Arizona Trip July 2026 - Day 1, Part 1: Heading Out

 Monday, July 6, 2026 

Our flight left around 7:30 this morning. In the above photo, if you squint, you can see the downtown Minneapolis skyline. 

Here's an enlargement. 

Here we are shortly after take off. You can see the shadow of the plane as we approach IKEA.

Looking north. IKEA's in the center. 

Mall of America

And away we go...

Time for a Bloody Mary. 

Over Arizona.

Cottonball clouds above Arizona. 

Announcement made that we'd be starting our descent. 

Almost there. 

About to suck the luggage out of the plane. We made it.

Puerto Rico Trip 2013 - We made it!!!

Landed in San Juan at about 9:15 p.m. and found our luggage in baggage claim. Although we missed our first flight, our checked luggage didn't. They told us in Minneapolis that our luggage would be set aside and locked in a room and that we'd just have to ask for it. I think it had been sitting on the baggage claim carousel for 6 hours. It was the only one there. I'm just glad we're here