We drove to Houston this morning and it took about 3 hours. We made a pit stop along the way in Brenham and had some Blue Bell ice cream.
Once at the airport, Randy was able to park the vehicle and join us for a while before check-in began at 1pm. We got through security with no issues and then had Mexican hamburgers. Mine had some really hot jalapenos on it but it was very good. We boarded our British Airways 777 right on time and were in the air right on schedule at 4:05pm. Dinner will be served shortly and then we'll attempt to sleep most of the way to England. This will help greatly in getting adjusted to the 8 hour time difference once we arrive in Nairobi Friday night. Our choice of meals is either vegetarian pasta or chicken and I must say the BA food has gotten considerably better over the years. Of course, they ran out of chicken on the seat next to me, so I became a vegetable although I was a conscientious objector!
After dinner, I was drifting off to sleep when we hit pretty bad turbulence as we approached the East coast. It lasted for about 45 minutes. After things smoothed out again, I managed maybe 3 hours of on and off sleep.
I take back what I said about the food. We just had a box breakfast that consisted of soft pretzel laced with cream cheese and 2 granola bars. At least the "certified rain forest coffee" was pretty good. I'm hoping we have time for a decent breakfast at Heathrow.
Our next hurdle will be security at Heathrow. Every plane in the world seems to show up right at 7am as Heathrow opens then due to neighborhood noise restrictions. I've already warned Diane and Elena not to get concerned about what will appear to be a madhouse. The newly redone international terminal can move a lot of people through quickly when they want to. We just don't know how tight screening will be after the Manchester incident earlier this week. More to follow from Heathrow if we have the time. Our layover is about 3 hours which should be adequate.
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