I'm surprised we didn't have to fly the plane ourselves...

Newport News airport is officially NOT my favorite airport of all time. Here are my list of reasons:

1. First of all there were 17 different parking lots, each with a different price per day.

2. There wasn't a shuttle bus from the parking lot that WE happened to park in, even though we had to walk through our parking lot AND the entire parking garage to get to the airport terminal.

3. You have to carry your own checked baggage practically all the way to the plane.

4. They don't give you paper envelopes to hold all your plane tickets anymore. They said they don't believe in wasting paper anymore. So the attendant handed me about 35 pieces of paper that included checked baggage receipts, tickets, boarding passes (all of which FORMALLY went inside the nice envelope). I asked her, "So I'm supposed to keep track of all of this without an envelope?" She said, "Right. US Airways doesn't believe in envelopes anymore either."

I'm really surprised we didn't have to fly our own plane.

On a more positive note, we had a hilarious pilot who made jokes the whole time. For example when we landed in Orlando, he came on the intercom and said, "WHOOOOOAAAA lil fella!" as the plane was slowing down. Everyone clapped for the pilot when we pulled into the gate. And our plane had a sweet touch screen for each seat that broadcast live tv - with channels like ESPN, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Nickelodeon, HGtv, etc. So that was sweet! And it was Zorro's first time on a plane and he made the lady next to us laugh and laugh. One of the flight attendants really liked Zorro too and he petted Zorro every time he walked by.

So now we're in Orlando and heading off to smell a dolphin and get splashed by a killer whale!