Wrap Up

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Geo: 41.975, -88.0072

We made it back home to O'Hare after a very long day of travel.
Temperature in Queenstown was -1 degree when we got to the airport! Our
flight was supposed to leave Queenstown at 9:55, but was delayed due to
traffic at Auckland. So, we arrived in Auckland about 45 minutes
before our flight was supposed to leave for LA. We arrived in the
domestic terminal and had a 10 minute walk to the international
terminal. We had to get our bags and re-check them in the other
terminal. So there was lots of quick walking outside and inside the
airport. A nice lady guided us quickly from the check-in desk to our
gate, passing us through security as quickly as possible. Renee and I
had the third to the last row in the plane and a set of 3 seats to
ourselves so we were able to rest our legs on the seat and be a little
more comfortable than the flight from LA to Auckland. There was a bit
of turbulence on the flight and one point when it was pretty scary. But
we arrived in LA finally a little before 6:30 AM LA time. Left LA at
9:30 and arrived at O'Hare a little after 3. So about 24 hours of
travel all together for us. Other than the turbulence, the flights were
ok, but very long. And the running between terminals at Auckland was
not fun. And here in Itasca it's in the mid-80s so pretty warm for us
coming from chilly Queenstown.

I'm pretty exhausted after our day of travel and am sure it will take a
few days to get back on track. Photos will be coming tomorrow!

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