Day 17 - Travel Day

Our trip is slowly coming to an end, with only 29 hours of travel in front of us, at least those of us who are leaving today. The group that stayed on in Dubai consisted of Carlo, Carlos, Michael, Dino, Kevin H., Robert, Naty, Nicholas, Simon, Chris and Bryan and hopefully we'll hear about their adventures during our next seminar in Monterey. The rest of us boarded the plane in Dubai, waited on the tarmac for about 1 1/2 hours, and finally took off around 3:30 AM. Most of us slept, watched movies and/or read during the 13 1/2 flight to New York. We arrived at JFK an hour late, but those of us traveling to LAX had a 3 hour layover anyway, so no worries. At this point, we lost track of Rob, whose flights were messed up because of our little hiccup in Accra, and hopefully he managed to get on the Jet Blue flight direct to Sacramento. We also left Mark at this point, who was staying on in New York City for another day. The rest of us boarded the flight to LA, and endured the next 6 hours on the Delta flight, which seemed even longer than the Dubai-JFK flight, probably because we were so anxious to get home. Once in LA, the group peeled off again, with Bob K taking the shuttle home from the airport; Lori on a Southwest flight to Sacramento; Bob F, Dean Wehner and Jackie on a flight to San Luis Obispo; Aaron, Les and Benina on their way to Modesto; Jake on a flight to San Francisco; and Kevin S., Kristen and Jon on a Delta flight to Sacramento. I'm sure that we speak for the class that it feels really good to be home, and that there's a lot to digest and think about before we reconvene in Monterey in a couple of weeks. All of us thank our family and friends for all the support and encouragement during this long trip away from home. We couldn't have done it without you!!!!

Trip Writers: Kristen Bennett, Benina Burroughs, Bob Knight