Miami

Nana and Poppa spent weeks packing and repacking their suitcases for the trip. "Will we need this?" "Is this too big to take?" "Do you have room in your suitcase for this?" "How much does my suitcase weigh now?"

Jeez. Clothes, hats, rain coats, soap, shampoo, extra shoes, books, gadgets ...

This is how I packed: "Hey, Poppa. Do you have room in your suitcase for my toothbrush?"

So we went to the Pittsburgh airport yesterday afternoon, where I saw the plane that was going to take us to Miami:




The flight was really cool! I had a window seat and got to see the OTHER ocean - the Atlantic. We got to the hotel in Miami at 8:30 and went directly to the restaurant to get dinner and see the kickoff of the Steelers game. At halftime, we went up to our room:





Wow! A bit more room than in our trailer this summer. The disappointed look on my face isn't from the room. It's from the Steelers loss to Denver. But with a bed like that, I had a great night's sleep.

This morning, our plan was to pay a little extra to hang out at the hotel until 5:00, then go to the airport and wait to meet Kim and Joe at 8:00. Unfortunately, there was construction going on at the hotel, and it sounded like an army of woodpeckers were in the next room. No chance for a nap, so we went to the airport at 1:00.

OK, no problem. We'll check our bags and get lunch. Waited in line for half an hour, then the ticket lady said we couldn't check our bags until 8:00.

OK, no problem. Off to Chili's for lunch. After lunch, Nana found a really quiet little nook with chairs and a view of the planes coming and going. We met a couple from Florida waiting for friends to arrive from Spain. The man graduated from high school in Bradford in 1959. Remember when Poppa met Ray Dickerson in Seattle last summer, who graduated from high school in Bradford in 1959? Remember that Poppa graduated from high school in Bradford in 1966? Small world.

We talked to them until 6:00, then back to Chili's so Nana could get a snack. Now we only have an hour until we can check our luggage and go through security. You don't think the TSA is brave enough to pat down a Tigger,do you?

The schedule and long waits aren't working very well for Nana. I don't see a problem - curl up and take a nap. That's what I'd be doing at home anyway.

OK - time to board the plane to Peru!


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