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We made it home after a 13+ hour flight. Because of the time change we left Istanbul at 1:30 pm and landed at LAX at 4:30 pm. Nevertheless, a long day and we got home about 24 hours after we got up.

I decided to pay for an upgrade from “economy” to “comfort economy,” a $260 per head upgrade, and dragged Patty along. The upgrade was to a cabin with seats much like first class seats on domestic flights. Nicer, wider seats, with a lot more leg room. The seats reclined further and had leg rests. The Boing 777 still had Business Class and First Class, but the seats we got were much nicer than coach.

I watched four movies, ate twice and napped. The almost 14 hours went by pretty comfortably. We walked without stopping all the way to the passport desk, and got our bags, cleared customs, and got the parking shuttle quickly. We got out into the evening rush hour traffic, but the car pool lane moved OK. We needed gas, so stopped at the Fountain Valley Costco, and had dinner at the food court for a couple of bucks each.

Jessie was watching us on “Find My Friends” and called to find out why we were at Costco. She and Kylie were waiting at our house to show off Kylie’s new skill in walking. We got home, coerced a few steps out of a tired little girl and went to bed.