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Today was just a regular day of travel. Luckily for me it started later than I thought (I didn't have to wake up early!). Dad and I ate breakfast in the hotel buffet, which was pretty basic: scrambled eggs, honey dew melon, milk…

After packing up all of our gear, we headed out to the lobby and found that we were the only ones using the shuttle to the airport. Check in was normal and we got to our gate in plenty of time. Our first flight did not take too long and I slept all the way to Charlotte. It was one of the last flights for our pilot because his last flight is on Tuesday.

In Charlotte, we ate lunch at California Pizza Kitchen; Dad ordered the Chicken Pesto and I ate the Tuna Melt. It was actually pretty tasty. As we were boarding the plane, I was disappointed that I had the middle seat rather than my favorite: the window seat. Dad had the aisle seat, which is his favorite. Apparently he does not pick out how which seats he wants on the plane and I think that is weird. I waited unbuckled for the person with the window seat to arrive and as I scanned the line of people waiting to get to their seats, I see this guy, who is young, younger than me but I wasn't sure by how much. I began to think about how cool it would be if he sat next to me and we became friends. But then my next thought was that I was definitely not dressed to meet people in the airport (I was wearing a tye dyed tank with my large swim sweat pants). Of course he then says that he is seated by the window so we get out and quickly get back in our row to let everyone else continue boarding the plane. A lady compliments us on how efficient we were able to get in and out of the row.

The plane takes off soon afterwards. I slept a little until drinks are served and I ask for a Ginger Ale. Dad and I watch the movie About Time and it was pretty good. We have about 45 minutes until we land in Phoenix and I ask the guy next to me if he needs to use the bathroom. We talk and find out that we go to the same school!

When the plane lands, we look for our gate and find out that it is close by, so we look for dinner. Dad and I both get Turkey Salads and they weren't that bad. I call my grandma, making her guess which state I am in. We couldn't talk for too long because our flight was beginning to board. This time on the plane, Dad and I are separated but I sat in between a girl probably around my age and an older woman. The woman and her husband were going to Cabo to visit some family. There were also a lot of other college students on the plane, notably one loud junior male. He was pumped to go to Cabo and so was everyone else once the plane landed.

It was around 8 o'clock and following luggage pick up and customs, we go outside to look for our rental car company. Dad is searching and searching but with no luck. The car company is not here… He begins talking with a man who works for a different car company and he tries calling the numbers that Dad was given. All phone call attempts go to an answering machine. Finally we decide to go with this other car company to get a car so we can go to the hotel and sleep.

Arriving at the rental car building, I wait outside with the ants while Dad is inside getting a car. I notice that the ants are carrying a large bug away and they are moving quite quickly. Squatting and staring at the ants, a man comes up next to me and startles me. He works for the car company and asks me questions about where I am from, where we are staying, etc. He asks me if I want some water and I say yes. Then he says he will look for some maps for us to use while we are on vacation. Soon the rental car pulls up and once the inspection of the car is complete, we get on the road and head 30 miles away to our hotel!

We reached the hotel, checked in, and headed to our room only to find that our key did not work. So Dad went back downstairs to get the problem fixed and came back up to open the door. When he opened the door, the luggage stand was blocking the door but he was able to push through it. The room didn't look clean and when Dad entered farther into the room, he discovered that there were people sleeping in the beds!  When we went back downstairs to the front desk, all of us were laughing and one guy working said, "Welcome to Cabo!"

Welcome to Cabo indeed!