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After doing some gardening up to the last minute, Dale finished some last-minute packing and loaded all the bags into the car. They were going to use Uber but, because their dear friend and adopted “mom” Mabel was not doing well they figured they could drive to Reno upon their return to visit her. Having their car would be a good thing.
Margaret insisted on leaving a “bit” early so they would miss the dreadful traffic for which Silicon Valley is famous. While Dale thought leaving at 1:30 pm for a 7:30 pm flight was a bit too early, it paid off.
The traffic on the other side Southbound lanes of the 101 were awful, other than a couple mile-long sections they breezed right along and arrived at 3:00 pm at the off-airport parking lot. A quick shuttle ride later they found themselves the only people in the large checkout area at British Airways. It took less than 5 minutes for the whole process and the attendant was quite nice. She told us our Business Class seats would give us access to go to the British Airways lounge which.
Security took about 15 minutes but was painless. Our gate was the first one we came to but we continued another 200 feet to the lounge. This was a nice thing since we hadn’t had lunch yet and they had several choices of sandwiches, cheeses, chips and even some nice vegetable soup. And, of course, several kinds of wine and a nice selection of beers and hard liquor. And, it was all self-serve! A great way to spend a few hours before our flight. We settled down into some reasonably comfortable leather chairs that were in front of a wide-screen TV, plugged in our iPhones and Macs and started eating and drinking.
We boarded the A380, went up the stairs to the second level Business Class section and began to settle in. Our seats were engineered so we could lay flat with a divider between us. Margaret was facing towards the rear of the plane, me the front.
Our flight attendant was a very nice lady from Liverpool. A brief conversation with Margaret uncovered that she also had braces on so she and Margaret got to exchange some stories about that. We ate dinner and turned off our televisions for a nice sleep.