Adventures in traveling

Our adventures in traveling to Alaska were quite interesting and many things that we weren't expecting. For the next couple of days I will regail you with these adventures.

Tuesday:
Get up, get ready, head to airport.
Check Amos (the guy at the ticket counter really had no idea about how to handle a dog flying). Go through security (this is cumbersome as I have to take Rupert out of his carrier, hold him and go through the metal detectors while his carrier goes through x-ray then put him back in his carrier, all without assistance) then head to the gate to wait.
We watch and see Amos boarded on the plane then wait to be called to board ourselves.
Fly to Milwaukee and watch to see Amos get off the plane then go to the next gate to make sure he gets on the next plane only to find out our flight is delayed. It’s super hot here so we have to have the airline attendant make sure that Amos is in air conditioning. The plane finally gets to the gate and we play the watch and board game again. Because there was a delay, the pilot was angry (because he was blaming the delay on the flight attendant who was told to stay home for an extra hour by the airline itself cause of the delay). Needless to say, this was the WORST flight I have ever been on. Poor Rupert was a mess with all the jerkiness of the plane (not to mention the entire planeful of passengers being thrown forward by how hard the pilot stomped on the brakes).
Fly to Minneapolis and rush to the baggage claim to retrieve our wonderful puppy and then take the boys out for a bit to let them decompress and eat some too. They did not want to go back in their carriers but did none-the-less. Then we had to recheck Amos and go back through security ourselves (this time we got held up in security for something we had never been stopped for before – we didn’t take our liquids out of the bags (they were in clear plastic bags in our luggage) and they decided they needed to rummage through our entire bag and rescan it… GRRRR). After this we had just enough time to grab some dinner to take with us and board the plane (Andrew watched for Amos to be boarded while I got food).
Fly to Seattle, watch for Amos again but this time he was taken off and set aside while they reloaded the plane cause we were on the same plane to Fairbanks. This was amusing to watch cause the guys on the tarmac kept coming over to Amo and giving him love and then when they would go back to doing their jobs he would bark at them… That’s our spoiled puppy. Finally he was boarded onto the plane and then we were called ourselves to board.
Fly to Fairbanks – Arrive ON TIME!!!! (how often does that happen). Claim the overly excited Amos and take both boys outside while we wait for the hotel shuttle to pick us up. Get to hotel, check in and CRASH! What a very long and exhausting day!
Writing about what all we did that day is exhausting me again all over.