10/8/2013 Tuesday
We went to sleep last night and checked the Hickam AFB flight schedule and there were still five flight scheduled with the first one leaving at 6 AM and the second at 6:10 AM. So we got up very early, packed up everything and arrived at the airport at 5 AM. We checked in and discovered that there were now only three scheduled flights. The first flight had 35 seats and the second had 8 seats and the third one had 30 seats. Sounds good, but doing a quick head count of everyone wanting to go to Travis, I counted a lot more people than seats.
The first two roll calls were conducted and of course we were not called. The next flight was scheduled for 10:40 AM. So we settled in for the four hour wait. While waiting, more and more people were checking-in for Travis and with us being in the lowest priority, I was getting a bit nervous. Then we were advised that the 10:40 flight has been pushed back to 8:40PM. Arrrrggggg, we were not excited about sitting in the terminal all day. I spoke to the Customer Service Rep and she told me that there are a lot more people checked-in than there are seats and we most likely will not make the cut.
We had to make a decision. Either wait for the next flight on Thursday, renting another car, getting a hotel room for two nights, and meals or to fly out commercial. We figured it will be about the same cost to just go home now. Well, since we probably would not make the Thursday flight either, we found the least expensive flight out of Hawaii. We were wheels up from Honolulu, Hawaii at 2:11 PM and arrived in Sacramento 5 hours later.
So, our Anniversaries Trip has ended and what a wonderful time it was! We went over budget, especially having to pay for the flight home, but it was worth every penny. We spent two glorious weeks enjoying God's creation, and all the sights, and sounds, and beauty, and the company of our two best friends, Stan and Stephanie Broder.
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