Back Home!

Our return trip to Moses Lake was very long - 38 hours. But we are finally home! We woke up at 2:30am on Saturday morning (Guatemala time, that was 1:30am back home!) and boarded our bus to the city.

Us waiting for our bus to head out

The airport at Guatemala City was uneventful, before we knew it we were on a plane and off to LAX. Then at LAX we had to reclaim our bags and go through security again (after clearing customs, which was quick and uneventful). While going through security in LAX Tyler's bag was flagged and searched. They found the chocolate mix for the chocolate bananas - it was just a hair to big and we had to check the bag. So Nicole and the kids waited on the other side of security (with  all our bags and all our stuff) and Tyler went back to check the bag. However, he couldn't check the bag because the employee told him it was $25 and he had given Nicole his wallet to pay for food on the other side of security. So Tyler went back through LAX security again just to get money for the bag. Once again he returned to the front counter - to learn it was the wrong front counter because the plane left out of the other side of the airport. So Tyler ran down there to check the bag. Finally he was able to check the bag - for free, because the first bag is free (why did they not say that when I tried the first time!). So back through security Tyler went a second time and finally we were ready to board or last plane home. We arrive in Portland a bit after 6pm

We have arrived in the northwest!

We spent the night in Corbett with Nicole's parents and then headed home Sunday morning. We finally arrived at the house around 4pm. With an empty kitchen and suitcases full of six weeks of clothes, souvenirs and other miscellaneous stuff, there is still much work to do. 

Thank you all for reading about our adventures, but this blog is finally coming to a close. Next year we hope to do another adventure and resurrect the blog. Right now we are thinking about El Salvador, Honduras, Columbia, or Equator (or maybe two countries?)... if you have an opinion or thoughts on our trip for next summer let us know in the comments!