Against All Odds
Well, we’ve done it!
Against all odds Bekah and I have arrived safe and sound at our hotel in
LA! It wasn’t a walk in the park…
more like a brief walk by the side of the rode, but no harm done. ;)
Early, early this morning our hostess drove Bekah and I to
the Amtrak station in San Diego.
We got there early, and we spent the train trip looking at the houses
out the window, watching a Nancy Drew movie, and playing cards. It was very enjoyable and peaceful, until
we arrived in LA….
When we got in the station, Bekah checked her iphone and
found out that we would need to transfer through multiple buses (with all of
our luggage—which is considerable!) in order to make it to our hotel in about
two hours. Ok, we had planned to
use public transportation, so this was fair enough. We boarded the first bus, and except for accidentally
ramming a ladies stroller into her leg with one of our suitcases, we had a
pleasant ride.
Then we transferred to the second bus. This bus was much emptier, so Bekah and
I actually both got to sit down this time! (Ok, so I’ll admit that so far this is pretty simple. See a bus, get on, get off, and repeat. Easy, right? Well yes, at least through
the third bus.)
Once Bekah and I had gotten off the third bus, we were very
excited that our hotel was only one bus away. We sat down at the stop and waited… and waited. After about 10 or 15 minutes, Bekah
called the bus station and found out that our bus had been cancelled. What that means, I have no idea! All I know is that we had about 130lb
of luggage between the two of us, and we were going to be walking for a
while. A mile and a half to be
exact.
Thankfully, it was an absolutely gorgeous day with a lovely
breeze! We had walked no more then
half a mile when Bekah once again used her cell phone to rescue us. This time, she called the hotel to see
if they had any shuttles running near where we were. Luckily they told us that there would be one heading back to
the hotel from a mall run in about 20 minutes. WHEW! We decided to wait for it. :D
It was perfect timing too, because by this time we were
walking right in front of a Baskin Robins. So what were we to do while we waited except get some ice
cream?! We sat in the grass (still
by the side of the road) and ate our ice cream in the shade of a beautiful
tree. It was quite lovely, and I
was entirely satisfied.
The rest was such a breeze! The shuttle came, we hopped in, and the nice man drove us
(in delicious air conditioning!) the last mile to the hotel. Now we are sitting upstairs (also in
air conditioning) waiting until it’s time for the bus to leave for Disney
Land! I am very excited to see how
Disney Land compares to Disney World, and Bekah is over the moon as she is a
self-proclaimed Disney fanatic ;)
Horray for plans that work out against all odds! I’m so thankful that our trip wasn’t
boring, and that we made it safely here!
Rebekah
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