Atlanta, GA: We are on our way home, we had to fly here from NOLA to get a direct flight to Jackson, WY. That was a brief flight, this next one won’t be.
We boarded a bus in “Nawlins” this morning at 8:30 and got here around 1 p.m. local time. We’ll board our next flight around 5:30 p.m. and arrive in Jackson around 8 p.m. mountain time meaning about 4 hrs in the air.
Say a half hour to get our luggage and then a drive home that will take over an hour. Most of the day spent sitting and traveling or sitting and waiting.
When you live in remote areas this is how every trip ends.
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American Cruise Lines is amazing, I’m a fan. You pay plenty up front but we didn’t spend an additional cent for 15 days, there was zero nickel-and-diming going on. Every time you turned around there was food on offer, plus booze, juices, soft drinks and fancy coffees.
Three entrees to choose from every night, one a seafood. Three desserts, ice cream plus two others. Pizza on offer at lunch almost every day except when they ran out and couldn’t get a delivery, burgers cooked to order, and snacks just there for the taking. Movies to watch on the TV, plus broadcast TV.
They build their own ships, own their own buses and the drivers are employees who follow the ship down the river to each stop, The logistics of making all of this work boggles the mind.
The crew are all Americans but multiethnic as anything. Whoever does their hiring is good at their job, everyone we dealt with was pleasant and, as the other DrC notes, kind and caring too. She had a cold so they took the meal I ordered for her to our room, including a beverage. And our cabin attendant showed up daily with a different sweet treat for two.
