Time to fly and get on our 8 pm flight. Think we'll sleep? Not much, but that's ok. We're still young, right? We'll arrive at 9:30 am, which is really 3:30 am Denver time.
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At 71, Rich & I are still enjoying traveling!
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It's great to finally be at the airport and sit down! We stayed at my daughter, Danae, and her family's home the night before our travel day.
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Off we go in the rain with all our luggage!
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It started raining and hailing just before my daughter was going to take us to catch the light rail to the Denver Airport. Pulling out our rain gear put us a bit behind so we nearly missed the train.
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| Can't believe we actually made it! |
After we got off downtown, we had to go to Union Station to get the train to DIA. My google map said it was a 5 min walk. OH NO! It was a 35 minute walk through the rain pulling a 50 lb. suitcase and carrying a 20 lb. back pack and holding a 10 lb. personal bag with computer and snacks, etc. What went wrong? Not a good start to the first day of our trip!
At the airport, we were held up for quite a while at the TSA checkpoint. The X-rays didn't really like some of our freeze-dried food as some of them had turned into powder. Also, peanut butter is considered a liquid, I guess, so they tossed it out. mmm.
We've been preparing for this trip for a few months and the newest thing we've been doing is freeze drying a lot of food. 1/2 of our luggage is food! Food is expensive in Iceland and Sweden.
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Showing off our new Harvest Right!
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It's been fun trying a variety of fruits, soups, stews, yogurt, cottage cheese, eggs, and more. We'll be camping in a camper van for 6 days, so these will come in handy.
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| Freeze Dried Food that we brought along |
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| We tried freeze drying raisins - didn't work! HA! |
After packing up, we headed for Denver and enjoyed meeting with some relatives at my niece's house in the mountains above Boulder. Great to see my brother, Norval, and sister Carolyn again!
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| Bre & Daniel's boys are so cute! |
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| My cousin, Roxana & her husband, Ron, joined us. |
We stayed at my sister's house for a few days and then on to Rich's niece's house to meet his sister and husband for Sunday lunch.
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| Jeremy, Katie, Pam, Rich & I, & David make home made pizzas - YUM! |
On to my daughter's house in south Denver. GREAT to catch up and spend a few days doing last minute packing before heading off to Iceland.
Sissy made the nametags for the Olson Family reunion in Sweden. Isn't she great!
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| 42 nametags are ready |
I think we're ready for the reunion and we're definitely ready
for ICELAND!!
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| On the plane and ready for 40 days & 40 nights! |
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