\n
And we got to Vegas! Couldn’t see (the engine completely blocked the window – so why do they put a window there?) but caught glimpses every now and again as we came in to land. Finally off the plane and got our bags and decided to be lazy and get a taxi. Warning, they ask all sorts of difficult questions like ‘freeway or local?’ erm. ah. We went local and right down the strip. Which was a good choice – though slow. We managed to gawp at everything. Of course, we’re exhausted – still were getting used to east coast time, now we’ve got an extra three hours! Jet lag is another reason to really dislike flying.<\/p>\n
Got to the hotel to discover we have a one bedroom flat. On the 38th floor. It’s marvy! Walked in and just said ‘wow’ before running around and checking it all out. Then fell into bed (did I mention the jet lag?) Woke up far too early (4am – did I mention jet lag?) then tried to go back to sleep. Gave up around 6, came out and looked out the window to see the view and got sunrise over the mountains. So woke up Joe and he grabbed his camera and got some photos. We are now admiring the view (construction work and all) while having our morning coffee and planning our day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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