June 25th, 2022
Once we were airborne I just tried to rest my eyes a bit, was still quite tired after the previous weeks adventure.
The dinner service started soon after we took off, so I watched a film to keep me awake. (The Kingsman)
When that was done, I tried to watch another film (EuroTrip), but I think I slept through most of the second half of the film.
After I awoke to use the restroom, I decided to try another film instead of sleeping again. So watched another movie (Uncharted) which I managed to stay awake for.
Around this time they started a breakfast service, so while they were doing that I started a 4th movie to keep me going (The Lost City) and managed to finish it as well.
I was finally getting tired though, so put on a music channel and fell asleep during that hour long music session. I dozed in and out for the rest of the trip till the snack service came through in the last hour of the flight.
Plane finally landed in Montreal after a 15 hour flight.
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We deplaned fairly quickly and then had a short walk up a corridor. Here the passengers that would be going on to the USA were separated and had to wait in a roped off section of the hallway for about 20-25 minutes while everyone else continued on to the border control area and into the next phase of their travels.
After everyone from the plane heading to the USA was gathered we were lead down a hallway to a door which was now opened and they scanned all of our boarding passes and asked about the number of bags we had checked.
We next went through a quick security check of our bags and a metal detector walk through.
Next they scanned our passes again (actually the third time now) and went on into customs area.
Here they asked a few simple questions about our destination, origin, purpose of travel and about our checked bags. Then we were cleared into the gate hallway.
I stopped at this point for a restroom break, then found an empty gate to sit in for a bit. I had a 13 hour layover here, so was going to be a long day! I ate a bag of chips I had in my carry on and checked the app to see if the gate had been updated on there as the boarding pass did not list it. I then got onto the Wi-Fi for a bit, then walked down to find a place to eat while the hall was still somewhat empty of people as I figured it would pick up later in the day.
Had a good sized breakfast while I wrote in the journal to get it current. Figure I will sit for awhile and read or play online and keep drinking refills. At some point I will go down to the gate and just sit there for a few hours till I decide to eat again for a late lunch/early dinner.
After sitting for a bit at the restaurant I did walk across the hall to the empty gate there and sat for several hours. I think I even dozed off a bit now and then and read in my magazine or played on the internet.
Later I went back to the same restaurant to have an early dinner (it was about 2:30 p.m.) I then again sat around drinking refills for awhile and read or played online. About 5:00 p.m. I left to find my actual gate (it was just down the hall a bit) and sat there till the plane boarded.
That time came and went, the departure time came and went and no information came from the airline other than the plane (which had been sitting there for over 2 hours now) was being cleaned.
Departure time was updated from 7:30 to 8:00 at around 7:45. We started boarding at 8:00, so departure was around 8:30, which was roughly an hour late.
Flight was 5 hours long, and I mostly slept other then a few restroom breaks, only waking for the final 30-40 minutes of the flight. There was no meal on this flight (well, I could have bought a meal, but not paying for airline food!)
Finally landed in Phoenix and was able to get off the plane quickly as I was only in row 15 this time. Found my way to baggage claim and then waited about 25 minutes for my bag to show up. I then went out the door and walked a short distance to the private car service I had booked to pick me up who was waiting and had been communicating with me via text since I landed.
Took about 30 minutes to drive me home as it was now almost midnight. I took a quick shower and was ready for bed then. I would deal with unpacking and cleaning up the messes the cats left me tomorrow.
See next entry for some final thoughts.
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