Travel days 1 and 2 Columbus to Chicago to Beiing

Well I;m awake here at 5:11 a.m. on Aug the 1st blogging in the bathroom again.  The potty makes a decent "office chair".  I'm in here because the lighting is good and I wont wake Larry.  I got a fair night's sleep. We were told we'd do well if we could make until 7 or 8 before going to bed but we held out until around 11!
We started early on Wed and headed to the Columbus airport.  No trouble checking in despite my worries from tuesday and not having tickets in hand.  Our last minute carry-on needed at little tweaking but we got it and then they checked it free for us at the last minute!  Yippee, we almost paid $100, glad we took our chances,  Our flight to Chicago was very good- Larry's first flight and he loved it.  I wass glad 'cuz there was no turning back for the next one and it was gonna be a dandy.  We were int eh very last seat at the rear of the plane and sate with an ICU nurse from OSU (thought of you Hailee and Olivia) and she was headed to Ireland!  Here's a few pics from that first leg, the day was beautiful and the sky so clear.

So then from Chicago to Beijing-a very long flight . . . they fed us but we just couldn't get enough to eat and we were freezing.  The last five hours were really bad for restlessness.  We were never nervous and no one got sick, thank God.  We were just really wiggly and slept only 1 1/2-2 hours combined. 

Still smiling!

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