Wow, talk about a LONG day!  We left Vilcabamba yesterday at 2:45 pm for the trip to Loja to catch the plane for Quito.  The ride to the airport is not a hasty one, the roads are really curvey (obviously since they are mountain roads) so it takes a while.  It isn't that many miles, just that long (about an hour and a half.) 

When we got to the airport in Loja, paid the driver, got our bags and walked up the steps to the airport I remembered our camera was in the backseat of the taxi…Greg ran out but he was already gone!  Great!  At least I had uploaded all but the last three pictures.  Then I found out (from Cyn) that they didn't display on the site (I'll fix them in the morning…too pooped now)

We flew from Loja to Quito, then on to Quayaquill (which we didn't know we were going to do, Delta didn't tell us that stop on our tickets).  The gal that sat in the seat next to me was coming back "home" from Atlanta so she flew into Quito and then the Quayaquill leg.  She was charming, 28  years old, college student that wants to come to the states to get her masters in GA because USA men are better (and taller) than the men from Quayaquill….funny!

In Loja we went through security, then again in Quito, then again in Quayaquill where it was both secuity and immegartion, then security in Atlanta (and customs and immegration) and then into Des Moines.  At least we didn't have to do security in Des Moines to get off the plane!  Not only did you go through security in Quito at the checkin, you did it again at the gate!!  In quito we also had to pay the deportation fee (or what ever it's called) that was $40.80 per person.  You usually have to pay to get into a country, Ecuador charges you to leave!

When we arrived in Des Moines we were both beat, but had a meeting to go to, then looked for office space, ate lunch and started the drive home.  Wouldn't you know, I-80 had a semi overturn and burn (minor injury to the driver) so the interstate was closed for about an hour and a half while everyone sat there waiting for the fire to be contained, when we got by the semi all that was left were the rims of the tires…a heck of a hot fire!

After grocery shopping, a shower and checking emails and phone messages it was time to call Cyn and get this posted so I can go to bed.  I looked at auctions for tomorrow and decided not to even think about it…going to sleep in…hopefully.  Then it will be normal stuff like laundry and listing and web work.  Must be home!