Up at 6 am. This is a travel day (we hope) going to the states to help our son move home. The weather may get in the way.
We finished packing and getting ready to travel.
I updated the blog, there was over 1000 pictures to sort through, change format and resize (my blog software doesn’t like heic files, or pictures bigger than 800×600). I try to have pictures every day, and just a few so the blog will load. But some of these days I had about 20. I set a limit of being done by 11 am. I made it, but barely.
Today we are scheduled to fly to Normal Illinois. The plan was to pick up a Uhaul truck and drive to Ottawa Illinois to pick up our son Nate and move him to our house in Tennessee.
Everything was setup, we had the flight, the hotel and the truck. Uhaul wants to move a trailer to Tennessee so we are supposed to pick it up in Normal and drop it off in Savannah.
Then, the weather got in the way. We might not get to Normal, so, we moved the truck pickup to Ottawa for Nate to pick up and then drive to Normal and get the trailer. IF our flights work, we will still meet him in Normal. Which is on the way from Ottawa to Savannah. This took at least a dozen phone calls. The last one from the airport in Puerto Vallarta, several were three way calls. What a pain.
I’m writing this in the plane, we were delayed and then delayed again, then moved up. We have about 20 minutes to go, then a 1.5 hour layover in DFW with customs, before (hopefully) flying to Normal.
Apparently, we were suspicious, as one of the ground attendants in the airport came up to us and chatted with us before asking to see our boarding passes and passports. No issues and we got on the plane.
No pictures today
Hi Neil, So are you done for this season. Eastern Tennessee where my sister lives on Boone Lake is still kind of nasty. You don’t mention it, but how safe do you feel down there. My guess is OK since Renee goes to the laundry by herself. Good Travels
No, we are not done for the season. We made a trip home to help our oldest move back to our place. He is doing some regrouping.
Regarding the weather in Savannah, we were home for a week or so, and it snowed about 2″. The whole town shutdown. Even though the roads were clear by noon or so.
We are back in Mexico now. Regarding safety, there are places you don’t go, and times make a difference. Unfortunately, theft from sailors has become an issue at the best anchorage in Banderas bay (puerto Vallarta). Which means that you have to hoist your dinghy back on board every night, and lock everything up. We have a kayak. two paddle boards, a propane tank, two diesel and two gas jerry cans as well as the dinghy and outboard. Everything has a lock and cable on it.
One of the thefts was rather brazen, they came on board and got into the boat and took a laptop while the owner was sleeping on board. This really bothers Reneé, so she has a motion detector light and alarm in the cockpit. At least we will know they are on board.