We were all up by 3…and excited about our day of travel ahead! About ten minutes before we were ready to head downstairs, I decided that I would download some podcasts for our plane ride. It was moments later that panic set in…I had left our passports in Skagway!!!!!
For our flights, we did not need passports…but for our cruise they would be a required document. There was NO getting out of traveling without them! We quickly weighed the options of getting on our current flights and having passports shipped to us overnight…or changing our flights to a later flight and not leaving Juneau until we have the passports in our hand. The bad thing about a misstep like this is that you can’t just drive home and get them. It is not physically possible.
This hiccup then set off a long chain of events that made this day the longest day of our lives! Here is a glimpse of the chain of events that occurred over the next couple of hours:
· George contacted Alaska Airlines to change flights to the 6:30 PM flight.
· I contacted the house sitters to have them get our passports to a friend who brought them to the airport.
· Our passports were sent on the next available flight (as cargo) to Juneau – weather permitting.
· We cancelled our Covid tests which were scheduled for Seattle upon our arrival.
· We located a Covid testing site in Juneau and scheduled appointments for 11 am. We completed these tests and hoped for the best.
· We rented a car in Juneau, so we could complete all of our tasks and have a place to hang out once we checked out of the hotel.
· We ate breakfast at Donna’s.