Getting To San Diego

The United Airlines flight from LaGuidia to Washington D.C. was twice delayed and it looked like we would miss our connection to San Diego. I arranged a second flight out of Washington but it would require an overnight stay in Washington. The first connection out of Washington was scheduled to leave at 1:33 pm and our flight landed around 1 pm. We had a chance to get on the plane but we had to get our carry on luggage and then get on a train to the terminal. We rushed to the train with several other people. Well, after waiting about five minutes the worker there informed us that the train was out of order. The group quickly then moved to find a tram but no one could direct us. We finally found the trams and it was around 1:20 pm. The C and D trans didn't start until 1:30 pm. Linda was talking to Kelley and we still hoped that we could make the flight. D tram was starting first so five of us hopped on and we had heard that C and D terminals were attached. Arriving at terminal D we started to run towards terminal C when the PA announced our names to report to terminal C23. We were still in D and it looked like C23 was too far. I arrived first at C23 but no one was there and the door to the plane was locked. Luckily, Kelley and Paul convinced them to go to the door and let us in 20 minutes late. We didn't get many friendly smiles as we found our seats. But, we were off to San Diego.