Fri 29 July
We receive a txt message in the morning alerting us to the fact that our plane has been delayed and won't be departing till later that afternoon.
Our bags are all packed and labelled with Thing 1 to Thing 5. We all have a bag and carry on each. Darren drops us off at the airport
Get to the airport and see the Khors, then the Seetos and finally Jenly, who arrived by train. We check in, but aren't seated all together.
Go through customs and security and have our customary snack of Maccas.
1pm QF73 flight to San Francisco delayed. As the board displays in my photo below, time is 4:20pm and we were supposed to board at 1pm. More waiting around and hoping we won't miss our connection in San Francisco as the plane is still not ready.
On the flight, Jenly, Janet and I are seated in front of Evan and A. Cath. The Chans are on the other side of the plane and the Khors are towards the back.
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| Dinner is beef casserole with potato, carrots and peas. |
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| Breakfast of fruits |
Arrive SF 2.30pm, Janet and I get out first, so we organise the collection of luggage, ready for the rest to come along and rush to the AC flight.
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| SF Airport luggage carousel |
Get to the departure gate and find out that our 3.30pm AC784 flight to Toronto also delayed. Need to swap planes as well as gates. Just what we need to start our holiday.
11.30pm arrive Toronto. Late at night. Collect our luggage. While the others sort out their finances - withdrawing money from atms at the airport Evan and I head to the rental car area.
Get our cars with GPS and check out the cars. Both of them look very big, not the same, but we'll manage. Book space in Evan's car is not as big as the one we have. So Evan, Janet, A. Cath, Jimmy and Tracey in one and me, Jenly, Mark, Lily and Kaylene in the other.
Jenly programs the GPS and with me leading, drive to Carriage Hills Resort, Horseshoe Valley. Can't believe that roads still have cars, even at the time of the night, but at least it's not heavy traffic.
Mark is getting hungry and wants us to stop somewhere for food, so we stop at one of the rest stops, but the restaurant doesn't have any food, only coffee. So we continue to the resort.
Arrive there around 2am to see a note left on the Guest Registration door - away for a few minutes. More waiting. Finally person checks us in. 3 different units in 3 different blocks. Drive cars around to units, Khors are on 3rd floor of one block. Chans are on 2nd floor of middle block and Tsui/Seetos are on 2nd floor of another block. Our unit becomes the cooking block for breakfast/lunch/dinner.
Luggage deposited, rooms allocated. Janet and I share the main bed. Attached to our unit is another smaller unit with bed, lounge and kitchenette. Evan and A. Cath have this room. There is also large kitchen, dining area, common bathroom, lounge are.
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| Our bedroom with ensuite |
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| Lounge/living area |
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| Our ensuite vanity |
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| Evan and A. Cath's room |
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| Evan's bed |
Sleep after settling in. It's been a very long day.
