Travel karma

We have all at some point in our lives been subject to some bad travel karma. Flight delays, bad weather, traffic, missed connections, obnoxious travel companions, etc. In fact, easy and effortless travel has become something many of us take for granted. So when travel plans go awry, I tend to respond with the the reaction of "oh well" and "it's an adventure!"  While this can be annoying to the adult who just wants to get mad and place blame on the nearest, under-paid service provider, when said to children it can set a tone for positive and grateful travel adventures to follow....

For example:

Our Christmas travels plans were originally pretty straight-forward: drive to Denver, fly to Mississippi. But to add a little excitement to the journey, we left early enough to visit the Denver Art Museum, where a special Star Wars Costume exhibit was showing! Soooooooooo cool.....

 

 

Paired with some time at Dave & Buster's for dinner and games - we were already enjoying a great travel experience!

We have flown in/out of Denver airport a million times. This was another ordinary day. All was well with the morning - shuttle on time, lines manageable, security easy - until it was time to board our flight. As the gate attendant picked up the microphone, I got ourselves ready to board..... except her spiel was a  little different than I had heard before. Instead of "now boarding zone 1" it sounded more like "your flight is cancelled". 

Huh. Oh well. It's an adventure!

So here's what we did:

We got our cancelled flight refunded.

We waited for our checked bag to be returned. 

We went ice skating at the Denver Airport:

 

And then, we got in the car and headed east. 

Through Kansas, Oklahoma (boys were sleeping!), Arkansas, and finally Mississippi!!!!!!

 

 

 

And the gaggle of cousins we found waiting for us (including a brand new one!!!!!) was worth all the adventure!