Step 1

We made away from the house and to the airport with minimal hassle despite the snow. The bikes were checked and we got gouged by United as expected, but there will be some protest on that one since their code share partner Air New Zealand doesn't charge. The ticket agent told us we couldn't walk the bags to the TSA, but the sky cap walked us down and the bag inspectors were quite friendly and scanned the bags without opening them ... bonanza! That's half the battle I reckon we'll see what the bags look like after a full day of travel.