Travel day! But unlike most travel days, my flight wasn't until about 6 so that I'd get there about the same time as the west coast travellers that were meeting me there (brother David and niece Nora). Even though I was going to be gone for almost 3 weeks, I managed to get by with carry on only. I even bought a new back pack for easier carrying. It worked out great. I also had my carry on bag and c-pap machine bag.
Flights went well. I got there about 7:30.
I was surprised to see how quiet the airport was at 9 pm! I seemed to have the whole terminal to myself from 8-about 9:30 while I waited for David and Nora.
They finally made it. And we were off to the car rental place. Been awhile since I'd been to FLL. I didn't remember there being a shuttle to the car rental place, but now we had to find that---in the pouring rain. (later I found out that if you're in terminal 1 or want to walk to terminal 1, there is a over the road walkway to the car rental place---as I remembered). Since I took care of accommodations, Nora offered to pick up the car rental (even the 2 extra nights before the cruise after they left). I offered to drive since I lived there for a year 10 years ago. Nora reserved a crossover and was excited to check it out. But they were out of them and were going to give us a "big truck". To which I objected. So they offered us a minivan and we took that. Turned out to be a good option.
It was pouring on our way to the Wyndham Sea Gardens. The news even said we got 6" of rain that night. But we got checked in quickly and to our 2 bedroom condo and visited for a bit before calling it a day.
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