Living Life One R at a Time

Living Life One R at a Time

Saturday, July 8, 2017

2017 Family Summer Vacation

Just got back from a great trip to see family and friends in VT and NH. Diane and the kids went up and stayed with her parents for a week in VT. I joined them a week later for a couple nights in VT and then we drove to NH to stay with my brother Brad and visit with all my family. We were also able to visit with, Adam and Tanya (UNH friends), at the beach with their family. We learned to play a cool Swedish game with them called Molkky. Before I share the few photos I took with family and friends (We are getting really bad about that), let me tell you about my worst airline travel to date!
The plan was to fly from Atlanta to LaGuardia and then to Manchester to NH. Here is what happened.
1. flight delayed an hour
2. Got on plane and then told delay would continue because of bad weather in LaGuardia. I think we sat on plane about an hour but I forget.
3. We circle LaGuardia but can't land because they are so backed up due to weather problems and we start to run out of fuel so we head to Baltimore (BWI)
4. On the way to BWI we have a plane problem which is worked on in Baltimore (another hour I think)
5. Head to LaGuardia again but the autopilot goes crazy when we try to land and the pilot says he is not comfortable trying to land in these weather conditions without autopilot (low visibility due to storm and fog). So we fly to Harrisburg PA and land. It's about 1 am at this point and nobody knows what is going on.
6. We sleep on the floor next to claim #4 baggage claim for a couple hours (about 3:30 am to 5). I am freezing and get almost no sleep.
7. In the morning most people opt to take a bus back to LaGuardia at 9 am instead of getting on our "fixed" plane at noon. I manage to take some totally different flights and reroute to new end point.
8. Fly to Detroit around noon?
9. Fly to Albany NY
10. Rent car and drive to Wallingford VT.

The trip took 2 days! I was so exhausted. But man did that Scotch with Diane's dad taste so good when I got there!

Sarah and I in VT

Karen and Diane in our overloaded boat on way back from Sarah/Crae lake house (Lake Winnipesauke)
 
Adam and I after day at the beach


Adam, Tanya and I
Brad, Crae, and I (brothers) in NH at Brad's house

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