Day 6 – Tuesday, January 18, 2022 (Going Home)

Checkout was early again.  Our car came at 8, and we were ready to start heading home.  With our plane not leaving until 1:15 we knew that we’d be waiting for a while either at the border or at the airport, perhaps both.   The drive across town took about 20 minutes.  GoLight has access to the medical priority lane.  We were through the border crossing in about 15 more minutes.  I had a passport card and my wife used her driver’s license and birth certificate.  The border agent asked a few questions and if we wanted to declare anything.  Our driver mentioned our medications which we were carrying, but doing so is completely legal.  They are probably used to GoLight and other bariatric patients coming through.  We did not have to go to a secondary inspection.  There were no scary glares or intimidating lines of questioning.  The border agent typed some stuff on the computer, returned our documents and waved us on.  Copious lanes of Interstate-5 running all the way to Canada opened up before us.  Our driver hit the gas and we were off.  It was no problem and the drive up to the airport was about 25 minutes.


(Port of Entry)


(Border zone along the wall)


(I didn't feel right about trying to take pictures of the border agents, but here are their booths)


(If you have a passport card, these will read it and expedite the crossing process)

                We left the hotel about 8:10 and arrived at the airport about 9:10. We had 4 hours to wait for our flight.  We toyed with the idea of checking our luggage and then getting an UBER to a nearby shopping area, but decided against it.  We wandered the airport, checked out the gift shops, then just went to our gate and waited.  The sitting both in the terminal and on the plane was not super pleasant and by the time we got home I was hurting pretty bad.  Another hot shower and a comfy bed took care of that though. 

   


(Swing Low, Sweet Chariot -- a'la Clark Griswold in Vacation)

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