I've decided I would put my trip on my blog starting at the end so eventually it can be read from beginning to end in the correct order. I know it is silly to put pictures of the airports on my blog, but I was totally amazed at the size and activity of the airports we were in. We have not traveled by plane in many years--usually when we go on vacation we drive as to this point it has been Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia or Florida that we have traveled to. So here goes the firat "installment" from the back to the front.
This is Fresno Yosemite International Airport. This will be the second time it is on my blog as this was the airport we flew into when we started our vacation. I will write more about Fresno Yosemite when I get to the beginning.
This is Los Angeles International Airport. This is the primary airport serving the Los Angeles, California area. Los Angeles is the second most populated metropolitan area of the United States. With 59,542,151 passengers yearly Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is the seventh busiest airport in the world. It is the busiest airport in California, followed by San Francisco International Airport. In 1928 a total of 648 acres were chosen for Los Angeles International Airport. Fields of wheat, barley and lima beans were converted into dirt landing strips with no terminal buildings. It was origianlly named Mines Field for William W. Mines, the real estate agent who arranged the deal. The first structure, Hangar Number 1, was erected in 1929 and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Mines Field was dedicated and opened as the official airport of Los Angeles in 1930 and was purchased to be a municipal airport in 1937. The name was officially changed to Los Angeles Airport in 1941 and Los Angeles International Airport in 1949. This is a huge airport and I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't much busier than it was, especially since we were traveling the Friday before Labor Day. Since it was dark when we landed it was like looking at a huge Christmas Tree Village with all the lights of the city. We had a two hour lay over in this airport, but it actually was very nice. Our flight was on time and soon we were off on the next leg.
Our flight from LAX took us to Washington-Dulles. This was a four hour flight, and while it was a good flight it was also the longest part of the entire trip and toward the end was getting rather old. Washington-Dulles is a public airport located 25 miles west of the Central Business District of Washington, DC in Dulles, Virginia and serves the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area. It is named for John Foster Dulles, United States Secretary of State under Dwight David Eisnhower. The airport was dedicated by John Fitzgerald Kennedy on November 17, 1962. Originally its name was Dulles International Airport but in 1984 this was changed to Washington Dulles International Airport. When we got off the flight from LAX we had to get to another gate via airport shuttle. The shuttles look like trolley cars that attach to the terminal building just like the airplanes do. You get on the trolley on one end, the door closes and the trolley goes to whatever gate you need. The trolley attaches to the next terminal and the door on the other end opens and you get off. The first thing we saw was a Five Guys Burgers and Fries thatr serves breakfast (and beer and wine too). Ther were all kinds of resturants, shops, duty free shops, diners, etc. We had a 1 1/2 hour lay over here and it wasn't long before we were on the final leg of our journey.
And finally we were home again. This will be the second time this is on my blog too so I will write more about this airport when I get to the beginning. It was a great trip but after 14 hours of traveling we were glad to get off the plane, collect our luggage and get the car out of long term parking. We were soon home and got Gunney from the Bed and Biscuit and all that eas left was to catch up on some sleep.
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