On Friday, we were scheduled to fly with Spirit Airlines from Florida to Arizona, but we decided to leave for the airport two hours before the flight when the airport was one hour away with heavy traffic. I’m not surprised we missed it, they say you’re supposed to be at the airport 1-2 hours before the flight, not start driving there. We ended up taking the next flight the next day in the afternoon.
Early Sunday morning is the day when all of us finally got settled in Thuclam & Thucquyen’s house. At noon, everyone drove south of Phoenix to Casa Grande, a Native American settlement that was about an hour away. After around an hour and a half, we drove back up north to Phoenix. We stopped by an Asian supermarket on the way to buy pastries that they had.
The next few days were uneventful as we stayed home, but on Wednesday everyone began to drive west to California, stopping by Yuma, Mexico along the way. I stayed back with Bac Hau until Thursday as I was going to be traveling via plane with him to Santa Ana, California (near Orange County).
On Thursday, I woke up at around 7-8 AM and prepared to go to lunch with Bac Hau before our flight at 3:00 PM. Most of the restaurants were closed on Thanksgiving so we ended up going to an Asian Supermarket and got some snacks. We then drove to the airport and checked-in. Our flight today was going to be around one hour and forty minutes, the flight was uneventful and there were free snacks & drinks available (something Spirit charges you extra for). We later landed in Santa Ana and were picked up by the rest of our family. They had passed through Mexico and finished up driving to California last night.
We went to Angel’s Grandfather’s health-care facility to meet her Grandfather for a bit. After we caught up with him, we drove to a relative’s home where the adults chatted with others. Finally, we drove to a Vietnamese restaurant and had dinner for around an hour. After we all finished, we drove to a hotel for the night.
The next day, because Y Vien wanted to see Hollywood Boulevard (just a place where names are in the floor) part of the family had to drive up north for 45 minutes to Los Angeles to see the place. They had lunch at a Mexican restaurant near the waterfront then visited a relative’s house. Afterward, they began to drive home on a six-hour journey.
Bac Hau and I left the hotel at around 9:00 AM and drove to John Wayne Airport to catch a flight back home to Phoenix. The flight was uneventful and we landed only an hour afterwards thanks to a wind-current pushing us forward. We ate instant noodles at home then Bac Hau drove off to begin his Uber rides until 11 PM. Now, we’re here and I’m currently home alone typing this blog. Around 4-5 more hours until the other group arrives, so I’ll probably be asleep by then.
Tomorrow is the day where I’ll be flying back to Florida. Three plane rides in three days consecutively.