We turned in our rental car Friday morning and they drove us to the airport. We knew we were in for a long day flying west against the clock. I figured we would be awake for about 24 hours. The flight from Frankfurt to Denver was long but not stressful. We watched movies and read but didn't sleep.
In Denver Lindsey caught her flight to Kalispell and was on her way, but we learned our flight into Salt Lake City was delayed so we would miss our connecting flight into Lewiston.
We used Lindsey's cell phone to call and cancel our hotel reservations in Lewiston and then went through the process to get another flight to Lewiston. Since it would be Saturday they had no direct flights so we had to go to Seattle then back to Lewiston. Because the airlines created our problem they gave us a hotel room in SLC so we did get some rest but we found that jet lag in a westerly direction means you wake up about 3 a.m. and can't go back to sleep. We did manage about 4 or 5 hours sleep that night.
Both flights were not long but it was a tiring day.
We did enjoy the dramatic sight of Mount Rainier as we came into Seattle but especially relished the recognizable but more mundane view of Lewiston Valley
All our luggage got there safely and our new car was even at the Lewiston Airport waiting for us.
After lunch at Zany Graze, we were finally on our way home.
Now, a week later, we are settled in and over the jet lag effect of waking up very early.
We loved serving our mission in Germany, as well as the others we have done, but Home is Home.
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