Our alarms went off at 5 am so we could shower and leave for
the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. We
checked the rental Camry back in to Enterprise then checked our bag at the Allegiant
desk. We ate a breakfast of oranges and
cold cereal before we went through security.
For some reason we didn’t have the TSA PreCheck status but security at
the small Gateway airport wasn’t terribly busy.
While we were sitting at the gate waiting area a fellow struck up a
conversation with us. It turns out that
his in-laws are from Frazier’s Bottom, West Virginia. He had grown up in central Kentucky but has
lived in the Phoenix area for a number of years. It was nice chatting with him.
Mary & I were seated about 10 rows apart. Since selecting seats carries a significant
extra charge with Allegiant we typically opt to sit wherever we end up. Sitting in row 9 I was in the baby
section. My seatmates, an older couple
from Cincinnati, remarked that they had never seen so many young babies on a
flight. We were fortunate that none of
the infants was much of a crier and the trip was fairly quiet. We arrived at CVG in northern Kentucky on
time a little after 1:30 pm.
Because we were confused regarding the place where hotel
shuttles pick up passengers we missed a couple of opportunities to get back to
our car at the Hilton parking area. We
arrived at the correct pickup point as the shuttle was just pulling out so we
had a bit of a wait. We got back to the
car and drove home on the AA Highway.
When we arrived in Barboursville we stopped at Walmart so we could have
something for meals in the coming week.
We decided to pick up dinner so we stopped at the Arby’s in Ona for
sandwiches. Mary got a reuben and I had
a brisket sandwich and we split an order of fries.
We got the water and crucial appliances turned on and
started preparing for work and the week ahead.
We estimate that the expenses for the week came to about $1000 which was
quite a bargain. Our expenses were much
less since Whittingtons split the house and car rentals as well as fuel and
food items for breakfast and lunch.
Because we share a lot of interests with Mark and Cindy we would gladly
go on another trip with them. Like us,
they enjoy going out into the desert and walking around. In the evenings and in the car Mary and Cindy
enjoy playing games and chatting. Mark
and I enjoyed irritating them and catching up.
We look forward to another trip together.
The map below shows places that we visited on our trip. You can zoom in to see additional detail or
click on any of the tagged places to see more information on that
attraction. We drove a total of 1355
miles in the week that we were in southern Arizona.
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