The connection in Atlanta was very tight, however immigration and customs went very quickly. When I got to to the boarding gate for the flight to Salt Lake City, boarding was almost finished. Someone was sitting in my seat and the flight was very full. Turns out he was in the wrong seat which was a very good thing otherwise I likely would have had one of the two remaining middle seats. The air was very turbulent the entire trip and the flight attendants stayed seated the whole trip. I kind of dozed a couple of times and finished my book. We arrived in Salt Lake City about 20 minutes ahead of schedule.

The airplane full of people, including me, arrived, but my luggage didn’t. The connection must have been too tight. The baggage people at Delta assured me the bags would be on the 9:30 flight from Atlanta. By this time it was 7 p.m. and I need my breathing machine to have any kind of useful sleep, so Nina and I elected to wait in Salt Lake until the 9:30 flight arrived. The day was definitely getting longer!

Our neice Ashlyn also joined us at the airport. She’ll be staying at our house for the next several months until her next semester at BYU-Idaho starts in May. To pass some time we drove uptown to a Chili’s restaurant and had dinner. I went back into the baggage claim area at 9:15 and the Atlanta flight had just landed. A few minutes later my baggage came down the chute onto the baggage carousel, a welcome sight indeed. We loaded up and headed north to Pocatello. Other than some occasional very dense fog, the trip was unremarkable indeed. Bed was a welcome sight as well. I had been up and going for 26 hours by this time.

It’s now Thursday morning and I’m headed to the shower and to work. It’s good to be home.