Island Tour

Tropical climate. Looking out the window to palm trees blowing in the breeze. :)


Selfie in front of the house looking towards the harbor. Too bad I washed out the background.

First stop Gab Gab beach


















Second stop Spanish Steps.


Hey yes, that is a thick road the drops off the mountain with ladders to get down some spots. Yikes!


Moss covered rope!


Checking out the view.



Old Wives Beach. (trying to tell us something?)





This is like dollar weed, but on steroids with with palm sized leaves and pretty flowers.

Vetting Bay overlook






Fort Soledad:














After a drive at hehe Island, we are back and the family fixed dinner ;(



lag is kicking in! Zzzzzzz

Time...travel and adjusting internal clocks

The flight from Detroit to Japan wasn't quite as nice. Two large people sitting together is not good. My neighbors


The clouds were VERY thick there for a while.

I need to get the picture of the Canadian landscape. It was super foggy in the valleys. I couldn't tell if there was water or not, however I do suspect it from the maps.
**with Canada added now**











However this is on my phone:


And here is where we were when it was taken :)


Another shot during the flight:


Almost there!!


AND this is now the time to adjust the internal clock. I have done my best to stay awake the whole flight. I have napped a few times however tried to limit that. I think I should be OK as I had a 2am wake up and stayed awake most of what would be the day :)


So here's the adjustment. It's 1am at home but 4pm Guam. Time to stay awake for a long while on the layover and next leg of the trip!!

Movies watched: 4 (Scorched Trial, Jurassic World, Train Wreck and mystery movie that I may remember eventually(not so important?))
Hours slept: barely any :)

Guam trip

Let the adventure begin with a bump. I cleaned my purse out last night and Removed the receipt for my shuttle. I had purchased tickets for the shuttle last week before leaving for Thanksgiving. Additional bump comes in finding out at 2:45 am that system I purchased my ticket in is NOT the official system and I HAD no reservation. Sigh. I got the last seat. Who would have thought so many would need a 3am shuttle? 6 on now and more to get on in Macon.

Ten on the big shuttle and about 5-6 on the "overflow" shuttle. Lots of early flyers. Still attempting to travel lighter. One purse with iPad and minimal electronic items, one small paper bag with neck pillow and pashima (to be used as blanket as needed) water and now breakfast added to that one.

Good news/Bad news. Good news: Delta offered me $1,000 to take a different flight that will get me to Japan at the same time. Bad news? I won't meet Linda and Pamela in LA to fly over to Japan.

I've never been so excited to miss a flight in my life ;)

Original flight:


Ok they originally promised me the direct flight to Japan with connections. That flight was overbooked so they chose the following flight instead:


Apparently the connections were too tight so they chased me down at the gate to change me again. I teased the gal that I'm getting to travel via imagination to a few places and wondering where they would be sending me next :)

The final flight appears to be the following. I'm sitting at the gate waiting to board. This one is looking hopeful!!


Big fatty!!


Flight check!


Boarding so I'm going to post this for now



Empty seat beside me, say it isn't so!!! When is the last time we have seen that??? Nice!! The gentleman beside me said there are 200 open seats as the are repositioning the plane to Detroit.

Thanksgiving

Sitting and chatting after coming in on Wednesday.


Breakfast of quiche and potato casserole.





Lizzie's got the right idea


Good kitchen help


His make shift apron :)


What a spread!! We were still missing a few things too - deviled eggs for sure .. Something else too I'm sure ;)


Loving from Lizzie


Loving with a smile ;)


They're trickling in!!





Ha! Such funny kids. One watching grandmas story, one throwing gang signs. Ha.

After dinner a rousing game of push the dummy.