The Day that Never Ended

We left Cairns at 5:30 am Australia time. We arrived in Brisbane at 7:30 am and left again at about 11:25 am. We arrived in Auckland, New Zealand at 5:15 pm their time (we lost three hours) after a 3 hour flight.

Then we had to exit the plane, thread our way through a confusing maze with no signs to help us, go through security again, wait in a small lounge (300 people) with two bathrooms and no toilet paper. All this just to get back on the same plane an hour and a half later. No one was very happy. The plane left at 6:55 pm Auckland time.

We arrived at LAX (Los Angeles) at about 10:45 am after an 11-hour flight, a crossing of the international date line and a net gain of 19 hours. I think that works out to a day minus 5 hours, but by this time I am so confused I probably couldn't tell you who I am or what I'm supposed to be doing. Oh yeah....sleeping.

Never mind, one more leg to home. We left LAX at 1:53 pm Pacific Time and arrived in O'Hare Chicago at 8:00 pm Central time. Five hours in the air and two hours lost. But it is still Saturday the 29th, the same day we left Cairns. I'm going to bed. If anyone is interested, they can work out the details and correct my calculations.

We are home.