We Took The Left Turn At Albuquerque And Ended Up In Detroit

After breakfast and a little more visiting, we left the Chapmans and headed to Albuquerque.  I wanted to make sure we had time to get settled in and repacked for our flight back.  Our flight started boarding at 5:55 a.m.  We figured we would have to leave the hotel at 4:30.


We got to our hotel, and I turned in the rental car.  Adri and I went to the pool and hot tub.  We ordered pizza and then headed to bed a little early.  Day eleven was really just getting us ready to head home.


Our twelfth day started at 4:00 a.m. Mountain Time.  We figured we should leave about 4:30, but the first shuttle wasn't until 5:00.  The Albuquerque airport is not very big so having a little shorter time before we boarded was fine.  Our connecting flight in Houston was not so fine.  As we touched down we heard them say it was 9:35 in Houston.  Our boarding pass for our connecting flight to Detroit started boarding at 9:35!  Our terminal was on the opposite end of the airport.  We kicked it into high gear.  When we got to the gate, the gate attendant said, "Load 'em up. You have 47 seconds to spare."


We got in to Detroit about 2:30 local time and made it home by 5:30.  It was a great trip, but I think we were all glad to be home!