My sister (from Springfield, IL) and I were booked to fly to the Seattle area to visit my daughter and family for a couple of weeks. It was her first trip by plane anywhere since 9/11, and my second trip to the Pacific Northwest this year.
Shari (my sister) is more mobile than I, but she has COPD as I do. In short, she could not have walked the airports without having to stop and catch her breath every whipstitch. I, of course, could not have walked the airports at all due to back problems. We were slated for handicapped support. Thank God for the wheelchair pushers! Some are better than others, but my two experiences flying to Seattle have shown the Indy pushers to be the best. The dude that was pushing us from our flight in after 10 PM was pushing our TWO wheelchairs simultaneously and pulling our TWO carry-on bags behind him. (Not sure how he did that!!) When we got to the baggage carousel, he had called for help because we had three checked bags between us, plus the two carry-ons. When we got to the curb, the additional dude went out and stopped traffic to let our taxi in. We tipped both of them handsomely!
When we got back to my little house-on-a-slab, the driveway was slick with ice from the previous storms. We managed to get stuff in the house, then collapsed with some wine. Home!
One of my sister's friends on Facebook had dubbed us "Thelma and Louise"...after the movie (that I never saw)...but I played it up on FB. When we were deplaning at one point, the flight attendant that was escorting me off the plane wasn't flustered at all when I mentioned that she should take my sister next because we were traveling together. She joked, "I've got ya, Thelma. I'll go back for Louise in a second." She had no clue...but it was funny!!
The taxi trip from Indy International to my house is about $20 and 10 minutes. Totally worth it! Home to the heartland. Love it, yet still miss my experience with my Seattle family.
God provides!
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