We left early this morning (from a 40-below windchilled Fairbanks) for Anchorage and spent the day at our respective parental homes. At 1:00 a.m. my folks dropped us off at the airport, by which time we were already tired since we hardly slept (3 hours) the night before due to excitement. Attempts to catch up on sleep before our 4 a.m. flight proved difficult with the presence of cranky children at our terminal.
When we finally boarded it took us an extra 30 minutes to leave because the engine was having trouble starting and they needed to fix it before we went up in the air. The plane we were in was pretty new and the seats had foldable headrests that looked like a good idea in theory but in practice were very uncomfortable. Luckily we were so tired we were able to sleep through most of the flight. In six hours we were landed in Honolulu, HI.
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