Today is our outbound travel day for a winter week in Yellowstone National Park.  The short story, we arrived pretty much as expected at the Best Western in Bozeman Montana.  In reality, we didn’t get off to the best start.  We oversleep (something we pretty much never do) arising at 6:15 when our intended departure was 6AM.  It is pouring rain.  Phone alarms sound as we drive through an actual tornado warning.  We opt to garage park to avoid shuttle bus delays.  Self check-in kiosks are not functioning for checked bag travelers and the SWA check-in line snakes far down the terminal hallway – fortunately it moves quickly.  Security is a mess with criss-crossing lines and disorganized agents.  We get settled at the gate only to hear a gate change announcement triggering a relocation and an open-ended delay, “your captain has been diverted”.  2 hours later we are in the air.  A long layover at our stopover saves our connections and we land right on time.  No scuffles onboard but a lengthy reprimand at our stopover in Grand Rapids for one fellow traveler who had been giving the flight attendants grief about wearing a mask.  All is well that ends well and we settle in at the Best Western in Bozeman to prepare to head into the park tomorrow.