Disney Vancouver/Alaska/Seattle Trip, Day 1
I'm so glad I had pretty much completed packing weeks earlier - I was suffering from serious pregnancy brain all day. We had a later flight, leaving at 5:30p, instead of my usual ass-crack of dawn - it was really nice having most of the day to get ready, instead of a mad dash in the morning (don't worry, we had at least one of those on the trip). We called an Uber Carpool to SFO, but ended up having it all to ourself - it was a Lincoln towncar, really nice. I had a credit from Heather signing up, so the ride was free!
At the airport, I kept thinking I forgot my sweater places, but it was stuffed into Keith's bag. Security was easy, we hung out at the gate, and the flight was ok, some crazy turbulence that made me dig my nails into Keith's arm. The plane had 2 across aisles, so we didn't have to worry about a middle seater - YES! I brought my own snacks because no food ever sounded good - this is now normal for me, some days I subsist on some nuts and a whole lot of beverages. We went with just carry-ons because we're cheap and didn't
want to pay $50 for checked luggage, but I had extra bags packed away to expand into later on.
We landed in Vancouver at 7:30, picked up the rental car from National (no international drivers license needed, another thing I had blanked on whether I had previously confirmed or not), and were on the road to Harrison Hot Springs by 8. Legally driving over 100 was awesome! We stopped at a Tim Hortons because Canada - Keith was enthralled with the fact you could order donuts as a side instead of fries. He kept listing all the flavors off while we were eating, like Rain Man - guess how many he tried? Zero...freak.
We got to the resort in Harrison by 10:15, checked in, dropped the bags, and checked out the hot springs - there were two pools that were "cool" enough for my pregnant ass to go into! It was very loud, almost everyone was drinking, and the water was only about 3 feet deep, but it was nice after the long drive. The pool got much quieter after 11, which was Adults only time. Got back up into the room, crawled into bed and watched something until 2am (after having hot sex - a running theme to the vacation), then crashed.