A few days before we left for Portugal, our friends Scott & Alyssa Bryans gave us a very small gathering for our departure. The food was good, the wine(s) flowed freely - along with some tears - and the company was outstanding. Thanks again for that great send off.
In preparation for the flight, we packed and repacked the bags we took with us. Yes, we packed them back in January. No, we did not recall all the things in the bags. Each bag has to meet both linear as well as weight restrictions. We chose to use the bags recommended by the group of like-minded travelers. We had also used an app called 'Smart Label' wherein you can list everything in every box/bag along with pictures and descriptions; it's free and the pay to play version allows downloading to spreadsheets - and you know how much Stacey LOOOOOOOOOVES a spreadsheet. We used it to pack the boxes of items we did not take to Portugal - too heavy gear/clothing, a few pieces of furniture, golf clubs, bikes etc. We also used it to list and document everything in the bags (just in case they were lost or ???). We took 2 large rolling suitcases, 4 blue bags, each of our Rick Steve's Convertible Carryon and a personal item each. The rolling bags were free with our ticket and we paid $200/bag we checked and of course, carry ons were free. If you know us, we travel pretty light and this was way more than we are used to schlepping around. However, there were things we wanted from our Denver home, so...
This is what you can fit in one blue bag and have it weigh 45lbs.
We had decided pretty early on that if it didn't fit, it didn't go and we did stick to that. I will say the Rick Steve's bags did very heavy duty 🤣
Having packed what Kat and Cleo were not going to use out of the Condo and what we were taking, we had a pretty chill last couple of days in Denver. Tuesday night before our trip on Wednesday, we had ticket to see Darcy Michael and Jeremy Baer and they did not disappoint. We laughed the entire 90 minute show, most of the intermission as well as the ride home. They really are a treat.
The show was in Boulder, and was a reschedule from last year when they had to cancel their shows as Jeremy and Darcy's Mom both had cancer treatments. We talked about not going since our flight was the next day, but honestly, the Uber wasn't coming until 12:30pm and YOLO, right?!
We arrived safely back home by 10:30pm and promptly fell asleep.
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