Uganda: Part I

I have much to recap, but let's start from the very beginning...

We had a crazy start to the trip. We barely made our flight. We loaded up in Brownsville after South Padre and the reunion, and then we got on the plane to get to Houston.Every flight that day had left on time, of course. And as we taxied out, the pilot announced there were bad thunderstorms in Houston, and we'd be stuck on the tarmac for a while.  And then we turned back to the terminal. Of course, we freaked out and began making all sorts of contingency plans. Maybe fly to BWI. Or head to Newark.

After a couple of hours of delay, we finally left. And thankfully, our next aircraft had been diverted to San Antonio. So we barely made the flight. Maybe ten minutes to spare. But it meant we were getting in two hours later, at 1am, so we didn't get home and in bed til after 1:30 am. Fun, fun. Four hours of sleep, laundry to do, and then packing in the morning.

So we go up, literally threw some stuff in suitcases, and then Shea and Shannen arrived to pick us up. We got to IAD in plenty of time, met up with N, and then we headed to breakfast.

Thirteen hours on our first flight. Ethiopian was not very bad, actually. Lots of entertainment options, though the new release movies were not great. I did watch the Sound of Music. And Runaway Jury.  We landed in Addas, and we immediately searched for wifi. We are news nerds. None of us slept. But leaving at 11:15 am was good, in a way. After a few hours in the decrepit older terminal, we flew on to Kampala.

And in early afternoon, we landed. We were in Africa.