We started out the first leg of our trip on a SW Airlines Honor flight carrying 30 WWII veterans to Baltimore. A fire truck water salute greeted us upon arrival. The vets will be honored in DC this week. An honor indeed.

The kids joined us in Virginia for several days of Hellman/Hobgood wedding festivities – fun times were had by all.

Arrived in Dulles last night to find our passports safely delivered to the hotel with all our visas in check. Nothing like pushing our luck right down to the final hour.

In the Emirates lounge waiting for our flight. Yippie!!!! 13 hours and 5 minutes…

With 1400 entertainment channels on the flight – taking 3 seconds to scroll each channel – we can occupy 70 minutes of flight time.

See you in Dubai…

Thought I published this 15 hours ago in the States but failed to do so. In Dubai now. Waiting for our hotel room.