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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

home but sick

We got home just fine (though our luggage didn't) after a crazy, crazy rush to the airplane. I left St George in plenty of time to get to the Las Vegas airport, but then hit insane bumper-to-bumper, stop-and-go construction traffic in the city. I watched the minutes tick away as my rental car came due...an hour until departure...45 minutes until departure...30 minutes until departure...and all the exits were closed so I couldn't even get off...

We checked our luggage in 15 minutes before departure, waited patiently in the security line, and rushed off to the gate, sitting down 2 minutes after departure time. Juma about had a meltdown when he realized there were no two seats together and he thought he might have to sit in between two strangers instead of his mama. But a nice man let us take his seat, so we got to sit together (thanks, nice man!). So naturally, our luggage didn't make it on the plane. I had to go back to the airport to get it the next day.

And Tuesday, I woke up feeling horrible. And I still feel horrible. I did nothing but take Juma to school, pick him up, and sleep all day yesterday. Not much more productive today.

Anyway, here are some pictures from our vacation to Utah Valley; Salt Lake City; St. George, Utah; and Phoenix, Arizona.


Waiting in the airport to head to Utah...blissfully unaware that our next airport experience would be hellish.




On the Alpine Slide in Park City, Ut.



In the desert outside St. George. How on earth did anyone decide to settle this place? It was nice to see the sun, though. It's been raining all summer here in Connecticut.



All the Beckham cousins (plus two dads) next to some 3000-year-old petroglyphs drawn by Anasazi (?) Native Americans.



Cameron and Stephanie, aka the Newlyweds, whose wedding we attended in Salt Lake. Overlooking Green Valley in St. George.



"The Beckham Boys" with Cam and Steph and some nifty "alien" petroglyphs.

1 comment:

Laura said...

I'm sorry you had a crappy airport experience and that you got sick. It's impossible to go from UT to AZ and not get sick i think. Glad you could come though!