Another frustrating day of travel...

So one might think that with all the trouble we had getting to Boston that the return flight would be a breeze, right? Wrong...very wrong.

We had a nice walk this morning, got all ready, checked out of the hotel and headed for the airport. We had plenty of time and decided to have lunch at the Fox Sports Restaurant. We sat at a table and a few minutes later looked up to see a US Airways flight crew member sit down at the table next to us.

He made a comment to the server about having plenty of time so I asked, "What flight are you on?"

He said, "Richmond."

"Hey," we said, "that's where we're going."

"I don't want to be the one to start rumors, but I will," he said.

"Oh no," Chris and I both said.

He went on, "I heard that the captain for our flight called in sick. They're hoping that the captain coming in from Savannah will be able to take the flight so we can leave on time."

"You're kidding," we said.

"No."

We talked throughout our meals...he and Chris talking sports. We also shared our Richmond to Boston flight story. In the course of our conversation, we found out that the woman at the table on the other side of him was also on our flight to Richmond.

To make a long story short...our flight which was originally scheduled to leave Boston at 3:10 p.m. actually left Boston at 6:15 p.m. So instead of getting into Richmond around 5:00 p.m., we got in around 8:00 p.m. and finally pulled into our driveway about 8:45 p.m.

As it turned out, the woman captain coming from Savannah was unable to take the flight because, according to an FAA regulation, she was six minutes too late arriving putting her over the allowed time if she were to take the Richmond flight. What? Six minutes. So crazy. Then we had to wait for another captain to come in from D.C. But that flight was delayed because of an air show in D.C. What are the chances? I mean, come on. You can't even make up stuff like this.

I know that in the scheme of life this is small stuff, but man we just really wanted to get home. And when we did, what a reception from the dogs. They went nuts...and now that we've been home for about 45 minutes, Pebbles is sound asleep on the couch and Bam Bam is sitting quietly at my feet. I know they are relieved to have us home and we are relieved to be here.

We're quite tired from our long adventure today (basically sitting at the airport for six hours and then on a plane for 2 hours) so we're off to bed in a few minutes. But thought I'd share this tonight for two reasons. The first is that you might be interested and get a good laugh. The second is that I needed to get all this off my chest.

US Airways better be prepared for the nice letter they'll be receiving from us!

Good night all.