Journey up to Heathrow was very smooth , and all the family had access to the lounge. Sam looked especially pleased with this. They both seemed to enjoy the free food and drink, strangely.
Priority access to the check in and boarding went extremely well.
The plane to Miami was an old 777-200 (not one of the new 700-300ERs š which was a bit of a shame. My screen didnāt work so I flagged it to the stewardess. She ārebootedā it or whatever they tell you they do to it , and it worked for a bit and then failed. So she brought me a Samsung tablet in the end. That was much better than the screen. However she then seemed to get a a bit stroppy about it and almost told me off when she collected it, saying she had been very accommodating and I could take it up with the airline, which was very bemusing. Even more bemusing was when a steward came and apologised , which then almost descended into farce when they gave me a welcome pack from 1st class, which was full of the usual rubbish. I was obviously mistaken for another stroppy other person.
We ran through Miami , We did very well and got to the gate within an hour , which was a huge relief to me! We even had time for a Sam Adams.
Got met at the airport and despite a long detour almost into San Jose (past the Oracle office !) then back out to the airport 
Lovely photographs
Very colourful
Thanks, I was just grouping the blogs by year and I forgot to adjust the date so it didnāt generate the email š±.