Flight day!

Our first flight took us from St. Louis (our normal) to Ft. Worth-Dallas, we arrived a little early. They put us in the last row where jet fuel exhaust smell is strong. Things went very smoothly getting to the airport and to our gate. We used the American Airlines app to check in Sunday night after getting to the hotel. We had our boarding passes before we got to the airport so there was no lines for us at the ticket counter and we have TSA Pre-check so we breezed through to our gate. We also had to use the VeriFLY app to put out Covid information in before we could get our passes. It takes your vaccination status or negative test results so you don’t have that to deal with at the ticket counter and you can get electronic boarding passes.

Speaking of apps, we will try and use the Homeland Security approved app for our Customs Border Control entry process on our return to the United States. I used an older version coming back from Peru and it worked slick, I have high hopes for it again. The app is Mobile Passport Control. It would be nice if foreign countries had this type of app.,

Dallas airport was a bit of an experience, The tram/train deal was down so we had a 20 minute walk to our gate. We made our flight with plenty of time but I wouldn’t have wanted to be someone with a close connection time. The moving sidewalks were also not working in areas.

Our flight had some turbulence shortly before getting to Belize. A few big ones!! Overall not bad for a travel day. Customs and Covid stuff made it take an hour to get out of the airport and they didn’t even look at all of the paperwork Emily had printed off. Our driver was worried and called the resort just to check if there was a change of plans.

Our driver Ian, was a nice fella, father of three boys. He told is that some places pay better than others but it still doesn’t seem like enough to cover cost of living. He had a lot of good information for us but right now I’m drawing a blank. I haven’t eaten much since breakfast. We have made it to the resort. I have WiFi now, my phone is not connecting, that’s for later, now time for food!