Time to head home

Everyone ran around furiously packing and getting ready for our very early start. We managed to get out the door at 5:22a with all our stuff.  We wanted to leave margin time for the four hour drive and to make sure we caught our noon flight.  We got to Belize City in plenty of time so we stopped to fill the tank and then followed our noses to a fantastic little barbecue place along that street.  They probably thought we were odd to have our lunch at 9:30a, but we were happy that they had it ready.  They didn’t have any rice ready so we just had coleslaw.  Then off to the airport, return the very muddy van and then check-in.  Tony and I had to shuffle stuff to get all our bags under 50lbs.  Two of our suitcases were just the scuba gear and now since it was all a bit wet it weighed more.  We juggled stuff and had to keep re-weighing the bags, but we did it.  We still had some time to kill inside the gate, but we were glad that things went so smoothly and we had time to kill.

The flight home is wonderfully brief.  Tony went to get our van (we left it at his workplace) and then off to pick up Grandpa.  That was a very crowded ride home but we survived it.  Thankfully we had Mikal’s van or we never could have done it!  (Thank you, Mikal).  We hung here at the house for a bit, ordered pizza.  Then the four A’s and Grandpa went to check in at the Beachcomber.  In the morning the kids and Grandpa had breakfast together.  We all turned up about 1p to hang out but it was a cold, windy day and everyone was exhausted and we were all still taking Benadryl.  So we had a couple of drinks and some snacks and then everyone just said “Nap time!”  Tony and I drove home, Grandpa went to his room and the four A’s stayed in their ocean front room. Later the young folks met up with some of Alex’s friends down at Las Olas.  We didn’t go.  I guess I figure Alex had a few birthday dinners in Belize.  And it was a young people’s kind of gathering.  I always feel ancient down in the Las Olas area anyway. 

Now it is Sunday morning and all that is left is to go pick up the Als and Grandpa, drop the Als at MIA for their flight back to Virginia and drop Grandpa at home.  Then I will come home and later this evening take Adrienne and Aristotle to FLL for their flight home to LA.  And then the whole adventure will just be a memory.  But a pretty awesome memory!