Be It Ever So Humble.....

waiting for spring

There's no place like home. Finally made it into the house at 2 am! Everything ran like clockwork until we got to New York. You would think we were in a third world country. Vietnam did better than what was going on at customs at JFK airport.  We were rushed through, because it looked like we might not make our connecting flight from Jet Blue (the other side of the airport, of course). After having rushed like hell to get through customs, pick up the luggage, recheck the luggage, and then find the flight to Boston - guess what? Yup, delayed.

Jet Blue was packed with kids coming home from spring break. The waiting area was small and it got crowded pretty quickly. Our flight was supposed to leave at 8:45. The announcement was that the crew was late - coming in from another flight from the who knows where. How crazy is that, having the crew on back to back flights with no time in between. Eventually, they started boarding - that took about 45 minutes with all the crap people travel with to push into the overheads. As soon as everyone was seated, on came the announcement that we would have to wait at the gate until 10:00 - ground visibility problem in Boston - it was only 9:15.

Well, I was up and out of my seat in record time. Not going to sit in a tube for 45 minutes. The crew wasn't sure what to do with me. But the captain was a doll and said he would stay outside the aircraft with me and make sure I was alright. At 10, he announced that we could leave the gate but we would be taxiing for about 50 minutes and in the air for 38 minutes. Could have driven to Boston by then. Landed fine, but then there was confusion as to where the baggage was going to be coming out. We went back and forth a couple of times between carousels. Really??? Coming from Japan, all this seemed incredulous to us. Their systems run much more efficiently. Avoiding JFK whenever possible in the future.

At least our car service guy was there for us when we came outside. Opened the door a little after 2 in the morning. Twenty-eight hours to get home. Oy! Bed felt like heaven and we slept for 12 hours. Diane bought some milk and bananas for us, so there was cereal for our mid-afternoon breakfast. Just finishing the wash. Still trying to get the mud out of the biking gear from Vietnam - that many take more than one wash.

Going to the Mexican restaurant for dinner - hope Diane and Tim join us. Well that is it for this SunFish Travels adventure. No idea where it will be next but stay tuned.  Thanks again to all of you who wrote and commented. Thanks to all of our hosts and family and friends, new and old, that we stayed with along the way and those that watched our house while we were gone.

It was a great journey - one we will remember for a very long time.

Till next time....