The Efficient and Expeditious Hawaiian Family
Denver to Hawaii 3/30/2012 The excitement of travel is an amalgam of exhaust fumes, human murmur and stank bodies. Wayward travelers staking property claims on polished airport floors under backlit destination adverts waiting for their “connection”. My kids have been trained for travel; over the past 6 years we remind them, whatever you pack, you carry. So three moppets with rolling suitcases in tow as we head to one of my favorite places in the world: Hawaii, The Big Island. We have travel expectations: expedient and efficient, especially through Security. Our kids rise to the TSA-occasion. My son stays close, as directed, so I can quickly snag my computer out of his bag for the TSA scan wizards, those able to decipher nail clippers from pocket knives in the blink of an x-ray. Etrain scurries through the metal detector to his father - expedient and efficient. However, my heart sinks as I realize my husband picked the body scanner cue. Without my kid, my chances in...