We left the Hotel around 0945 and dumped the car with Dollar Rentacar, then on to the airport. Check-in was without any hassle at all which was great.
The flight from Denver to Philadelphia was quite full and we sat in the very back seats next to the toilet, good opportunities for people watching however. The ride was quite bumpy at both take-off and landing. We mentioned to one of the crew members that we were in transit and she said she hoped we would not be delayed as many flights had been delayed and cancelled due to the aircraft refuellers taking unofficiall sickness/leave etc to celebrate Mother's day. A strange thought passed through my head with a big beefy guy covered with tattoes waving a bunch of flowers at his mum rather than working...
Anyway our flight was on time, almost, as we were delayed on the runway for about 90 minutes because there was a build up of flights. Apparently the weather had been so bad during the day that the aiport was closed for a short while and that impacted on everything. So in retrospect we were quite lucky that our delay was relatively short.
The flight time from Denver to London took almost 12 hours from start to finish and then back to a grey Gatwick Airport and the challenges of the M25.
Well that is the end of our travels in the USA. We were away from home for 51 days, drove 7311 miles and stayed in approx 30 different Hotels and saw some really fantastic scenery and views that we will never forget. During the next few days we will add our observations of America.
eg- How you folks doing???? in English - Good Morning
Now we had better start saving some money for our next trip....
