We had a late flight on Friday evening (March 18th). Kristen opted out of staying for tennis and came home to finish packing. We left the house around 5:30 pm and planned to meet Misha at the airport for a quick dinner before our flight.
Misha had Spring Break at the same time as Kristen so that worked out perfectly.
Amy didn’t have Spring Break at all, but wanted to come to California too. She would be arriving Saturday morning and then leaving mid-afternoon on Tuesday (the rest of us would leave on Wednesday evening).
We were happy to see that Pikes Peak parking lot was open. It had been closed even before Covid happened to have some paving done and then never really opened back up. There was very little paving done which seemed crazy. We thought they would have repaved the entire lot! Still, it was so much closer for us to park there than at the Parking Spot which adds at least twenty minutes onto our time for getting to the airport.
We used Chris Priority Plus perk with his travel credit card and had dinner at Sweetwater Mountain Tap House. It was all the way at the end of concourse B in the opposite direction of where we needed to board later, but he received over $50 in credit toward a meal.
Misha joined us shortly after we were seated, and we had a pretty quick dinner.
We walked "Kline speed" back through that concourse to the other B concourse for our boarding.
Chris and I were upgraded to business class. Since we had already eaten, we declined the dinner service and just enjoyed the extra comfy seats.
After landing, we took the train to the rental car area and picked up a minivan. Yep, so totally not cool, but it would fit the five of us so much better.
We stayed at the Hilton in San Jose so that we would be closer to pick up Amy in the morning when she arrived.