Well we got ourselves all packed up, out for one last delicious meal at Cheesecake Factory and into bed pretty early. Our bus picked us up at ten am Sunday morning and off to the airport.
We were pretty hungry by the time we were able to get food. But I have to tell you it was a bit dicey getting into the inside past security. They have only one area for security and many many planes leaving about the same time. The lineup for security wound its way right through half the airport. The Hawaiian airports are disgraceful and have been desperately needing upgrading and rebuilding since the eighties. And we made the mistake of flying on a Sunday, the busiest day of the week. I hadn't noticed before booking or I would have said something to Cookie. My bad.
We stopped in the first restaurant we saw on the other side. Cook got a hamburger and I got the best hotdog I have had almost ever. Almost as good as Costco. (but no free drink and 18 dollars more). It was about a foot long, beer marinated, pineapple relish and pineapple ketchup, on a Hawaiian sweet bread bun. Delicious!!!!!!
The flight home would have been easy peasy, but there was this one kid...OMG!!! Some people should simply not fly. That kid screamed, ear piercingly pretty much the whole trip. He wasn't always crying either....he screamed when he was happy too. The damned parents would ineffectually go shhhhh quietly over and over when really the kid needed to be knocked upside the head. So no sleeping on that flight.
Cook's awesome sister Gail picked us up and we were ensconced on Cookie's couch by 12:30 am with a cup of tea, thank you Brian! Off to bed by 1 am...Cookie had to get up at six am to babysit a grandchild!
I decided to head home right away to beat some impending snow. The traffic was light and the sun was shining...a beautiful trip home. I took the low road from Merritt to Kamloops. Along the way I heard on the radio there had been a nasty accident ahead a ways on this road and the road would be either closed or one lane for a while. So I pulled into a pretty isolated area, a bird sanctuary, pulled on my travel neck pillow, locked Tank's doors and promptly fell asleep...for an hour and a half! Such a good sleep too! Now and then I would get cold and groggily wake up and start the jeep, warm it up and turn it off and go back to sleep. I love afternoon naps!
I finally woke up and went on my way. I passed the accident and it was a bad one....logging truck dumped his load and smashed his truck up. Ugly!
Shortly after getting home Kerry dropped in just as I got an exciting phone call from April with fantastic news! She got accepted into a very difficult course to get accepted into. Its an animation two year course at Cap University in North Vancouver. Her only way to get in is through her much worked on portfolio! I am soooo proud of her! And it was special that her uncle was there to hear the news too.
Yesterday was a Kiwanis day and dinner at Kathy's last night. We had 'plant based' burgers. Very good. And then we looked at vacation places in Mexico...houses on beaches for rent in small places on the Yucatan. Soooo much cheaper than Maui or O'ahu. I mean so much so its time for us to get Hawaii out of our heads. Four couples renting down there for a whole month works out to about five hundred dollars each couple compared to ten thousand or more for a month elsewhere. Not only that but our dollar goes way farther than in the US. Plus there is no Trump. Thats a big bonus for me!
Today has been a lappy day. So much business and emails and forms to fill out and bills to pay. Gittin 'er done. And now best of all....I get to go and pick up Wrangler. Yaaaay!!!! I can't wait!!! I have missed him.
And speaking of dogs, the neighbour has maybe done something. At first yesterday the dog barked for a while and I was pretty sure I was going to have to go to battle but today there hasn't been a peep. So we shall wait and see.
TTYL
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