So Emma got home from her European trip last Sunday morning and was home for all of 2 days before taking off for Utah to visit her friend Anne for a few days. She tried to come home on Friday afternoon but a Delta cancellation ate up all of the available seats to DFW so guess what!?
Another overnight at the airport!
It may seem tacky to those who can afford a hotel, but overnighting at the airport has its advantages. First and foremost it is cheap. In fact it is free. Second, it is relatively safe, since you are on the secure side. No one is going to approach you with a gun or an appeal for spare change or anything like that. And third, there are not many people about and it is fairly quiet. You can usually find an airplane blanket or two and at the larger airports, they sometimes pull out cots or mattresses. Steve got a fold out pad from UA at Minneapolis to sleep on and we have had cots at Chicago. And last, but not least, there is the advantage of being there to stand by for that 6 AM flight. No early morning rush to the airport. And those early flights are often good for standing by since revenue passengers have been known to sleep in.
So yes, Emma got on the 6 AM flight out of Salt Lake and was home for the rest of Saturday. Sarah and Loren came over and we took some family pictures, since we will not be together again until Christmas. AND it was Stephen's birthday, so we all went out to eat which was fun. Then today Emma was off again to Minnesota. She will work for 2 more weeks at Danish Camp and then drive her car to Idaho. We expect to see her one more time before school (BYUI) starts since she is going to Disney World with Sarah and Loren in September.
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