Day 1: October 07, 2010. The start of our Journey.
For four long years, I had Iceland listed among the top destinations on my "Bucket List". For four long years, I struggled to get it to the top, but Peru was a much more pressing destination seeing as South America is the last of the continents I'm yet to visit. Nonetheless the opportunity to visit Iceland presented itself in the form of a Travbuddy Meet-up organized by Lauro, my Travbuddy friend to take place at the Blue Lagoon at the end of their 10 days Iceland Expedition. It was October now and I, was jumpy inside as the days drew closer to October 07,2010. This would be the day we leave Tucson for Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport where our flight aboard Alaska Airlines was to take off. Here is the rest of it:
The journey to Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix could have been cut short or made more convenient if we have traveled the night before and spent the evening in Phoenix. However since we did not do so, we had to set our alarm clock for 2:00 am the following morning to allow us to be on the road by 2:30 am. We left Tucson on, the ride to Phoenix was uneventful. Mark did the driving, he was a little sleepy along the way, but nothing coffee could not cure. I had made an extra cup of coffee and put it in a to-go cup; that did the trick for my darling. On arrival in Phoenix, we headed to the daily parking and waited for the bus to take us to the terminal. We would be gone for 5 days in total, so it was cheaper to do the day parking. Alaska Airlines was scheduled to leave from Terminal 2. This was the first time either of us was using this terminal at SKy Harbor Airport. All my travels in the past 5 years have been through terminals 3 and 4. It was a busy morning at a quarter to 5:00 am. Many passengers were leaving to various destinations on 3 particular airlines. I remember Continental Airlines, and Alaska Airlines in particularly since the counters were next to each other.
We had printed copies of our itineraries and ticket numbers. We decided to use the electronic check in as an easier way, but the machine did not recognize our ticket numbers. Mark decided to try it for some reason not believing that I'm doing it right. I let him try it as he looked agitated with me for not getting the boarding passes. He asked twice if I had put in the right ticket number, I confirmed I had. He tried it once and then decided I was right. He asked the lady for help, she tried it and announced at once that our numbers are not recognized because we did not have our passport details entered in the system. She went ahead and input the information upon receiving both our passports. the reservations clerk issued boarding passes for both segments of travel: Phoenix to Seattle, and from Seattle to Keflavik International Airport and sent us on our way. Our one suitcase however was not meeting the 50 lbs requirement so we were advised to either reduce the luggage to 50 lbs or pay $150 to take it as is. Well we were not going to spend $150 on clothes. Markwas quick to remove my gray winter coast and ba'am! we were under 49 lbs and on our way to the boarding gates. The flight was on time, so off we went to Seattle.
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