We somewhat reluctantly left Las Vegas for the drive back to LA. This time the trip was quicker than anticipated, so we arrived at the inglorious LAX Travelodge by early afternoon and with enough time to take a short drive and find dinner down at Venice Beach. After collecting two suitcases we had left in LA, and returning the Jeep, we re-packed for an early transfer to LA Airport. The day's highlight was looking at the GPS as we drove through mazes of infamous LA freeways - the roads show up as yellow lines, and at times the screen looked more like Carbonara than California.
After another re-pack and purchase of an extra bag at the check in counter, due to suitcases being overweight, we finally got to the boarding gate and all looked promising for an on time departure. Alas, the door on the plane required repair and we were delayed for two and a half hours! So, our carefully planned arrival in Toronto at 6pm, turned in to a 9pm arrival having not been fed on American airlines. We then had over an hour in Immigration getting appropriate Work and Study visas stamped in our passports followed by a desperate lunge at the only remaining pizza in the last cafe open before locating the "red car" for our transfer to Elora.
And so, we arrived on a cold rainy evening in Elora after Midnight. We were greeted by John and Kathy who were patiently waiting for us in our new home - little mooses on beds for kids, house furnished with almost all that we need and more- baskets of fresh goodies, bikes in the garage - we felt so welcomed and excited and relieved to have finally arrived and to see some familiar faces and suddenly the day didn't seem so bad at all!
A long overdue set of photos of beautiful little Elora will follow soon. Love to you all!
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