In UT

Hello,

We landed on time even if it was late in my mind: 11:00 pm MDT. My body kept thinking it was 12:00. Everything went smoothly on the flight except for the bumps coming into the Denver airport and taking off again from the airport. I have often experienced that there so I should be used to it, but I noticed my body get a little tense.

Miriam was in the cell phone lot waiting when we landed. We scurried off to the baggage claim area, only to see many others find their bags and leave. Two other flights were picking up in the same area. Then we waited some more. A few bags came up for people I recognized as having been on the plane with us, then nothing. Finally, an airport guy came, hopped over the “belt” and went down in a hole to start throwing bags out, he climbed out and disappeared. Only a few more bags appeared. A different man came, scurried across, went down the hole, and more bags made it up. He hung around a little longer and it was finally streaming out bags. Ours came, we grabbed it, called Miriam, dashed across to the pickup point, and waited just a little longer until she could get to us before we drove on to her house.

Leroy and I have gotten up and walked the dog each day. This morning Pal was parked closer to the gate when we got out there, hopped right up when he saw us, and presented his neck for the leash attachment. He is an old dog, but he moves right along both with learning a new trick and getting one paw in front of another. Miriam tells us to be careful because if he gets loose it is a serious chase to get him back. We have hung on tightly and managed to do just fine.

We are going camping up in the mountains tonight and tomorrow night. It should be quite cool up there, wondering if I should have brought winter pj’s.

Paula