The flight, LA and misadventure
We left New Zealand at one, with unexpected guests on the plane with us. The Otago Highlanders... Boston was beside himself with excitement. The boys were well hydrated so they had to keep walking past us on the way to the bathroom at the back of the plane and Boston never missed an opportunity to fist bump and talk to them and call out to them by name. Gaining confidence by the end of the flight he asked Aaron Smith and Dillon Hunt for a selfie with them. They were very obliging and in all fairness Boston was the youngest fan on the plane while most other fans were well into their twenties and even seventies. We landed in Suva to drop the highlanders off and their mountains of gear then we flew onto Nadi where we had a three hour stop over. Our flight to L.A was pretty uneventful with Both Dani and Boston sleeping for the most of it. Dani sleeping on the floor under our feet because by that stage that was the best place she could sleep in her option. We arrived at ...