Day Fourteen - Wednesday, July 13: London - Los Angeles - Home

Passing through London again. We arrived in London at 4:45 a.m. about a half an hour ahead of schedule. On the way to the waiting area we had to leave security and one of the women informed me that they would definitely take the bottle of Amarula I bought in South Africa.

We sat in the same waiting area we were in before with a Starbucks and a Pret a Manger coffee and sandwich place. We got a couple of sandwiches and sat and used the computer until my battery ran out.

The Longest flight Ever! Our next plane leaves for Los Angeles at 9:55 a.m. This plane was pretty much completely full so there was no room to stretch out. As always this is the slowest flight of all - ten and a half hours. Since it's day the whole way there is virtually no sleeping. I watched two and almost a third movie this time, but we made it safely back a little early at 12:45.

Back in LA. We then got through customs and had to wait for Melissa Chinn while she charged her phone with Lisa's charger. then we all walked over to the Southwest terminal and checked in for our 5:30 flight. Lisa and Christine and I got something to eat and have been hanging out waiting for our last flights. They leave at 5 for Phoenix.

Back to Sac. The only late plane was from LA to Sacramento but we wound up being only 15 minutes or so late. On the plane a guy from South Africa sat next to me so we had a great time chatting about Africa and our trip. He must have been a Christian as he talked about having worked for Gideons.

Tony and Vicky and Jake were there to greet us, and we stopped at Chipotle for some dinner on the way home. We arrived right around 8 p.m. so the total travel time from Livingstone to Sacramento was right around 42 hours!