Airplane dramas

I'm very glad to say that we made it to Mammoth... our condo is awesome, self-contained kitchen etc and heaps of room to spread out. We are so relieved to settle in after a very long, stressful and eventful day.

I won't go into all the nitty gritty details as it will just make me mad (again) but here's a brief run-down...

- Woke up at 4:15am to no hot water in our hotel room = cold showers.

- On the road to Calgary at 5am

- Arrived for check-in on Air Canada flight at 7:09am, they had already closed the flight at 7:00am = missed the flight.

- Weren't able to take next Air Canada flight as it would arrive in LA too late for our Mammoth flight connection

- Found a WestJet flight that would get us to LA with 40 mins till our Mammoth flight (cutting it fine for a LA connection but worth a shot) = paid $300 CAD each

- Took our WestJet flight and arrived in LA on-time (amazing, somehing went right) picked up our bags and raced to the Horizon Air check-in for our flight to Mammoth

- Checked in A-OK for our Mammoth flight (phew), took our bags over to the X-ray and were told everything was cool and we could go...

- We finally started to relax.... we had made our flight and we would be in Mammoth before we knew it!

- Enjoyed the views coming in over the Sierra Nevada ranges, a bizzare landscape where the desert meets the snow-capped mountains.

- Waited for our bags to be off-loaded from the aircraft, only two arrived = board bag missing.

- Had to wait 1/2 hr for someone to help us.... regional airport = only 1 staff member able to help.

- Ended up finding out our board bag was still in LA and would arrive tomorrow.

- Final conclusion = we have vouchers to hire boards, bindings and boots for the day. However, both pairs of gloves and my jacket were also in the board bag so we'll have to hire them too (and pay for these ourselves).

Could be worse... we at least have the rest of our luggage, just one of those days where if anything could go wrong it did!!

Oh well, start again tomorrow.... See how we're feeling after a good nights sleep.... my brain is too tired to think about it anymore tonight.

N.xx