Despite the ups and downs of this trip
(did I mention that we were canceled off our return flight?
Yep, had to fix that...),
we were still disappointed to be headed home.
We needed a few pictures to remember
the beautiful, Pinteresty house by:
The front porch
The separate bedroom suite
Mom, Dad and Jack shared
Jack was in a bedroom next door
Our loft
The living room
And one more shot of the view
(and it's still cloudy...)
We needed one of the hanging chair too.
Definitely a favorite sitting nook
We finished off the food
rang the bell one more time
and we were off!
Oh look--
it's sunny south of Sedona.
Our flight isn't until this evening
so we had some time this afternoon
for a bit more fun.
We headed to this 3D minigolf place
It was weird, but cool
with a lot of challenging holes
Not a bad way to spend the afternoon!
We all have this odd obsession with In and Out Burger,
so when we found that there were several nearby...
I mean, what else could we do
but stop for lunch?
Dad,
looking sad about being a solo table
(but not really...)
Because In and Out requires a picture!
We thankfully got on the plane
without any hiccups.
The landing was...HARD!
One of the biggest bumps we've experienced.
The Dads went to get the cars
while the rest of us gathered to get the bags.
Except,
they didn't come.
There was a storm with lightning in the area
delaying things a bit
but then they lost the baggage tram
and told us that "all the luggage has been delivered."
We thought the crowd was going to revolt.
This, on top of our credit cards being hacked today
(yep, add something else to the downs of the trip)
was just about to send everyone over the edge.
Luckily, they found the tram
and AMAZINGLY all our bags were there.
Whew.
Trip, DONE!
So we had a canceled flight,
no rental cars,
overnight drive to Sedona,
speeding tickets,
crap-tacular hotel,
ridiculous bill for the car,
rain, rain and more rain,
blinding foggy drives,
fog in the Grand Canyon,
canceled return flight,
mouse in the house,
stolen credit cards,
and briefly lost baggage.
BUT...
we also made it to Sedona,
figured out the rental car,
had a beautiful house,
lots of tasty meals,
beautiful scenery,
a Jeep adventure,
a memorable Grand Canyon story,
2 national parks,
hot tub time,
lots of hikes and walks,
plenty of time for chats and naps,
game nights,
no lost luggage,
safe return home
and reimbursement for flights, hotel, car, gas, and food from Southwest.
We all agreed it wasn't our best vacation,
but it was still a good one!
Definitely "epic."
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