Layover in LA

Just Checking in. We are at Los Angeles airport waiting for our 5-6 hour flight to Honolulu now. So far everything has been on time and has gone pretty smoothly.

The day started with a 4:35 a.m. alarm although both of us were up before it had a chance to go off. I guess excitement got in the way of sleep. After a quick bowl of cereal and peanut butter toast and we were out the door by 5:20 a.m.

Did I ever tell you how much I love the Bemidji Regional Airport? We parked (for free) exactly four spots from the door, walked in waited in line behind one person and check out bags, walked through security and pretty much right onto the plane. Besides the 30 minute delay for de-icing (the check in guy also loaded bags and de-iced the plane with a hand-held ice scraper) and the cold temp in the plane it was a good flight...except for the dog biscuts they served as a snack..still not sure if it was a graham cracker or ginger snap and the plane was too dark to read the package...good morning taste buds!

At MSP the tram was out of order so I am pretty sure we hoofed it from one end of the airport to the other and got to the gate with enough time to use the bathroom and check in.

On the flight to LA we slept on and off and snoozed through Harry Potter and the Half Bood Prince. Dad's comment was, "I've never really gotten into Harry Potter and now I know why." To Tim's credit, it was pretty hard to get into since we were watching on a six-inch screen and there was too much commotion with the beverage cart etc. when the movie started to really get into from the start. All I know is the ending was wide open from No. 7 or whatever.

Once we got here and stretched our legs for the first time in about four hours, we found a place to eat called Mc Donalds. Yeah, Yeah, were not feeling to adventurous and neither one of us were in the mood for a Thia Chicken Pizza from the California Pizza Kitchen. I am pretty sure we both spent $10 on the value meals though...I guess the 6.98 Hardee's Roast Beef meal and cookie aren't so bad after all. Infact, sounds like a bargin to me. Anyway, Mickey-Deez never tasted so good.

OK signing off for now. I'll check in once we get checked into our new digs. Here's to the next six hours crammed inot a plane... I just hope we don't get stuck next to someone who looks like an all-start wrestler. There are a lot of people waiting for this plane that look like your typical Samoan football players...