Connecting Flights from Toronto to SF for Our 2019 Christmas Holiday

Our Toronto house - decorated for Christmas!

Deciding what to do and where to go this Christmas took us a little while. We are fortunate to have so many options. This year we are not doing the big family Christmas dinner which means we could have more options of how we would spend the holidays.

We looked at cruises, thought about flying to the US or staying home, eventually, we decided to fly to SF for Christmas!!

We booked tickets to SF on Expedia,com trying to find the best price. I was disappointed after paying for the tickets online then I found out that we would need to change planes twice before getting to SF.

It was a snowy day when we left for the U.S.

We left our Toronto home on a snowy morning.
Our plane was on time and so was the boarding.

However, there was a lot of snow on the plane and runway.

A de- icing machine doing its job at the airport 

I saw a deicing machine deicing other planes close by as it turned on its powerful nozzle blasting a strong mist on the plane and getting rid the snow on it.

An de icing machine came to our plane\

 Then the deicing vehicle  came towards our plane. I wondered  with the snow condition if we would be able to catch all three flights in time.

We first took a flight from Toronto to Charlotte, South Carolina.

We had a take out lunch at the Charlotte airport.

The plane arrived at the Charlotte airport on time. There was enough time for us to have a hot lunch at one of the restaurants before catching our next connecting flight.

A delicious southern US lunch at the Charlotte, SC Airport

We love southern U.S. cuisine. We had some delicious pulled pork, brisket, and my all time favourite, corn bread! It was fantastic!

Service dogs carrying their masters' bags at the airport.

We also saw two guide dogs in action at the airport carrying their masters' bags in their mouth.

How cute and hardworking were these two service dogs!

Then we boarded another America Eagle from Charlotte, S.C., to Los Angeles. Our second flight took a little more than four hours.  Though we dragged the thought of having to board three different flights before getting to our destination, I enjoyed this flight a lot as I had an excellent conversation with an American lady sitting beside me.

A professional working mom in her late 30's with a 20 month old toddler, this lady and I have a lot in common. We talked about everything from being a mother to how we met our husbands. It was a nice change of just sitting beside someone being plugged into his/her cell phone!

Our last flight was from LA to SF, a short flight but nonetheless, our third flight change of the day!
By the time we reached our hotel in SF, it was almost 11pm. We went to bed and had a good rest from our travel day.

R.T.
A Long Travel Day
Enroute to USA