texas

i recently just returned from a short trip to abilene, texas! my friend shantel is from there, her mom and dad still live down there so i went with her and her family to this small texas town. they all drove down a few days before me and i flew down and had a flight back as well because there were too many kids to fit me in the car. i didnt mind flying though, salt lake to texas is a longgg drive. well i get on my flight to texas. i checked my baggage and i was super stoked to get there. i had 2 layovers, my first one was in denver (that is a huge airport, i had to take a train to the different gates!) once i got on the plane in denver which was supposed to fly to dallas, it got delayed. i was way nervous that i was going to miss my flight to lubbock but once we got in the air finally they informed us that the flight from dallas to lubbock was delayed as well. that gave me comfort because shan and her mom had to drive a few hours to come and pick me up in lubbock. well once we got to dallas in the air, the weather was horrible we had to fly in circles for an hour before they finally received the news that they shut down the dallas airport so we were not able to land. the captain came on the loud speaker and said that we were going to have to land in a little base in abilene and wait for the weather to clear up in dallas, which could take hours, or even til the next day. well lucky for me, abilene was exactly where i was supposed to end up son once we landed the flight attendants let me out of the plane through a back door and shantel’s sister came and picked me up since shantel was 3 hours away in lubbock. unfortunately my luggage could not be retrieved from the plane since it would be too much of a hassle to find just my suitcase. they assured me that it wouldnt take long for me to get my luggage though since it was going to dallas and they could just send it back to abilene. the next few days i waited for my bags to come and i ended up having to go buy a few new outfits which i wasn’t too sad about… :) and a new swimsuit and some toiletries and things so i could atleast survive til my bags came. it finally came real late saturday night and it was such a relief. while i was there, we went swimming a few times, we went and saw a movie, i tried a real texas bbq restaurant which was delicious. the last full day i was going to be there we planned on going to six flags in dallas. we woke up monday morning and saw that dallas was supposed to be thunderstorms all day long so we drove south to san antonio to the other six flags called FiEsTa TeXaS. this one doesnt have as many huge rollercoasters as the dallas one but with a purchase of a ticket you also get free entry to the water park, which we took full advantage of in the texas heat. around seven we waited in line for a rollercoaster and once i was sitting in the seat, buckled and ready to ride the power went out and they closed down the park for it started pouring and lightening there too. we all walked back to the car and got soaking wet and i played air baseball in the parking lot with the kids for a half hour before we took the long drive back to abilene. it was a very fun day even though it had to end a little early. the next day we went swimming in the morning and had to hurry home so we could drive all the way to lubbock so i could fly home. well once we were there, i found out i missed my flight (way too much bad luck with flights this trip) and we had to drive all the way back and the new plan was they would leave an extra kid with the grandparents and i would take her place in the car for the drive home the next day. so early early on wednesday morning we woke up and drove all the way home. i tried to sleep as much as i could, but it was hard with a car full of kiddies. the drive really wasn’t that bad though and i am very grateful we made it home with no accidents. i am so glad that i got a little break from work and from my life in utah. texas was a fun trip even though it was perfect. good to be home though!