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Yesterday we had a busy day getting ready for the trip. I dropped off our miniature poodle at his home away from home last night. While he was happy to see his dog buddies. I was VERY sad to say goodbye to him. But then, I knew we were going to be away for 65 days and he didn’t. He’s a good boy and we are going to miss him terribly.
At the airport with stuff to last 65 days.
We also met with the woman who looks after our house and our kitty cat and went over all the things she will be handling including the battery maintenance devices for our cars, the bird feeding routine, lights, etc., etc., etc. I brought down the kitty condo from upstairs and the kitty was very happy as he laid on his back with his legs straight up in the air. No DOG around for 65 days. YES!!! We turned down the heat, unplugged the electrical stuff (we feel very green), put our cable on subsistence mode, finished packing and got to bed just before midnight.
Up at 4:30 am we got the car service to the airport, barely fitting our 9 bags (including carry-ons) in the trunk — and filling up the empty front seat and the space in-between Margaret and I in the back seat… $100 in excess American Airlines baggage fees later our flight was boarding as we walked up and at 7:15 AM we were whisked away to 18 degree temperatures in Dallas.
Here we are with our HUGE South American map to put on our wall and track our progress.
Margaret worked on her RFP response and I read camera manuals and worked on the website. We arrived in Dallas safely although a bit late. The weather wasn’t looking good in Miami and it looks like our flight might be delayed.
The next post will pick up where this left off on Pre-Embarkation Night. I bet you can’t wait!
Paul Hrabal - That’s quite a bit of luggage there! Have a great time.
Dale - Yes, it was. But so far we brought exactly the right amount of stuff. My camera gear was pretty heavy and took up most of our carryons but it’s working out well. I’ll get the pictures up soon with the sea days today and Thursday.
Off the coast of columbia today but we don’t stop there.
Thanks for reading the blog! We passed Ed and Jerry Jones’ Crystal ship yesterday in the lake in the middle of the Canal area. I got a picture of them. Happened very fast but I didn’t miss it! We are trading emails with them. They were going the opposite direction heading to Ft. Lauderdale. They came from Rio I think.
Dale