A Long Day's Journey into Night

Packed and ready to go on Wednesday, we met for breakfast at the hotel before boarding buses for Heathrow at 8:15am. Sadly, a Marco Men's Club (MMC) traveler tripped over a bag and fell head-first on the curb. The ambulance arrived within 20 minutes (ugh traffic) and took Brooks to the hospital. That episode delayed our departure, but we still had plenty of time to catch our flight.

Some sort of electrical failure occurred just as we were finishing our check-in at American Airlines. Conveyer belts, escalators and TSA screening came to a halt. Luckily, Bill and I were not terribly effected, but many in our group had tedious manual security checks and lost luggage upon arrival.

We had a comfortable flight. I finally finished my book and watched the movie Free Solo. Once in Miami, it took almost two hours to get our group together between lost luggage claims and erroneous information for gathering and meeting the bus to Marco.

The MMC's group of 39 remaining travelers arrived on the island at approximately 10p. Long day, fun 17 days, Brooks will be fine and lost luggage will be found. Here's some parting shots of our transatlantic adventure: