Ft. Myers, 15 Hours Later. Bag MIA.
Florida Trip Travelog #5
Bonita Springs, FL - Wed, 21 Sep 2022, 4pm
We landed in Tampa, FL around 11:30am today. The flight from Chicago was uneventful. I actually slept through a good bit of it. I got a solid hour of nap in there. Yay!
We picked up our rental car and began the drive to Ft. Myers airport, almost 150 miles away. Yes, the last leg of our trip we decided to drive rather than sit in airplanes and airports several hours longer. The drive was easy, and pretty. But it was also taxing as I'd been up for most of 30+ hours at this point with only 1 hour of sleep.
We did actually drive to Ft. Myers airport because our checked suitcase was routed there. A Southwest agent in Chicago this morning told us it should have gone to Ft. Myers on a morning nonstop. This afternoon the agent In Ft. Myers reported it was still sitting in Chicago. She couldn't promise when it would be flown- "probably" this afternoon, maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow. Hawk asked them to deliver it to us at our hotel, about 30 minutes away, when it arrives. They agreed.
Now, after a light lunch and a mid-afternoon snack on our drive, we're finally at our hotel in Bonita Springs. Let the vacation begin! Only 15 hours late....
Update, 10pm: And the suitcase still isn't here. I'm glad we practice the discipline of putting nothing we need within the first 24 hours into a checked bag.
Bonita Springs, FL - Wed, 21 Sep 2022, 4pm
We landed in Tampa, FL around 11:30am today. The flight from Chicago was uneventful. I actually slept through a good bit of it. I got a solid hour of nap in there. Yay!
We picked up our rental car and began the drive to Ft. Myers airport, almost 150 miles away. Yes, the last leg of our trip we decided to drive rather than sit in airplanes and airports several hours longer. The drive was easy, and pretty. But it was also taxing as I'd been up for most of 30+ hours at this point with only 1 hour of sleep.
We did actually drive to Ft. Myers airport because our checked suitcase was routed there. A Southwest agent in Chicago this morning told us it should have gone to Ft. Myers on a morning nonstop. This afternoon the agent In Ft. Myers reported it was still sitting in Chicago. She couldn't promise when it would be flown- "probably" this afternoon, maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow. Hawk asked them to deliver it to us at our hotel, about 30 minutes away, when it arrives. They agreed.
Now, after a light lunch and a mid-afternoon snack on our drive, we're finally at our hotel in Bonita Springs. Let the vacation begin! Only 15 hours late....
Update, 10pm: And the suitcase still isn't here. I'm glad we practice the discipline of putting nothing we need within the first 24 hours into a checked bag.