Day 2: Sadie's First Flight

Sarah and Sadie riding the escalator at the airport

So today was Sadie's first flight (and a really long day).  We started off meeting for breakfast at the hotel at 7:00.  We had to load the shuttle to the airport by 7:25, so it was a whirlwind to pack, eat, and load up.

We checked out bags and then waiting in line for security at the airport.  It took about an hour from the time we walked in the door until we actually made it through security.  It wasn't too slow, but probably the slowest I'd seen the security lines move.  We got some snacks as Chic-fil-a then boarded the plane.

We experience a bumpy flight from Atlanta to Sandiego, especially over Oklahoma.  The landing was a little rough, but otherwise good.  The free inflight movies on Southwest are a great thing, Sadie and I watched the new "How to Train Your Dragon" move and then she watched several cartoons.  We flew the US-Mexican border coming into San Diego and could see the border and a good way into Mexico.

Sadie conked out on the plane

The San Diego airport is an interesting place.  Naturally, we wanted to get to our next gate even though we had a 2-hour layover.  We discovered that we had to go outside of security to get to our next gate.  Once we got to that side of the airport, we found that there was only one small place to have lunch (other than $10 cold sandwiches).  We ate a lunch of fish and chips (pretty good), then waited for our next flight.

The flight from San Diego into Spokane seemed to go quickly.  I watched "Ocean's Eight" and Sarah and Sadie watched "Smallfoot".  We landed, got our rental car (after we finally got our car seat) which was a nice, big, black Ford Expedition (4600 miles on it).  We checked into our hotel (Fairfield Inn and Suites), went to Wendys for supper, then Walmart.  We finally got in bed about 10pm local (1am eastern).  We were all exhausted, but a great day!