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There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
So we are retiring this newsletter, as we simply cannot keep up with it. Many thanks to Mouse Fan Travel who supported it all these years, to All Ears and MousePlanet who helped us with news, to our many article contributors, and -- most importantly -- to Sara Varney who edited our newsletter so wonderfully for years and years.
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If you miss us, you can still find some of us online. Sara started a new blog at DisneyParkPrincess.com -- I strongly urge you to visit and get on her mailing list. She IS the Disney park princess and knows Disney backward and forward. And I am blogging as well at JenniferMaker.com, which is a little craft blog I started a couple of years ago to make ends meet. You can see and hear me in my craft show at https://www.youtube.com/c/jennifermaker . Many PassPorter readers and fans are on Facebook, in groups they formed like the PassPorter Trip Reports and PassPorter Crafting Challenge (if you join, just let them know you read about it in the newsletter). And some of our most devoted community members started a forum of their own at Pixie Dust Lane and all are invited over.
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Hello! I'm sitting on the lanai of my parents' condo, with the ocean and 15th hole on my right (I'm sitting sideways). From this vantage point this week, I've seen mongoose, various tropical birds, geckos (so cute!) and feral cats. We haven't been online much, so I couldn't do a live TR, but I've been keeping detailed notes so that I can tell you all about our Hawaiian adventure when I get back.
Tonight is our last night , but we are going to a luau, so we're going out in style! Right now, we're going to go souvenir shopping and we'll stop by a teeny tiny white sand beach, which is rare here!
Can't wait to tell you about the Gecko Whisperer (me!), the Hawaii DH thought we'd be visiting in the first place (at Hilo), the bottom of the US (South Point) and the vog (Hawaii's version of smog - can you guess what it stands for?).
can't wait to hear about your trip when you get home
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We're back home! And man, am I tired! We left Hawaii at 8:50 pm (11:50 PDT) and got into LAX around 4:30 PDT, then drove home to Vegas and got in around 11:00 am (after dropping my parents off). During all of that, I got MAYBE 2 hours of sleep - and that's not all at one time. I'm really fuzzy right now!
But, it was a great trip that I'm looking forward to detailing. I plan to wait until the pictures are uploaded to the computer and I organize them on Facebook (to which I'll link) to start, so it may not be until after Halloween - we'll see how this week goes. I was hoping to meet up with Chezp when they come here at the end of the week and I won't even be able to do that, now!
And since it can't be said enough - MAN am I tired right now!
Saturday morning sunrise broke through around 6:30 a.m. and the world greeted a beautiful morning. I know, because I woke up 2 ½ hours prior to sunrise and was halfway to Los Angeles by the time the sun finally joined us! Our flight out of LAX was scheduled to depart at 1:00 p.m., so we figured we needed to be at the parking lot right around 11:00 a.m. The night before, DH programmed the GPS and we were pleased to discover that LAX Parking Lot B was actually a location in the system less work for us! But back to Saturday morning….We were out of our house by 5:05 (yes, AM, very, very AM) to pick up Mom, Dad and the kids (who spent the night there to get a little extra sleep). By the time we got to Mom and Dad’s, we were about 15 minutes behind schedule, but we weren’t worried since we padded our travel time quite a bit. However, when we got to their house, we discovered that DS had a fever overnight and his cough had intensified Wonderful! Dad ran out at midnight to get Tylenol, but his cough was going to be a problem – we didn’t bring his nebulizer (breathing treatments) with us and they hadn’t wanted to bother us overnight. So, we got on the road at 5:45, with 4 adults, 2 kids, 5 suitcases, 2 camera cases, 3 backpacks, 3 school books, a briefcase and a totebag all in one car.
The drive to LA was uneventful. Josh slept some more (good) which seemed to help his fever. Of course, we stopped at Barstow Station for breakfast. And, of course, we bought Jelly Bellies (and rock candy). We got back on road at 9:00 (still doing great on time) and started keeping eye out for Wal-Mart/Target/something, to get more medicine and a thermometer for DS. Found a Target and stopped a little past Victorville.
Having timed it wonderfully, and with our GPS guiding us right to the parking lot, we arrived at 10:40. After unloading the car, waiting for the tram and getting to the airport, we arrived right at 11:00 – perfect! After stopping the skycap, who wasn’t listening to us, from grabbing someone else’s suitcase and leaving one of ours behind, we headed into LAX. Service at LAX, all around, is horrible. We got to the first checkpoint – the person looked at all 6 boarding passes, but only DH’s driver’s license. No one ever asked the rest of us for ID, for the rest of the flight. We went up stairs and proceeded to x-ray. We then stood in line forever, not because there were a lot of people, but because the x-ray tech was determined to find Waldo in every bag. I guess it’s good that he was that involved, but it was annoying having to wait in stocking feet to push the tray holding my shoes another few inches, then another few, then maybe 6 inches.
Eventually, we got through security and scoped out food for lunch. For a large airport, there sure wasn’t much available. Went to McD’s for the kids. Didn’t push DS, but he ate well and was acting very normal. Mom and I went to a croissant sandwich place and got paninis. Meh, should’ve had McD’s. Dad and DH went to the same place and got other sandwiches for the plane. And then we left.
And my goodness, the plane ride was LONG! Egads it was long! It was also hot and DS’ fever started going up. I was so annoyed with Delta – they do not have individual air controllers, so you are at the mercy of the entire plane cooling down before getting any sort of relief. And we had packed his medicine (it was over 3 oz), so we didn’t have anything to bring the fever down as it started climbing. Poor guy. He was coughing continually and drinking and his inhaler weren’t working. If we’d known before leaving the house, we could have brought his nebulizer, but nothing to do about that now! I finally asked the flight attendant if they carried any meds, but they only had adult doses so we cut it into small pieces and gave him one. Got him to go to sleep, where he didn’t cough, so that was a nice break for everyone around us, I think. One neat/scary thing that happened on the plane, though, was seeing another Delta plane below us. It was really close (in the grand scheme of the sky) and we got pictures of it. I never knew they could fly that close to each other…
We got to Hawaii at 3:42 p.m. (or as DD would say, “It’s 6:45 to us!” which became a refrain until we forbade her from mentioning the time change anymore.) We stopped at Wal-Mart for more meds (again) and some supplies and then went to Safeway for dinner and breakfast (pizza and yogurt/fruit) and got to the condo. Very nice! On the 15th hole. View of the ocean from lanai and master bedroom (which Mom and Dad gave to us). After eating dinner, we gave DS a cooling bath, along with a cooling forehead gel thingy and lots of meds (let’s see – we double dosed him (Tylenol and Motrin), gave him Zyrtek and cough medicine)! All of us, except Dad, went to bed about 8:00 (“which is 11:00 to us!”).
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, but we are going to a luau, so we're going out in style! Right now, we're going to go souvenir shopping and we'll stop by a teeny tiny white sand beach, which is rare here!
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And man, am I tired! 
We left Hawaii at 8:50 pm (11:50 PDT) and got into LAX around 4:30 PDT, then drove home to Vegas and got in around 11:00 am (after dropping my parents off). During all of that, I got MAYBE 2 hours of sleep - and that's not all at one time. I'm really fuzzy right now! 
Day 1, October 17 - What a looooong day!
I know, because I woke up 2 ½ hours prior to sunrise and was halfway to Los Angeles by the time the sun finally joined us! Our flight out of LAX was scheduled to depart at 1:00 p.m., so we figured we needed to be at the parking lot right around 11:00 a.m. The night before, DH programmed the GPS and we were pleased to discover that LAX Parking Lot B was actually a location in the system 
less work for us! But back to Saturday morning….We were out of our house by 5:05 (yes, AM, very, very AM) to pick up Mom, Dad and the kids (who spent the night there to get a little extra sleep). By the time we got to Mom and Dad’s, we were about 15 minutes behind schedule, but we weren’t worried since we padded our travel time quite a bit. However, when we got to their house, we discovered that DS had a fever overnight and his cough had intensified 
After stopping the skycap, who wasn’t listening to us, from grabbing someone else’s suitcase and leaving one of ours behind, 
we headed into LAX. Service at LAX, all around, is horrible. We got to the first checkpoint – the person looked at all 6 boarding passes, but only DH’s driver’s license. 
No one ever asked the rest of us for ID, for the rest of the flight. We went up stairs and proceeded to x-ray. We then stood in line forever, not because there were a lot of people, but because the x-ray tech was determined to find Waldo in every bag. 
I guess it’s good that he was that involved, but it was annoying having to wait in stocking feet to push the tray holding my shoes another few inches, then another few, then maybe 6 inches.
For a large airport, there sure wasn’t much available. Went to McD’s for the kids. Didn’t push DS, but he ate well and was acting very normal. Mom and I went to a croissant sandwich place and got paninis. Meh, should’ve had McD’s. Dad and DH went to the same place and got other sandwiches for the plane. And then we left.
so that was a nice break for everyone around us, I think. One neat/scary thing that happened on the plane, though, was seeing another Delta plane below us. 
(or as DD would say, “It’s 6:45 to us!” which became a refrain until we forbade her from mentioning the time change anymore.) We stopped at Wal-Mart for more meds (again) and some supplies and then went to Safeway for dinner and breakfast (pizza and yogurt/fruit) and got to the condo. Very nice! On the 15th hole. View of the ocean from lanai and master bedroom (which Mom and Dad gave to us). After eating dinner, we gave DS a cooling bath, along with a cooling forehead gel thingy and lots of meds 
(let’s see – we double dosed him (Tylenol and Motrin), gave him Zyrtek and cough medicine)! All of us, except Dad, went to bed about 8:00 (“which is 11:00 to us!”).
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