Day 16 - Back to Reality

This was my last day in Hong Kong. My flight left for KC at noon (Hong Kong time, 11 pm KC time) and arrived in KC at 6:30pm.

In order to conquer the jet lag coming back, I scheduled a wake-up call at 5:45 am. I was out the door for a run then spent about an hour walking through Kowloon Park, which is close to the hotel. The park is pretty good size and many people were out exercising. I also found a pond with a bunch of pink flamingos. The other part of my plan to conquer jet lag was to stay awake for most of the flight. I only slept for about an hour of the flight and kept myself busy reading the rest of the time. I finished a book about John Wesley and got about half way through another on Hudson Taylor. When I arrived in LA, I was able to bet through Customs in about 5 minutes and my flight to KC did not leave for another 3 hours. Since I had some time to spare Uncle Phil picked me up for a quick trip to In-N-Out Burger for lunch...still the best! It was great to catch up with Uncle Phil and I am glad the timing worked out.

The flight to KC was pretty uneventful and I was able to stay awake for most of the flight. I arrived back in KC about 6:30 and was home to see the family by 7:30. Luke and Hope were standing at the door jumping up and down with excitement!

It was a great trip but it's good to be home!