The Beginning of our Journey...

This morning (January 2nd) at 12:30 am we boarded the plane in Phoenix to begin our journey to Dominica. Since Kyle knew the guy who worked at the US Airways counter, we were moved to the exit row. We like to think of it as "land of the leg room"...very nice for a red-eye flight and one tall boy. We arrived in Charlotte around 6am where we had a 5 hour lay over and slept on the hard floor by our gate. Time passed rather quickly and it was time to head to St. Martin. While we waited for our last flight of the day, to Antigua, we toasted to our new life in the islands with a banana colada. Very tasty and much needed as we would later find out! As the sun set over the ocean we boarded the transfer bus to take us to our plane. Did I say plane? I mean a tin can with wings. We were both shocked as we approached the 20 passenger prop that looked to be a bit rickety and used and were glad we had a tropical drink to ease our minds. We crammed in, said a prayer, and off we went into the sunset gazing at the beautiful islands below us.

Now, after a wonderful island dinner, accompanied by at least 10 mosquito bites for Heidi, we are in our hotel room in Antigua where we will arise nice and early for our flight to Dominica...our new home.