Day 2

2

Firsts in Flight and some Unexpected Surprises

I have flown before, a few times. A couple of short flights to Jax Beach to visit a dear friend and one long flight by myself to Hawaii when I was in college once pretty much sums up my flying experiences. However, flying to the Bahamas lent itself to a few firsts.

To start off the trip, Chris had a town car reserved to take us from our hotel to the airport, a first for me, and it allowed us to take advantage of the champagne we received for being honeymooners.

We had an unexpected surprise as we searched for a place to eat lunch. While waiting in our terminal, we spotted Chris’ uncle and aunt. They were on their way home from our wedding and they were waiting one section down from us, and believe it or not…we spotted each other…in the HUGE Atlanta airport…so much for not seeing people we knew on our honeymoon. We had a delightful lunch at Moe’s (where I quickly realized free refills don’t exist in the airport restaurants).

There were many firsts in flight during this trip, one of which, and the most obvious was that everything was better because Chris was there. The waiting around, the long lines, having to take my shoes off and stand where hundreds of dirty feet had probably stood that day were all things that would have probably not been fun, except they were…simply because Chris was there!

Another first for us both occurred when we changed planes and ended up on this small prop plane. The prop plane we expected…Chris accidently reserving the only two seats up in the front, seats that were in the opposite direction of everyone else, seats that faced everyone else…not expected. Yes, we had the privilege of looking everyone else on the plane in the eyes as we flew…not a big deal except that Chris gets motion sickness if he is turned backwards or faces the opposite direction that a vehicle is moving. Praise the Lord he did not have to use the courtesy barf bag…but he was queasy for a while after.

The final surprise of the day was when we were picked up by our taxi driver from the airport in the Bahamas. We were informed that he had dropped off a few of our friends at the same resort earlier in the day. “What?”

Yes, we just thought seeing family at the airport would be the only familiar faces we encountered on our honeymoon…we were wrong. A family of church friends of ours ended up being at the same resort. This was a blessing for they provided much needed sunscreen for us. It was a joy to share a few moments with them, and unforgettable to say the least.

“This is the greatest day ever!”

“What made it great?”

“Beginning a new list of firsts with my husband.”