This was our day to leave for our island trip. The ONE cold day of winter, we arrived at the airport by 5:55am and were at our gate by 6:15am — Our flight was at 8:00am.
I always have anxiety about missing a flight and I am always early.. it has become very annoying, but it is just the way my brain works.
Because of the light dusting of snow, the plane had to be de-iced.. The captain assured us this wouldn’t take more than 20 minutes. 30 minutes later, we were ready for take-off.. BUT, we had to wait our turn. Needless to say, we were touching down in Atlanta, GA at the same time our connecting flight was leaving without us. Mad rush to the Help Desk. This day seemed be chaos for many travelers, especially the ones from up north. Delta told us we had missed the ONLY flight to Hawaii that day. Why anyone would fly further from Hawaii and then take the long-ass flight for 10+ hours is beyond me. This was not the ticket I had purchased, but Delta changed my flight plan a month later, and then we missed it anyways. After much coercing at the counter, we were able to push the desk to switch airlines to get us to Honolulu! So we waited, and then took Delta to Las Vegas, and then we waited and took Hawaiian Airlines to Honolulu! Arrival time: 10:30pm Hawaiian Time! And oh so happy. We had been traveling 18 hours. Look at our Happy Faces:
This is Kyle’s first time. The sand was cool on our feet on Waikiki and the air was so fresh and the sounds of the waves so soothing. The excitement of the visit kept us up to 2:00am (6:00am Nashville time).. then we crashed for some hours before the birds and the sun woke me up at 7:00am in PARADISE.
