The day before flying out, Jon saw that American Airlines requires you to have the vaccination 14 day before flying. Oppp's. We had gotten ours 2 days before. Krista and Samuel took us to the airport and it turns out that AA is pretty strict about that rule. I asked if there was a place to get a COVID test in the airport and she looked at me a little strange, and said, "That would be nice if we did". She did however give me a name of a place that was about 20 min. away. We called and they said they could fit us in. There was no place to store the mountain of suitcases we had so we called Krista back , who had gone to the parking lot to feed Samuel. They stayed with our luggage while we blitzed to the medical place. The medical place emailed the results of our COVID tests quickly and we checked in with time to spare. Thanks to our little flight savers, Krista and Samuel, and with God watching over us.
We arrived into Quito early in the morning and Jon had made reservations for us to stay at a nearby hotel until noon. We celebrated our 35th anniversary with a nice breakfast. We actually celebrated our anniversary with Jon's family at the lake.