2002-2019, Trolley, Strolls and Walking Tours

2002 Jun 3,  Henry Pigeon Key Trolley Express Marathon, Fl 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMiuKeKbIr8

2002 Jun 4,  Old Town Trolley Tour Key West, Fl

2004 May 25, Backlot Tour Disney MGM 

2006 Jul 9,  Scenic Boat Tour Winter Park, Fl

2009

2009 Jun 6,  Walking tour Wood Ave. Florence, AL Lee Freeman

2009 Jun 13, Walking Tour Seminary St Florence, AL with Billy Warren

The North Court Street and Seminary street Tour will feature Rogers Hall, Coby Hall, the Governor O'Neal Home, Connor Place, Wakefield, the Robert Dean Martin Home, the Medical Arts Building Pope's Tavern, two Sears & Roebuck houses, and many other homes.

2009 Jun 20, Walking Tour Florence Cemetery AL.with Harry Wallace

2009 Jun 27, Forks of Cypress Walking Tour Florence, AL Harry Wallace

The Forks of Cypress Plantation was one of the oldest Antebellum mansions in Alabama. It was built in 1822 by James Jackson, one of the first settlers in Lauderdale County and a friend of Andrew Jackson & Jackson Cemetery.

2009 Sep 7, Walking Tour with Outlaw Tom Clark Florence, AL with Lee Freeman

2009 Oct 18, Maple Hill Cemetery Stroll Huntsville, AL 

The lives of over 65 notables buried in Maple Hill have been carefully researched, remembered, and told by volunteers. Five governors and soldiers from every war will be remembered, as well as outstanding citizens and those of some notoriety who shaped Huntsville's future.

2009 Oct 25, Ghost Walking Tour Florence, AL Deborah Glass

2009 Nov  7, Hiking in the Dismals Red Bay, Al 

2009 Dec 17, Calvary Fellowship Church Walking Tour Florence, Al

2009 Dec 17, Wood Avenue Church of Christ Walking Tour Florence, Al  

2009 Dec 17, First Presbyterian Church Walking Tour Florence, Al 

2009 Dec 17, First United Methodist Church Walking Tour Florence, Al

2009 Dec 17, Trinity Episcopal Church Walking Tour Florence, Al

2009 Dec 6,  Christmas Mooresville, AL Walking Tour w/Madison, Marcus 

2010 

2010 Mar 22, Walnut Street Walking Tour Florence, AL Billy Warren  The Walnut Street Historic District boasts tree-lined sidewalks, diverse architecture, and elegant homes.

2010 May 10, Maple Hill Cemetery Stroll Huntsville, AL

Favorite characters Tallulah Bankhead and Mollie Teal drew their typical large crowds as Bankhead, the legendary actress, visited her mother's grave and Teal, a madam whose establishment became the first Huntsville Hospital, discussed her life.

Volunteer Jan Dorning also drew a large crowd as Elizabeth Dale Gibbons Flanagan Jeffries High Brown Routt, known as the "Black Widow of Hazel Green." Her second of six husbands is buried in the cemetery.

2010 Jun 5,  Walking Tour of Homes Huntsville, AL 

2010 Jun 12, Delano Walking Tour Decatur, AL 

2010 Aug 12, Historic Edenton, N.C. Trolley Tours

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VUyh8bypwA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkDGLI6aYnM

2010 Oct 10, Maple Cemetery Stroll HUNTSVILLE, AL

2012

2012 Sep 13, Freedom Trail Guided Tour Boston, MA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdJx_nMi5XM

2013

2013 Apr 6,  Walking Tour Tuscumbia, AL 

2013 Apr 13, Walking Tour Homes and Earth Day Sheffield, AL Jimmy Austin 

2013 Apr 20, Walking Tour Walnut Street Florence, AL Billy Warren

2013 Oct 13, Maple Hill Cemetery stroll Huntsville, AL 

Highlights from the Maple Hill Cemetery Stroll presented by the Huntsville Pilgrimage Association and the City of Huntsville. This year's characters highlighted are Maria Howard Weeden, COL Daniel R. Hundley, Thomas Freeman, Sheriff Stephen Neal, Susan Bradley Johnson, and Mammy Chapman. Portrayers include J.W. Kennedy, Jon Stieglitz, Claire Aiello, Dr. Patricia Sims, Linda Wright Riley, and James Henley. The Stroll is the effort of the HPA to restore headstones, monuments, and memories of the historic Maple Hill Cemetery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_EiU-xQlRE

2013 Oct 19, Walking Tour Rogersville, AL 

2013 Nov 16, Walking Tour Civil War Florence, Al (Lee Freeman)

2013 Dec 18, Callaway Gardens Trolley Tour Pine Mountain, Ga

2014

2014 Apr 5,  Walking Tour North Montgomery Sheffield, AL Homes of prominent people of Sheffield. Jimmy Austin 

2014 Jul 20, Walking Tour Lovecraft College Hill Providence, RI

2014 Nov 15, Footsteps of the Blue & Gray Walking Tour Florence, AL (Lee Freeman)

2015

2015 Apr 11, Walking Tour Tuscumbia & Car Show AL

2015 Apr 18, Walking Tour Major Samuel Jones Tuscumbia & Civil War 

Trolley Tour Florence, AL

2015 Apr 25, Walking Tour Tuscumbia Oakwood Cemetery AL

2015 May 9,  Trolley Tour Fame, Music Hall of Fame, 3614 Swamper (Judy Hood)

2015 Jun 27, Tuscumbia Tour & Music Church of Helen Keller

2015 Nov 28, Trolley Tour Biloxi, MS

2016

2016 Apr 9,  Historic Downtown Square Walking Tour Athens, AL

2016 Apr 16, Walking Tour UNA Campus Florence, AL Thomas Hale 

The Historic University of North Alabama campus tour will feature iconic buildings such as Wesleyan Hall, which pre-dates the Civil War, and the Memorial Amphitheater, which is a memorial to UNA students who served in the military during the war. A tour of UNA’s campus would not be complete without stopping by to see the impressive habitat of the university’s lion mascots. The tour will be led by Thomas Hale.

2016 Apr 23, Historic Home TROLLEY Tour South Pittsburg, TN (Cornbread festival)

2016 Apr 17, Historic Athens Cemetery Stroll ATHENS, AL The event is presented by the Athens-Limestone County Tourism, Order of the Confederate Rose, and Sons of the Confederate Veterans.

2016 Jun 25, Walking Tour Tuscumbia & Church

2016 July 23, Up From Slavery Trolley Tour with Lee Freeman

This will be an educational and entertaining tour that will include stops at historically African American churches, schools, and local businesses.

2017

2017 Apr 1,  Historic Beaty District Walking Tour Athens, AL with Billy Ward 

2017 Apr 8,  Historic Houston District Walking Tour Athens, AL

2017 Apr 15, Church Walking Tour Decatur, AL  with Phil Wirey

2017 Apr 22, Larimore House Florence, Al Walking Tour with Billy Warren

2017 Apr 23, Athens City Cemetery Stroll Athens, AL The event is presented by the Athens-Limestone County Tourism, Order of the Confederate Rose, and Sons of the Confederate Veterans.

Many local, well-known faces will be partaking in the storytelling during the day’s event, including Billy Ward, Dr. Robert Glenn, Karen Middleton, Rebekah Davis, Deborah Kohlase, Glenn Hall, Peggy Allen Towns, Frank Travis, and many more.  Citizens throughout North Alabama have answered the call to bring Limestone County’s history to life.

2017 Apr 29, Historic Bank Street Decatur, Al

2017 Dec 10, Bethlehem Walk Mable Hill Baptist Church Ardmore, Al

Children and adults will enjoy the live menagerie of animals, and all ages will appreciate the story from the actors who clad themselves in robes, headdresses, armor, and leather and pause to tell the tale to travelers. 

2018 

2018 Apr 7,  Wilson Park, Federal Courtroom, Kennedy-Douglas Walking Tour Florence, Al Billy Warren

2018 Apr 21, Decatur Veterans Dedication at Train Depot Decatur, Al

2018 Apr 28, Walking Tour Athens State University Library, Delmore Museum and Founders Hall Athens, Al

2018 Aug 7,  Trolley Tour Little Rock, Arkansas

2028 Nov 3, Fork of Cypress Tour with Harry Wallace

2018 Nov 4,  Athens City Cemetery Stroll Athens, AL

2019

2019 Apr 6,  Sheffield, AL Walking Tour of Historic Homes Jimmy Austin The free tour begins at 10 a.m. at Sheffield City Hall, 600 N. Montgomery Ave. The 2-hour tour will focus on historic homes along Montgomery Ave. 

2019 Apr 27, Historic Downtown Walking Tour Sheffield, AL Jimmy AustinThe free tour begins at 10 a.m. at Sheffield City Hall, 600 N. Montgomery Ave. The 2-hour tour will focus on historic commercial buildings along Montgomery Ave. 

2019 May 23, Trolley Tour Faith of our Fathers Churches Tuscumbia, Al

2019 May 25, Music Trolley Tour Sheffield with Colbert Tourism "We Rock the World" Muscle Shoals Sound, Cypress Moon, & Earl Montgomery Museum (Colbert Tourism)

2019 Oct 19, Finding Huntsville, AL Walking Tour with Carol Cordori

2021

2021 Apr 3,  Florence, AL Cemetery Walking Tour with Harry Wallace 

The tour of the Florence City Cemetery, established in 1818, features many unique headstones and famous grave sites among the rolling hills and towering trees. Florence City Cemetery contains graves belonging to early settlers, two former governors in the O'Neal family, along with other prominent community leaders and families.  

2021 Apr 10, Sheffield, AL  Downtown Walking Tour Jimmy Austin 

The April 10 and 24 tours will focus on businesses along Montgomery Avenue south of City Hall.

2021 Apr 17, Mooresville, Alabama Walking Tour with Shirley or Susan Mooresville is the oldest town in Alabama, with the oldest post office still in operation. Participants can tour the six streets of homes and see the famous 1818 Farm. The entire 1-square-mile town of Mooresville is on the National Historic Registry.

2021 Apr 24, Donnell House Athens, Alabama Tour Built in 1845, it served as the headquarters for Union Colonel Ivan Turchin during the infamous Sack of Athens in 1862, guide Alice Tiller 

2021 May 31, Wildflower Hike Joe Wheeler with Sam Woodford JWSP

2021 Sep 16, Paw Paw Patch Hike Joe Wheeler JWSP Sam Woodford

2021 Oct 15, Mushroom Hike Joe Wheeler JWSP Sam Woodford

2022

2022 Jan 15, First Day Hike Joe Wheeler Multi-Use Trail JWSP Sam Woodford

2022 Feb 19, Multi-Purpose Hike Joe Wheeler JWSP Sam Woodford

2022 Apr 9,  Moulton, Alabama Walking Tour (Marvin Jackson,  Nita Marlboro led the discussion at Rosenwald School, Lela Reeves at Freeman Tabernacle, Louise Jackson at Byler Road Church of Christ, and Carolyn Fletcher guided the tour to Smith Chapel)

2022 Apr 16, Decatur, AL Cemetery Walking Tour with Phil Wirey

Oakwood Cemetery, locally known as the Decatur City Cemetery, has been the final repository of Decatur’s culture and history since 1855. The approximately fifty-acre burial ground, founded by the Calvin Brown family, a family which has laid to rest five generations of Decatur residents, is the final home of many of Decatur’s most prominent and interesting citizens. There are more than two dozen notable burials in the cemetery. The tour begins at the chapel in the cemetery located at 1001 Wilson St. NW.

2022 Apr 23, Madison, AL Historic District Walking Tour with Gerald Clark 

2022 Apr 30, UNA Walking Tour with Billy Warren FLORENCE, AL 

UNA Campus: The tour will begin in front of the Harrison Plaza Fountain and be led by Billy Warren, City Historian, at 10:00 a.m.The

The Historic University of North Alabama campus tour will feature iconic buildings such as Wesleyan Hall, which pre-dates the Civil War, and the Memorial Amphitheater, a memorial to UNA students who served in the military during the war. 

2022 Apr 30, Town Creek, Alabama Walking Tour 

2022 May 21, Champion Hiking Trail Joe Wheeler JWSP Sam Woodford

2022 June 11, Walnut Street Architecture Walking Tour with BILLY WARREN FLORENCE, AL

2022 Sep 24, Paw Paw Patch Hike JWSP Sam Woodford

2022 Oct 24, Hiking JWSP Sam Woodford

2022 Oct 30, UNA Class of History Tours of Maple, Cypress Hills, and Woodland Homes WITH HARRY WALLACE FLORENCE, AL 

2023

2023 Apr 15, Cullman, AL Walking Tour (Our tour guide was Ben Johnson South(a descendant of Creek Indians). 

2023 Apr 29, Decatur, AL Garden Tour, and Historic Homes Tour led by Historic Decatur Association (The tour begins at Westminster Presbyterian Church, located at 801 Jackson St, SE. )

2023 Oct 22, Historic Trolley Tours Sheffield, Al Jimmy Austin

2023 NOV 4, ALL SAINTS WALKING TOUR FLORENCE, AL with Lee Freeman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9F66rDwjCE

2024

2024 APR 6, WALKING TOUR TWICKENHAM HUNTSVILLE, AL, led by  Denise Swain

2023 Apr 20, Courtland Walking Tour Courtland, AL

2024 October 13, Walking tour Charlottetown, PEI Canada 

Flying Experiences

I walked at a brisk pace from gate D, took the elevator to ground level, and took the tram to Gate B.

I began climbing up the escalator steps, but about halfway up, I stopped I was gasping for breath, and I let the escalator take me the rest of the way up.

Once I reached the top, I found myself among several restaurants and shops.

I started walking briskly toward gate 34B, beginning with gate number 20.

My mouth became dry it felt like I had swallowed a large ball of cotton.

I continued my journey to gate 34B after I stopped at the water fountain.

I checked in and was followed by a young man panting profoundly.

We both boarded Delta Flight 935, and the question everyone had on their faces was 

What Happened? Why are you so late?

The flight was waiting for an older couple who were walking like turtles. 

Two women were sitting in my section, I took my seat 34C next to the window. The two women had just gotten off a cruise and were headed home. 

We struck up a conversation, and the woman next to me said I did not know my father was blind until I was sixteen.

She said my father could do everything; he made furniture, and he could work on cars.

She said once a salesman came by to talk to my father, and the man said to my brother, your father does not like me.

He said I held out my hand for him to shake it several times, but he never responded, Then my brother said, My father is blind.

I had made a connection with this woman but never knew her name.

When we got off the airplane, we hugged each other and said goodbye, never to meet again.

Muscle Shoals to Atlanta, Ga 

The couple in front of me said they were going to Maryland for a Medical conference. I told them that I was going to Los Angeles. When they exited the airplane, they said Enjoy your trip.

All the luggage with wheels had to be stored below on the plane, so when we landed, my cousin and I had to collect our luggage from the cart.

We embarked on the plane down the chute, I was struggling with the handle on my suitcase as we started climbing the two flights of stairs. Somehow, I lost control of my suitcase, and it began its descent back down the stairs only to be caught by the man who had been talking to my cousin on the plane. He had told my cousin that he was a pilot and was headed to Atlanta. He said for the next seven days that, he would be making short trips, and soon, he would be making trips from Atlanta to Europe.

I thanked the pilot, and we started looking for our next stop, Gate T.

From Atlanta to Los Angeles ✈

We took the escalator downstairs to the Tram.

Embarked on the tram and walked across a couple of slow-moving conveys. I saw this beautiful art display of Zimbabwe Sculptures, took out my camera, and started taking pictures. I did not realize that there were so many statues. 

My cousin took my luggage along with her so I could take pictures. 

I became so obsessed with taking pictures that we walked right past the escalator we needed to take to our gate. 

My cousin fell onto her knees as we entered the tram. 

She said someone stopped in front of her as she entered the tram, causing her to fall. 

A man offered to help her up, but she said she was okay, and I just stood there dazed. 

I was not holding on when the tram began, and a man put his arm around my waist to keep me from falling.

We exited the tram and went up the escalators to Gate T, where we settled down to eat.

Hubby had stopped at Hardee's and bought us some sausage, egg biscuits, Bacon, and cheese biscuits. 

We bought a bottled drink at the airport. 

We were served pretzels and drinks once we were up in the air and the seatbelt sign was turned off. 

For lunch, we had peanut butter and jelly & chicken salad sandwiches.

I took out my camera and started taking pictures (I took over 200 while on the flight).

We flew from Atlanta, GA, toward Birmingham, AL, toward Starkville, MS, toward Greenwood, MS, through Texarkana, AK, Withcfalls Ok, Albuquerque, NM, Flagstaff, AZ, Boulder City, Nevada, (where we saw the Colorado River and the Hoover Dam) and the snow-capped Rockies Mountains (what was left of the snow). We flew near Lake Mead National Rec. The area that followed along Interstate 40 into LA International Airport.

It was neat looking at the land from the airplane and how their view changed by the state. In Arizona, you could see the mountainous and sandy desert, in New Mexico, the circles and squares of the land; and landing in LA, the monopoly of houses that covered the land. In some areas, you could see lots of clouds floating and their shadows on the ground below. 

We landed at LAX, collected our luggage, and walked outside to catch the (Flyway).

I boarded the airplane.

To my left was a University of Alabama student who was flying to Birmingham. 

We talked for a few minutes, and she started using her iPhone. 

To my right sat a man who was on a business trip to Fort Lauderdale. 

As we looked toward the sky, this awesome view came into sight. 

It was a cluster of clouds with the outline of the jet.

I said that would make a great picture but did not have my camera handy.

The man was ex-military, lived in Virginia Beach, and loved to travel and take pictures. 

I went through security without any problems and walked to the gate and waiting area. 

I sat down, and a nice woman named Eunice said, the strap on your dress is showing come over here, and I will fix it. 

We started talking, and I moved closer to hear her. 

She said she was a traveling minister. 

We talked about religion and politics. 

She was in a wheelchair and needed assistance boarding the airplane. 

I saw her again when she boarded the plane. She sat in the first-class section. 

I said goodbye when she left the airplane and wished her good luck, and I did not see her again.

I walked toward my gate and loading area, which was US Airways #3115 from Charlotte Douglas (CLT) to Nashville at 9:55 A.M., arriving at 10:29 A.M. 

I purchased a Coke and a bag of chips because I had not eaten anything and I was getting hungry. 

I boarded the jet and sat next to the window seat 10A, and a young man sat on the aisle seat next to me. 

We started talking, and he said he was from Newport News, VA. He was a BA for IBEW Electricians in this area. 

I said hubby was an electrician and in LOCAL 558 in Sheffield, AL. 

He was traveling to Nashville for a district meeting about health care for Electricians. We talked about the union and health care. 

When the plane landed, we said goodbye, and I called hubby.

Once the jet was up in the air and the seatbelt sign was off, the man sitting in the aisle seat took down his computer and handed me my camera bag. It was a beautiful day, and as we neared Maryland, I started snapping pictures of the area below.

We were served drinks and peanuts on the flight. When we arrived in Maryland, everyone got off the airplane except the ones going to Hartford, Connecticut. There was a headcount of seventeen, including one woman in a wheelchair. 

Our flight was to be a One-stop flight with no transfer of planes that was the schedule.

We were told to get off the flight and go to gate B. 

We were the first to board the flight. The front aisle seat is where I sat.

Setting next to the window was a man from Nashville, Tennessee he was going to visit his son in Hartford, Connecticut. 

He said he had four children, and his wife was short, about 5’1 inch tall, and full of energy, and that I reminded him of her. 

Traveling from Orlando to Birmingham

We checked in at South West Airlines.

They said that the plane was scheduled to leave at 5:10, and it was 4:45 P.M.  

They went ahead and checked our bags and Meadows's wheelchair. 

We walked through security Meadow, and I went through fine.

Security went off when Lora walked through, she had to walk through again. 

Lora had a roll of quarters inside her purse.

Marcus’s bag had two snow globes from SeaWorld that were not allowed to go through, and Madison had a tub of mud that was not allowed on the plane. 

We still had to take the tram over to load on the airplane. 

Lora and a security guard walked over to SeaWorld’s gift shop.

There, they wrapped the snow globes and had them shipped to her house.

I went ballistic because I thought we were going to miss our plane.

I called hubby and said I think we are going to miss our flight.

Finally, Lora and the kids come walking through, and we rush to the airplane.

They were calling our names for the last boarding. 

We took off running, I was pushing Meadow, running as fast as I could.

We made it, and I let out a thank you 

We got on the plane, and Lora proceeded to fasten the car seat.

I was so flustered that I needed help fastening my seatbelt

By this time, we were taxing down the runway. 

The plane was in the air.

We were given a snack of pretzels and sodas.

It took us a little over an hour to get to Birmingham Airport. 

We went to baggage claim and retrieved our luggage.

London to Atlanta 

We walked to the waiting area after checking in. We boarded the plane and were getting hungry because the flight attendant was late serving lunch.

Amelia and I ate the cookies and chips that we brought with us. 

We watched some TV, a movie, and read a book, and before we knew it, we were home in the good old USA. 

We had a good flight home.

The ground was covered with rain and fog when the pilots landed at the Atlanta International Airport.

We went through customs down the escalator and were greeted by guard dogs waiting there to sniff for drugs. 

Our luggage was placed on the scanner to make sure that we were not bringing drugs into the country.

Amelia was wearing a metal hair bow, and it made the scanner go off as she walked through it.

Amelia was taken to the side, and security wand her down.

Soon, we will be on our flight to Huntsville.

We boarded the plane at 7:45 A.M. from Huntsville International Airport and headed to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. 

I sat in row 30 right next to the jet's engine, and the roar was so loud that I could not hear myself think. 

Orbits called me at Huntsville International Airport to let me know that there was a delay in our flight after we had known for thirty minutes. 

We missed our connecting flight to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport because of the delay in Huntsville. 

We went to gate A15 to catch the next flight out, but it was full, then they sent us to A14, and they were full. 

Finally, I said, just give us a confirmed flight number, so they said our next flight would be at 3:55 P.M. 

We went to McDonald's in the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to eat lunch.

The flight from Dallas/Fort Worth International to LAX was very nice. 

I was bumped up to first class, and I got to sit in the steward’s rest area.

My seat would recline into a bed.  I had my own television screen.

I sat next to an army soldier (who was also bumped up to first class with me) who was going home to Hawaii.

He had been to Maine and was returning home.

He said I have four children, all boys ages 20, 15, 10, and 6, and my oldest son is in the army.

One of the stewards called us the King and Queen of the airplane because of where we were sitting. 

These were the best seats in the house!

Muscle Shoals to Lexington, Ky 

We loaded the diaper bag and my camera bag, which I take with me everywhere I go, to document Meadow’s experiences and ourselves into the airplane.

We flew from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to Lexington, Kentucky, in the airplane that seats six people; Meadow buckled into her car seat.

Meadow sat facing the sun, so she closed her eyes and slept most of our flight.

Lora spent the first fifteen minutes filling out paperwork for Meadows doctors’ appointments. 

Everyone put on earphones so we could talk to each other, to know the flight plans, the speed, the altitude, the weather and skis right of way, the landing, and then taking off. 

I brought my camera this time so I could take pictures. 

Inside the airplane, I took several pictures of Meadow she was laughing and enjoying the plane ride. 

Lora and I had to wear large headphones so we could talk with the pilot.

Therefore, we took pictures of each other wearing headphones. 

We flew low enough for me to take some awesome pictures of the ground below. 

I took several pictures of a boat chugging along the Tennessee River toward locks at Wilson Dam.

I took pictures of the Marriott Hotel and The Renaissance Tower standing behind it. 

For miles, I could see green trees, buildings with smoke coming out of the top, a white water tower, and I could see the flow of the Tennessee River.

Then we flew over the Robert Trent Jones Golf Course, what a view it looked like a video game with all the crooked paths, sandpits, and clubhouse. 

We left the Tennessee Valley, flying through Tennessee and Kentucky All the while, I was taking pictures of all the lush greenery, different land shapes, hills, and valleys, busy streets, houses, factories, and swimming pools. 

Kentucky was a totally different view with the brilliant glow of the Kentucky Blue Grass, acres and acres of horse tracks, green rooftop barns, a lush green field filled with Kentucky racing horses, and miles of white fencing. 

Our pilot gave Meadow a TEC Air lanyard and neck strap, which we put around her neck. 

Kentucky to Muscle Shoals 

It was very hot up in the bright white clouds, and these clouds were coming off a storm that was brewing in the Gulf, which caused a lot of turbulence.

There was turbulence in the Gulf that affected everyone flying in the eastern area.

This caused the Memphis, Tennessee Airport to have radar problems, in turn changing our flight pattern.

My daughter said I prayed all the way home that we would make the flight. 

I was upfront as a co-pilot talking to the pilot, Mr. Pride. 

The pilot talks about his family, he said that all his family was musicians, and most of them were engineers. 

Mr. Pride said, “ I have flown for many years, and I love working with the Angle flight.”

We sat near the front of the plane in seats 20 A, B, and C.

All our carry-on baggage is stored in the compartment above our heads. 

We slept most of the way to Denver, Colorado. 

I went twice to the restroom during our flight.

On one of those trips, my foot tangled in the straps of Meadow’s diaper bag. 

Lora was still asleep, I had to wake her up so she could help me untangle my foot.

Our flight from Nashville was delayed; we had to wait for another plane to taxi off, and they were late on their takeoff,  causing our flight to be late, which in turn caused us to be late for our connecting flight in Denver.

During our last descent into the Denver Airport, the flight attendant said over the intercom, please, if you do not have a connecting flight, stay in your seats.

Since we were in front of the plane and we had a connecting flight, we were the first to leave. 

I took Meadow out of her car seat, rushed up the walkway, carrying her in my arms, and walked to the ticket counter for our connecting flight. 

The person at the ticket counter said, "We have given your seats to someone else since the doors had not been closed for the flight's competition. We will have to ask the people whom we have given your seats to get off the airplane." 

Lora had to stay behind to wait for Meadow’s wheelchair & our luggage was brought up from the bottom of the plane and transferred to our connecting plane before she could board the plane with us.

We are flying with Frontier Airlines, and the plane we are now flying on has a porcupine on the wings and tail. 

I sat in the aisle seat, Meadow in the middle seat, and Lora next to the window.

During the flight, I ordered a drink and a small package of cookies. Meadow slept during most of the flight.

We saw the snow-capped, foggy Rocky Mountains from the airplane, where the landscape looked like chocolate-swirled ice cream.🍦

Lora was sitting next to the window, so she took several pictures of the snowy mountain range.

I tried to watch “A Harry Potter movie,” but I kept falling asleep.💤