ADIÓS Dominican Republic

It never fails that the morning of a trip is over, I just want to be home.  Today the wait will be long since our flight does not depart until late afternoon.  I guess the silver lining is that we get to enjoy the resort a little longer.  I had planned to go lay on the beach but got a bit lazy.  We ended our last meal at the exact same table as our first meal at The Chinola.  

I always try to have eggs benedict as my last breakfast on vacation and this one was good.  I also asked for a few slices of fresh avocado and got the whole avocado.

The service was considerable slower today than the past few days and the restaurant was packed.  I guess because it is the weekend and travel is busier the week before a major U.S. holiday.  It was still a lovely day.  Due to the slower service, we had very little time to get our bags packed and to the front for our car to the airport.  Of course on the way there we learned our flight was delayed an hour but it was on its way.  So instead of hanging with the masses in the terminal, I gave a credit card perk of free lounge access as part of Priority Pass a try and it worked!  I have known about this perk for years but always afraid it won't work.  Now I am not one of those snobby lounge people but must say I have never seen an airport lounge with a swimming pool . . .

. . . that overlooks the gates or one that is so close to the planes with very little separation.  It was a nice quiet spot to hang out for 3 hours, but we were so glad when our plane arrived too.  So we walked down to our gate and it was absolute mayhem . . . they were boarding two flights at the same gate and instead of using  the public address system they just stood by the door and yelled, "American Airlines flight to Austin this way!"  It was crazy.  It was good-bye Dominican Republic . . .

We settled into our seat on row 2, these seats are way better than the ones we had a few days ago.  Yes, I upgraded our seats thanks to points and it was worth every last mile.  Shortly after take off, dinner was served.  I am not much of an eat on the plane person but Colin sure is.  I had preordered one of each meal in hopes he would like one of them.  Mine was okay but pasta on a plane makes me feel so bloated.  Colin had something like beef short rib.

Colin enjoyed both of the meals while I just picked at the salads.  His salad was way better than mine!  We are both ready to be home and I can not wait for real brewed iced tea!