Flying

If you have followed this blog at all you know that I always begin by saying that we, logically, would not spend the money (that is always in short supply) to go on such adventures- but we do, we always do. And we never apologize for it and we never regret it. It is who we are and it makes our family stronger and closer in the long run. These experiences mark the time and help to establish our way.

Even as we arrived at our first destination, Las Vegas, Nevada (sin city) our family unity and our faith and our utter reliance on and deep belief in the Grace of God is re-affirmed.

Join us for the next couple of weeks as we have new experiences. Some will be great and some may not be all that we hoped but through it all, as always, we will grow. 

With all of that said: This is the Davis Family Vacation 2023. Welcome to it!

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Since we have been foster parents our vacations always begin with a heavy heart as we have to say goodbye to one of our family for a short time while we rest and regain our strength. We know we leave her in good hands and we will see her in a couple of weeks but we miss her every day. We love you Anila Queen.

We flew out of Raleigh/Durham Airport for the short flight to Charlotte. We were excited to get under way.

This was the plane for the first leg and we would fly exactly the same kind of plane on the second leg from Charlotte to Las Vegas.

We had a good short first flight except for a delay because there was no gate.

Traditions are important in any family and ours are held onto tightly. This is a picture on the second flight where Addison opened her tackle box snacks that we have put together in the past for long vacation drives. I assumed no one would want such on a plane but I was informed the day prior to vacation that they would be expected and appreciated. 

The second leg of the flight was long - but no problems. When we landed the first person I saw in Vegas was Rick from Pawn Stars. I did acknowledge him but I didn’t want to infringe on his privacy by taking a picture so I did the next best thing - a picture of Addison with Rick Harrison in the background.

We arrived at The Luxor very late (Eastern Time) but we managed a few photos while Megan got our rooms straight. We ended up having to move after we got in our rooms because of a very loud cricket in the window seal on the fifth floor. They moved us to the ninth floor (I guess crickets don’t climb that high) and to better rooms and gave us a $75 voucher for food which we used for breakfast. Finally … rest.