Saturday, October 23, 2010

Day 22 - Flying back home

Well all good things must end. The day had finally come to fly home. We finished packing (which ended up having to be adjusted at the airport), went out and got a light breakfast, and it was time for one last cab ride - out to the Quebec Airport for the flights home.
Our first flight was a short one from Quebec to Montreal. At this point we had to collect all our checked baggage and go through US customs and then turn the bags back in. We then flew from Montreal to Denver. After another layover it was on one last plane to home. Our day started a 3 AM (Pacific time) - 6 AM in Quebec and ended in Fresno at 7:30 PM - that was a long day.
In Denver we saw a couple of notable things. We needed food (dinner) and the only place near our gate was Heidi's Brooklyn Deli. We didn't know Heidi ever got to Brooklyn but she really makes a good sandwich.The strangest thing at the Denver airport is this. They appear to be some kind of tents or teepees built to represent the Colorado Rocky Mounains.
So to recap our little trip. We were gone 22 days and traveled approximately 7420 miles. Those miles are broken down thusly:
Air to New York - 2680 miles
Driving in NY - 700 miles
Cruise - 2500 miles
Air to Fresno - 2640 miles

2 comments:

Heidi said...

I actually did go through Brooklyn on the way to the airport in New York once! That sign is great! It was cool reading up on your trip, it must be nice to be home finally.

Anonymous said...

I enjoyed reading that Bob.