Baggage Story # 1

We arrived in Vancouver to discover that both Mary’s and my backpacks had not made the trip with us and would be arriving on a later flight. That is, my pack would arrive as Mary’s was still missing. No problem, as my dress shoes were the only thing in the pack that I needed. Air Canada promised to deliver it by midnight! At 1:30 am we turned off the lights and went to bed without my pack. Woke up and called the courier company to find out that it would be delivered by 11 am at the latest. We left for the wedding at 12:15 pm with out my dress shoes and no sight of the van that was stuck in traffic. We attended the wedding, which was fantastic and went to the airport to speak with the baggage staff. Their records showed that the other bag was in the airport but they could not find it. We also discovered that the bag out on delivery was actually Mary’s not mine. They had written the colour down incorrectly confusing the colors red and blue! Mary noticed a backpack lying off to the side and walked over to discover it was mine. The baggage staff hadn’t noticed it sitting 10 meters away. Pathetic service! The only good news was that we now had both packs back.