Checking on the Monarchs

I can’t say the day began early, because the previous day never really ended!   Marilyn was picking me up between 3:30 and 3:45, so I had planned to get up at 2:00.   But I never went to sleep, so now that it’s 9:30 p.m. here in Mexico City I figure I’ve been up about thirty-eight hours!   If this entry is a little inconsistent, please forgive me!! It’s amazing how little traffic there is on the roads in the wee hours of the morning!   We parked Marilyn’s car at Memorial Parking and when we drove in she got a text message welcoming her!!   Their van took us to the airport and we got to travel on the new Sky Connect Train!   It’s pretty efficient and we had no trouble getting to the American Airlines ticket counter to drop off our bags.   We used the kiosks and there was a lady to help if needed. We both got a text saying our gate had been changed to F80, so that’s where we went.   After a while we began to wonder why there weren’t many other people, so we checked th