** Picture of the Day 3 **

[klmall]

a common sign in Colorado even in some neighborhoods around 'the Springs'

 

[kimmar067]

 

[boBQuincy]

Taken from under the track, it just takes timing, that and a camera that fires 50+ fps.

 

[klmall]

 

[goopysolelady]

Dinner tonight with DD and best friend at the Titanic Hotel in Liverpool while DH & DGD attend the big soccer game!

 

[klmall]

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

 

[goopysolelady]

Happy Valentine's Day from Liverpool...

 

[klmall]

 

[klmall]

 

[goopysolelady]

International goal #2 yesterday!️ The look on her face was priceless when she ran past us!

 

[goopysolelady]

Taking advantage of the ability to post this morning! This was in Chester...walls built by Roman soldiers...

 

[goopysolelady]

Church in Liverpool:

 

[klmall]

Arches NP

 

[boBQuincy]

 

[klmall]

 

[goopysolelady]

Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home! We're all EXHAUSTED but no words to describe the past 13 days. We probably walked MORE than we do at DW and 75% of this walking was UPHILL! Her last day there, my BFF came to a flight of stairs, sat down and said "I'm done...pick me up on the way back"! Our flight was out of the Manchester Airport this morning at 10; we walked 8,000 steps from the time the cab driver dropped us off until we arrived at our gate. Flight home was almost an hour longer than arrival flight; Allie watched on Flightaware and she said at one point the plane was going NORTH, not southwest. Strong storm with really high winds was arriving in the area from Scotland and pilot had to avoid the storm. We were both anxious to get back to Texas but after almost 9 1/2 hours in the air we were ESPECIALLY THANKFUL when we landed in Houston. "Small World" moments throughout the trip but this morning was a "Small World DW moment". As we were searching for morning coffee we saw a large family group wearing "DISNEY 2023" shirts; as we were preparing to board we heard the last call for the flight from Manchester to Orlando. A nice moment to end our UK adventure. Between 4-5 thousand photos to sort but hope to begin posting some soon.

 

[pjacobi]

Flight home was almost an hour longer than arrival flight;

This is normal in trans-Atlantic crossings due to the jet stream.

-Paul

 

[klmall]

It's also true to some extent for our flights from Orlando or east coast to Denver as well; usually at least a 30 minute difference for return flights.

Glad you made it home safely!

I finally finished editing and uploading my Nov/Dec 2022 Disney trip of 5400+ photos while you were gone but I'm still keywording

 

[goopysolelady]

This is normal in trans-Atlantic crossings due to the jet stream.

-Paul

Yes...we've been following flights out of curiosity the last few weeks and expected it, just hoped we'd get lucky! DGD's flight to Manchester was actually shorter than listed time. They were lucky enough to catch a good jet stream; returning takes a little more effort. DD's return flight Wednesday was 10 minutes short of 11 hours so we were fairly "lucky".

 

[goopysolelady]

It's also true to some extent for our flights from Orlando or east coast to Denver as well; usually at least a 30 minute difference for return flights.

Glad you made it home safely!

I finally finished editing and uploading my Nov/Dec 2022 Disney trip of 5400+ photos while you were gone but I'm still keywording

Good for you! I haven't even fully organized THOSE photos yet! I'll need "forever" once I add these photos! I'm so glad that "task" is done for you...you keep photos better organized than I do! We normally add about 20 minutes on our Disney return flights but still keeps the time under 3 hours; I start getting "antsy" over Louisiana. We were close to Newfoundland yesterday when the "closed in" feeling hit. I did a LOT of "deep breathing" and requested more coffee than I needed ; worked on editing photos and even tried to sleep. Bottom line, we made it home safely...like David said...the most dangerous, stressful part of the journey was getting out of the Houston Airport into the "5 o'clock" traffic!