Hello folks, so me, Mom and Grandma went to St. Louis for one of my mom’s stepmother’s funeral, which is my Granddad’s wife named Ekanem Edem Ekpo. Everyone in my family from Atlanta, including my Aunty from Miami went to St. Louis for that funeral. I remember seeing her as my mom and I went to see Granddad and then me flying to St. Louis from Miami every time to see my family and then I would go to see Granddad and Eka until 2019 which was the last time I went to St. Louis. So now January 26, 2025 was the day she died, @ 7:25 AM. Therefore, I expected to post the outbound which was going from Miami to St. Louis on the Embraer ERJ-175 which was scheduled to depart at 2:00 PM, but then the next thing happened after getting our boarding pass and upon Grandma requesting a wheelchair was that the wheelchair lady told her that our flight has already left, when it was @ 1:08 PM and that wasn’t true. We were expected to board @ 1:30 PM for us to depart @ 2:00 PM. But then, mom and I went ahead to go through the security checkpoint and then headed to Gate D60M by taking the MIA SkyTrain 
from Station 2 to Station 4. When mom and I got there, the boarding door had already closed and now missed that flight. So we got rescheduled and put onto the 9:45 PM flight, ending up on a Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to take any shots of the outbound flight since I was given an aisle seat 13C. When we got to St. Louis, we spent a night at the hotel and got up the next morning to eat breakfast 
. Then we went to the funeral home to see death of Eka before she got buried. After the funeral, Uncle took us out to seat at a Chinese restaurant and I ate beef fried rice and shrimp and broccoli 
, plus a Fanta Zero Sugar Orange Soda 
. After that, we went to the airport, checked in, got our boarding passes and I got seat 19F, the window seat at the right side of the plane. That time was on the Embraer ERJ-175 going from St. Louis to Miami. And I was able to take some photos of the flight. So here go the shots. And Rest In Peace dear Eka. You will forever be missed.
American Eagle Flight 3659: St. Louis to Miami 
Aircraft: Embraer ERJ-175
Origin: St. Louis Lambert Int’l Airport (KSTL)
Destination: Miami International Airport (KMIA)
Flight Time: 2hrs 34mins
Date: 3/1/2025
Seat #: 19F
As we made it to Gate C6 STL airport, I saw another Embraer that was going to DFW before this one came from Miami. But here we go as we boarded this flight to Miami
Then we pushed back from Gate C6 and here we as we taxied past Terminal 2, which is home for Southwest Airlines and also Lufthansa Airlines, taxiing to RWY 30L for takeoff.
And our preparation for takeoff was when we were lining up RWY 30L before our takeoff roll.
And we have lifted off RWY 30L from St. Louis and off to Miami here we go. Goodbye St. Louis.
This is the view of the Mississippi River that we flew over during our climb to what ever cruising altitude it was.
Then cruising probably somewhere over Tennessee
at FL?
Welp, I slept and then missed that snacking service, but then I pushed that button to call that flight attendant to serve me Biscoff Cookies
and Pretzels 
and a Sprite
Fast forward to our night approach into MIA airport on our descent phase, entering the Florida airspace
And looks like we were landing from the East, on final RWY 26R for landing into Miami
After we landed into Miami, we crossed RWY 26R and then taxied to Gate D60P for our arrival at MIA airport. Welcome to the
305 Miami.
And that completes the St. Louis to Miami Flight to head home to get some rest after going to that funeral. So have a blessed night and R.I.P Eka.
