Well, we made it. But not without challenges. On the 2.5 hour drive to Phoenix we heard a news broadcast about ice storms in Atlanta. hmmm, our Delta flight to Florida goes thru Atlanta. When we got to the terminal and looked at the monitors of Arrivals and Departures we saw that the flights to Atlanta both before and after ours had been cancelled. Ours was still 'on schedule' but we didn't have a real warm and fuzzy feeling about it! We waited in line, used the self-serve check-in computer screens (pretty cool), checked our baggage, and walked to the gate. Within the hour we heard the announcement that our flight had also been cancelled. Surprise.

So, back in line to talk to a reservations person. It took a while, but they were able to get us on an American flight to Dallas and then to Ft. Lauderdale. It worked out great, getting us into Ft. Lauderdale just a couple hours later than our original plan. However, our luggage decided to take a different flight. That took another couple hours, in another line, to fill out the reports. My Mom was there to pick us up and take us to her house. We got to bed about 1:30am, 17 hours after we left Quartzsite. We slept good!

Wi-Fi note - we expected more available Wi-Fi connections in the airports. Phoenix had no official hotspot available, not even at the Starbucks! Jim did find a weak signal from a network called 'T1'. It was too weak to maintain a connection for more than a few minutes. In Dallas there was a 'Wayport' network as well as TMobile. Wayport was $7 for a day, TMobile was $10/day or $7 for an hour and .10/minute thereafter. Fort Lauderdale had a 'guest' network that was strong and solid and free. But, by then, we were done with our travels.