Happy birthday to my granddaughter Ellexia. She turns 15 today. I dropped her presents off at her house on my way out of town this afternoon. I won’t get to see her until the 21st. She is a delightful young lady that has a sensitive and caring heart.
Made it to our hotel in Phoenix. Our flight was on time and smooth. Had a wait to get the rental car of over 30 minutes but that was our only delay today.
We got an electric car – this will be an adventure. It isn’t a Tesla so hoping we can find a charging station somewhere in Sedona to charge it. Not sure how we do that but we will figure that all out tomorrow.
Geoff drove us to the airport which made it easy. There was no line at all for security. We ate at a pizza place at the airport and the food was good.
The drive to KC was smooth although there seemed to be more traffic than normal. Guess the Christmas rush has begun. I never hit stop and go traffic but there were lots of cars on the road. Of course I am used to Chase County traffic and more than five cars there seems like a lot.
We have to get up at 5:15 in the morning so we can leave by 5:45. We have a 30 minute drive to the hot air balloon place. Lift off is at 6:30 and it is a three to four hour adventure in the morning. The balloon ride itself is about 45 minutes and then they drive us back to the starting point.
After that we will drive into Sedona. We can’t check in until 4:00 so will have time to find a car charger and get that taken care of while we are eating lunch – at least that is plan A. When you travel to new places one has to stay flexible and figure things out on the go.
We have had a smooth start to this adventure. Fingers crossed that will continue.
Grateful for this time with Nicole, grateful for a smooth flight, and grateful we are tucked in safe and sound for the evening.