This afternoon, I went to pick up the a friend of L&N’s who was flying in from Winnipeg via Calgary. I left around 1:45 and by the time I backed out of the yard (first time doing it that way) and made it to The Road, it was 1:55, with one hour before the flight’s arrival.

The first 6KM of The Road were bad. Tons of big potholes. Then, there was a 1KM stretch of nicely graded gravel, then several kilometres of PAVEMENT. That short bit really showed me how life on Isla would change if road access to it was easier. After that, it was nice graded road all the way to pavement. I did The Road in a record 27 minutes!

I parked at the airport at 2:36, with 20 minutes till the arrival time. Rather than get a coffee, I decided to try the frozen yoghurt as I had come in rather overheated. It was ridiculously expensive at 65 pesos, but very yummy with lots of fresh fruit.

The plane was on a time, but for some reason everyone I pick up at the airport is the last to deplane! So I had a good 40 minutes to wait standing at the gate. The next time I pick up someone at the airport, I will tell them that I’ll be on the benches in front of Señor Frog reading on my iPad. Anyway, I caught up on all the Facebook gossip on my phone and had a very nice chat with some ladies who are here for a few weeks and were waiting for their daughters and grandchildren.

Once L&N’s friend arrived and we got the truck loaded, it was about 4:05. We made it to L&N’s at just about 4:30, so I obviously drove faster than on the way in since there is a long stretch on pavement between the airport and The Road. It helped that I knew where all the worst potholes were!

At the hotel, a boy offered to carry the very heavy bags up the 50 billion flights to the top of the building, which earned him a tip that he was quite grateful for. I accepted a beer, then left to let them all catch up.

Doing the airport pick up run really eats into the day, but it’s so nice to be able to drive! I hadn’t started Moya since the end of December and she started right up today! I’ll be doing the reverse run on the 21st, with the plan being to drop their friend off and continue on to Durango. We’ll see if I can pull that off! 🙂