The flight to Salt Lake City was beautiful and uneventful. I saw Cabezon and so won $5.00 from Kelly – an inside joke. It was cold and gloomy and the mountains around SLC were covered in fresh snow making a nice contrast to where we were headed.
We arrived in Atlanta with about an hour and a half wait for out flight to BA. We hooked up with MB and Edie who came in from Nashville - Edie was so excited to meet me that she fell on the floor and went to sleep.
Then we waited and waited. There was some problem with the air conditioning in the plane and so we were about an hour late getting off the ground. It seems to be par for the course with long airplane trips anymore that something goes wrong. This at least was better than our last trip to Paris when the crew forgot to close the airplane door while on the ground and there was a huge flood in the plane that not only made the carpets soggy throughout the flight but also soaked the baggage in the cargo hold below.
The flight was uneventful. The stewards and stewardesses seemed more harried than usual – I imagine reflecting cutbacks on their workforce and more work. I found it hard to get their attention to get water. We were all dehydrated by the time we arrived. I wasn’t able to sleep and spent most of the night looking out the window. There were lots of lights below as we flew over Cuba but very few as we flew over western Peru and Bolivia and the eastern Andes. I could see the snowcapped peaks of the high Andes far off to the western horizon.
There were clouds over western Argentina but they broke up as we approached BA. The countryside around BA is very flat. From the air I could see lots of small, very well kept towns with dirt streets lined with poplars.
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Thanks so for the description of your trip. Keep up the record. I haven't figured how to get the pictures, which I gathered from your note exist. I will keep looking.
I have lost my voice so this is an ideal way for me to communicate.
We did get the pictures and slide show.
My gut reaction to the photos is frankly Susan is as cute and blonde as Edie and Meribeth just seems to be taking my rightful place. Sorry that's how I feel!
Ok. so I am cute and blond. Such a burden as Edie will come to find out.
Kelly, you must get feeling better so that you can tango the night away. Would it help if Terry sent his "big pants" for you to get comfy in?
To Pam: Try again the links at the bottom of the page and let me know if it still doesn't work.
To Susan and Terry: I agree completely with your stance. I for one miss the Miss Cairol smell I associate with blond hair in my family. I'm sure 'the girls' would be as fascinated with you. In reality I would much rather travel with you two and if MB were not standing behind me, I would even tell you so.
PS - Please send the 'Big Pants' overnight.
Well, I gues I am the only one who has not commented yet, although
I did send you a separate email. Loved the blog - though - keep sending them.
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