May 28 -- The Journey Begins

So today was a day of final preparation and flying away. We finished up packing and pick up Ed's coolers at the pharmacy. They weighed in at about 45 pounds each. We were concerned about checking them and possibly being over on the baggage. But there wasn't much we could do about that. Waiting for the bus we looked like we were moving to O'hare instead of just flying out of there. We had I think you would say 13 pieces of luggage including "carry-on".

Waiting for the Bus to O'Hare

The bus trip was uneventful. Got to terminal three, unloaded all of the bags and lo and behold there was a baggage cart right there for us to use, lucky. Good thing too, we had to push them all the way to the other end of terminal for international departures. My suitcase and Kay's weighed in at 49 lbs each, right on the edge. The agent at American Airlines said we would be able to take Ed's meds through security so we didn't check the two coolers. Ed showed the prescription forms and TSA inspected the coolers and off we went.

The plane left on time and we were away to London.