July 24
At around 4:00 that morning we were waiting outside for the
cab when many of the pride people were headed home or to their hotels. Too
funny. They had a pride parade scheduled for Monday, but it was canceled due to
the heat. They were having some hot weather for there. We had such wonderful
rain-free warm days for our stay in St. John’s.
The driver took us to the airport, and we got checked in. Only
thing open was Tim Horton’s. They had cholate croissants, so we grabbed some before
heading for security. We had a 3-hour flight to Toronto and we both slept some
until the whole plane seemed to come alive. I woke to a ladies’ belly in my
face and then she stepped on my foot as she got something out of the overhead.
We arrived in Toronto where it was raining a bit. Despite
having 8 hours here we decided not to go into town (not that close and it was
rainy). We had our tickets scanned 3 different times in less than 5 minutes as
we went through the stages.
Greg gets flagged going through security. His camera and case were the culprit.
They seemed to think it was a CPAP machine.
I has packed no liquids to expedite security, but I was in a
mode of packing for the trains, and I put my hairspray in its usual spot in my
carryon. So, I got flagged and they had to toss it. I chalk it up to no sleep and it was early, and I
just wasn’t thinking when I packed my bag.
We find our terminal and we had to go through security again
and figure all would be good. My bag got
flagged again, but this time it seemed to be an error. They didn’t even open it
just turned around and yelled at the scanner “what were you thinking?”
Ok we now figure it’s time to find lunch which we hoped we
could find past security in this terminal. There were less options than in
the main area, but adequate choices. We decided to try Whalburgers and it was quite
good.
Then on to our gate and we passed a sign that said “long 7 minute walk" as we walked through what seemed like temporary buildings for miles and finally found our gate.
There is one restaurant here and they have grab and go
sandwiches which we will need to take on the plane for dinner.
Settled in and reading when we hear an announcement that a gate
change happened about an hour before boarding. Of course, it was miles away, up an elevator and back through the temporary looking buildings. Man
I love air travel…..
On the upside Toronto airport wasn’t as chaotic as it was at
the beginning of our journey.
The flight to Orlando was full of kids. (Disney, of
course!). We got some sleep, but not much.
We arrived in Orlando and were pleasantly surprised that our
luggage was the first on the carousel and it was there by the time we got down
to baggage claim. Yay!
Here’s where the “Yay” wears off. It took hours in line at
the rental car place. Everyone seemed to have an issue. It took 2.5 hours for
Greg to get to the front of the line. So, it was almost midnight when we got
home. I was always confused what date we got back. I kept saying Monday when it
was really Sunday. About 15 minutes from home I said, “see I told you were
getting in on the 25th. Since it was almost midnight and almost the 25th).
Ah well, we survived, and it was over-all a great trip with
some great memories.
We did see 12 new birds on the trek across the country.
Common Murre
Thick-billed Murre
Razorbill
Black Guillemot
Northern Gannet
Black-legged Kittiwake
Northern Goshawk
Harlequin Duck
Pine Siskin
Pigeon Guillemot
Bushtit
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Now to gear up for our trip to Churchill, Manitoba in hopes of seeing Polar Bears in md-Oct.
Back to normal life here at the Cay. Gym, pool, Singo and
Bingo (I won the final one for $111 and a $10 Publix gift card). Hoping to get
back to our daily walks and playing pickleball when my foot pain and ON eases
up. The shots haven’t helped much yet. I see the Neurosurgeon this week and I
hope I’m a good candidate for the surgery.
Lots of World Cruise things to deal with. A few of our
friends had to cancel due to health issues so redoing some people on tours. Not
much, but I wanted to get the blog updated before I tackled that.
For magnet and trinket collection:
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