we left the house at 4 am on friday and caught our first flight to denver at 5:55 am. we flew to denver but there was a crazy blizzard, so we had to change direction and fly to new mexico-the closest airport with space for our plane to land. we sat on the tarmac for an hour, then flew to denver. by then we had missed our connection to san jose. we got to denver where we had to wait in line at customer service with about 50 other people. there was a flight leaving for san jose shortly after we landed but it was full, and the next flight would leave at 5 pm and get us to san jose at 9 pm...not happening for us! we said put us on any flight to a nearby airport (like san francisco, sacramento, oakland). our customer service rep was really, really incompetent and booked us for a 5 pm oakland flight, and let us go standby to a sacramento flight (the plane that we had been on all morning-the flight crew was happy to see us again!). so....we finally made it to california four and a half hours after we should have arrived, and in a different city, no less. with no bags. YES, our bags got sent to san jose, which the southwest lady did not tell us would happen. so many phone calls later, i finally got the san jose airport baggage ladies to agree to fedex our bags (for free). apparently, southwest won't cover baggage problems due to weather. so our bags arrived saturday at NOON. by the way, the flight they had booked to oakland for us got cancelled, so we are sooo lucky we made it on that sacramento flight, even though we had to deal with a baggage nightmare and we lost our amazing car rental reservation. at least we were safe and had an angel baby!
talk about traumatizing!
levi and i went right to sleep when we got to our hotel in merced (two hours away from sacramento) and cory went to the rehearsal dinner, and then hung out with his friends. we all woke up around 7 am and went to a little diner for crepes and bacon and eggs. we went back to the hotel and napped (since we had four hours to kill until we got our suitcases).
the wedding was held at a venue that also serves as a ranch! there was a little house for the caterers, and outside that was a grassy area, with trees, looking straight into a pasture with cows. the guests sat on hay bales looking at the cattle :) levi and i sat on a bench by the house, as i didn't want him to interrupt the wedding at all (which he didn't). that meant we got to see the wedding party and the bride first! patti was beautiful. the reception was held in the same area in a renovated barn. did i mention that patti's husband is a farmer/rancher? so there were many people in tuxes, cowboy boots and wranglers!
cory's cousin and grandparents drove up to see us and levi! we saw them that night and drove to yosemite the next day with them, and three of cory's friends. yosemite was beautiful. we only got to spend a few hours there and didn;t get to hike as much as i would've liked, but man, i'm already waiting for cory to strike it rich so we can stay at the gorgeous hotel they have in the park.
after yosemite, we drove down to stockton to stay at shawn's house and see some more of cory's friends. we went to the staple fast food mexican, adalberto's. the next morning, we left for san jose (another two hour drive) and made it home by 8 pm. it was kind of crazy and makes me appreciate direct flights more than ever. and friends and family and nature and california weather and landscapes.
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