Friday, March 7, 2008

MAC Flight

Word to the wise:  Get there as early as they tell you, because the plane may be leaving an hour and a half earlier!

They'll weigh all your bags together, and ask your weight.  They didn't baulk at us having two huge bags per person, and one carry on and one personal item to take with us in the plane's cabin.  

The flight was a non-stop ATA DC 10 with adequate food.  Everyone was polite, and orderly while getting on.

The movies on the plane were all recent releases.  We were saved by William having his portable DVD player.  We ended up having our mini movie theatre on aisle 27.  One kid's parents forgot her DVD player, and another left his DVD's behind by accident.  So, we lent out some DVDs, and extra earphones, and the kids sat and watched.  

De-planing was by rank, and where folks were going.  Many were going on to Okinawa.

There's a brief that's hard to hear because all the kids are cranky.  The little ones haven't had any naps, either.  One little boy was having a fit.  Mom was traveling solo, so I held the sleeping baby, so she could comfort and address the older kids needs.  

Then, you go single file to be processed.  

We got our bags, and got in the van to get to Yokosuka.  There are plenty of buses ready and waiting, as well.  

Downtown Tokyo was beautiful from the freeway.  When you're on trains, you're often underground and see nothing.  We saw Tokyo Tower, got to do the Rainbow bridge and Yokohama's big bridge on the way down.  It was a pleasant drive.

We had a basket of goodies waiting for us here.  Gloria Church has been doing a great job making these up for everyone coming in from the Bremerton area.  It was so nice, we ate pot pies because we were so exhausted, we didn't even want to leave the room.

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