San Diego zoo and farewell for now

All good things must come to an end. And so must our awesome vacation skiing and then time in San Diego. By Friday, flights were still getting cancelled due to weather across the country. The flight we were scheduled to be one was good for the first leg, but the second leg was already cancelled at 9am. And the last thing I wanted was to be stuck somewhere in-between San Diego and Raleigh with the kids. Far better to be in San Diego where we know our way around or home in Raleigh. I called the airline to see what our options were and they said Sunday (to not be on a red-eye). At this point, it was getting a bit crazy and everything was backed up. I asked about a northern connector (which we had been avoiding thinking that was even riskier for weather delays / cancellations. We snagged the last 4 seats on a northern route for that day, until Sunday. It was a bummer to leave, but seeing how everything kept getting pushed and cancelled, we felt it best to take these seats to get home before Jeff truly wondered if we would actually ever return. He's lucky he was at home or else we may have just stayed. :-) It meant leaving a few hours earlier than planned so we didn't get to say another goodbye to friends, but did save us some tears. Funny thing happened though when we landed after our first flight. The board announcing our flight to Raleigh didn't show the last one of the evening, just the one for the next morning. My heart sunk thinking we had run into one of the scenarios we were trying to avoid. Thankfully, it wasn't cancelled and we made it home after a long day of travel. 

Before leaving though, we used our unexpired zoo passes one last time to visit the squirrel monkeys who are always entertaining. 

The evening before, we had dinner with Betsy, Alice and family. We loved spending so much time with them and it was sad to have to leave. Thankfully, we know we will see them again. And in the meantime, we have FaceTime calls quite frequently. 

This is such a fun crew! Lots of kids, but lots of fun!