Off To NZ I Go

Well, after hoping to have a nice Big Final shot at an MTT (Blogger Poker Tour Event 3) Yesterday, We (My wife, Brandy, and the Kids) all go ready for our big move back to NZ, to Help out Mom and Dad, with Moms illness.

We had an early start having to be at the Airport (DTE) at 4:15 to report in for our 6:15 flight from Detroit to Los Angeles. via Altanta with a 2 hour wait there..

Arriving in LA at approximately 1pm local time we had to firstly wait for nearly 40 mins for our Hotel Shuttle to arrive and then all Hell broke loose... The hotel we were booked into was a Complete and Utter Dive... It would have been lucky to get 1 star on a cloudless night.. Broken Walls, Dirty Carpets.. TV that had 1 channel only, and the list goes on....

So with Brandy making the reservations through Travel Agent Friends she was back onto the phone, and with in 1 hour we had the Ramada Courtesy Coach picking us up from the Flea Bag Hotel and delivering us here.. to a nice Hotel with Pool, AC and walls that actually looked and worked like walls...

We got the Kids fed at the Local Denny's about 200 yards down the road, and then back to the Hotel where they fell asleep nearly instantly... Due to the 3 hour time diffence... they know it is only 8 local and can't work out why they are so tired...

Tomorrow it is Up early, check baggage into Valet downstairs and then into LA to sightsee until around 2, when it is back to the Hotel and onto the Airport to check in and be ready for out 13 hour flight back to NZ....

So far so good.... 1 day down ... only 1 to go