Saturday morning we were able
to get a late check out of 1:00 PM. We
cleaned up and took a shuttle to the airport about 1:00 PM hoping to be able to
check in and get all set up for the last leg of the flight.
When we arrived at the
airport we were greeted by the sign at Air New Zealand that stated that the
ticket counter would open at 6:00 PM. What??? Susan found a place to plug in her computer and we settled in for our next 5 hrs. We made several walks around
the airport and enjoyed a display they had regarding the poster art of some of
the bands during the 60’s. Of course we
felt a wee bit old (one of our friends said "not old - vintage" as we recognized all the posters and bands. Was that all really 50 years ago?
5:30 PM people started to form a
line even though there were no people at the counter. We joined the line and found ourselves in
line with all the Kiwis. Now we were the
ones with the accent. We got checked and
were told that our bags were definitely re-tagged for the flight and made our
way to security. We had a fairly easy
time going through security until they ordered a bag check on Gary’s
backpack. Turns out his small quad
(scriptures) with a natural leather cover showed up as something organic on the
scanner. With the bag check finished we got something
to eat and then went to the gate to once again wait.
We were able to gate check
our carry on bags, leaving us with just our personal items. 8:30 PM we boarded the flight and really
truly took off.
The flight was
uneventful. We watched a few movies and
tried to sleep with no avail. We arrived
in Auckland at 5:15 AM Monday morning where we were met by Elder and Sister Reynolds.
Our next post will have all
the details about our first day in Auckland
- Did we fall asleep in the
middle of our meetings? Where did our Sunday go?
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