Day 1 - Thursday, July 25, 1996: Colorado to New York City Note: I am publishing this blog from my trip journal of 25 years ago. We were living in Colorado then and I still had auburn hair! The Israel part of the trip was with a group from church. Following Israel, we went on to Egypt with a different tour. At 5:20 AM David awakes ahead of the alarm eager with anticipation. We get ready, I finish packing, and our driver, Kathy, arrives as planned. I can’t find my luggage key though I hunted it up specifically a couple days ago. We close up the house and head out in Kathy’s car. She is excited for us, and we chatter all the way to Colorado Springs. She shares her plans for her family reunion to be held the next weekend.  We arrive at Colorado Springs airport ahead of schedule and Kathy has tears in her eyes as she hugs us and says farewell. I take a Marezine at 8:30 AM to ward off motion sickness.  Our flight is on TWA, the airline that just had a huge explosion ...