Let's Go on a Holiday

Hey, did I mention that we were going on a holiday?  Here is how it all started . . .

We aren’t the most efficient packers.  We always take far too much stuff.  Don’t get me wrong, we make an effort to use it ALL.  It won’t go to waste.  BUT we do have lots of luggage.  Oh, and we might wait until the last minute to do all the packing.  I did get most of the laundry done ahead of time.  Without a dryer I needed to be a little organized.

We all woke up nice and early and started packing right away.  After breakfast.   6 hours later, we were almost on our way out the door.  Adlai decided to take a nap.  He’s a good napper but we were talking 4 hours and we finally had to wake him up.  At least I got a lot more done than if he had been following me around everywhere.  And then there was Lilly.  She kept laying down in the middle of the hall.  She wasn’t feeling all that great but just told us her tummy hurt.  I was pretty sure she was exhausted from all the running around we have done in the last couple of weeks and just needed a good break.

Between the 4 of us we had 3 suitcases, a pack-n-play, a hockey-gear-sized-bag, and 4 carry-ons.  And a stroller.  Quite ridiculous.

So we got on the first flight without any hassles.  Yeah, Adlai’s first plane ride!

 

Although it looked like it, Adlai does not have a bag over his face.  Those were his headphones that he 'took apart'.

And within a matter minutes, Lilly’s first experience with the puke bag.  (Can I say that all her experience with the puke bucket in the car has paid off?)  Needless to say over the course of the 5 hours we were in the air, she used about 10 bags and another 2 as we got off each one.  That was not a pleasant experience but Lilly was a trooper.  She tried to sleep and drink but, well, you can guess what happened each time.

We finally arrived in Cairns at about 10:20 at night.  Adlai fell asleep as we were landing.  He didn’t do too bad.  He had a couple of meltdowns but nothing long and torturous. 

We had to wait for a Maxi-taxi as our luggage would not fit in small vehicles that they called taxis.  We went our 3 kms to our “resort”.  Since we had a late check-in time we were given a code to a safe and inside the safe was our key and room number.   As we walked to our room I noticed a couple of open doors with toilets.  I discovered why this place was so cheap!  It was more like a backpackers hostel with a shared toilet/shower!  Probably not the biggest deal but then again, the cockroach didn’t help my impression!