Travel Log, 2nd installment

Who knew Texas was so much bigger than Saipan? I guess you kinda forget how large Texas is when you are away. We did an awefull lot of driving, Dallas to Waco, Waco to Austin, Austin to Waco, Waco to Houston, Houston to Waco, Waco to Dallas.....I think all in all we spend almost two full days in our rented PT Cruiser. Savita is like her mom and as soon as she is strapped in her seat she falls into a deep sleep.

The flight back to Saipan wasn't much better than the flight over. We departed from Dallas on some ungodly hour. Flew into Memphis, from Memphis to Detroit. We boarded the plane on time in Detroit, but were told we would be delayed for a little because the Captain called in sick. They were waiting for his replacement.....which turned out to take 3 hrs. So we sat on the plane for 3 hrs before the replacement showed up or the original Captain had sobered up enough so they'd let him fly the plane. Because of the delay we missed out flight out of Nagoya. They put us up in the same hotel as last time, gave us meal vouchers again, eventhough all the restaurant had already closed for the day. Managed to find some Rama Noodles at the only convenience store still open, they tasted really good. Savita was nackered after the day of traveling and was out cold as soon as we plopped her on the bed.

Our original flight from Nagoya was a direct flight to Saipan, but the only available seat they had were on a flight to Guam and then from Guam to Saipan. Nagoya to Guam was business class....I can get used to that. Guam to Saipan was in a little crappy prop plane. Finally made it home on Friday afternoon, tired, but happy to be home. It took Savita a couple of minutes to reaquaint herself with the dog and another 3 days to figure out when to sleep and when to play.