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A fine pair we are

Monday, August 7th, 2006

8.06.06

5:00 am

In the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International AirportThat sounds so-o impressive K-BC INTERNATIONAL Airport. It’s not.K-BC is pretty much a little regional airport. At one time there were direct flights to Toronto – hence the “international” in the name – but those stopped more than 10 years ago.

A fine pair of travelers we are! The first leg of our journey and we queue up in the wrong airline queue. This was made obvious when two other travelers walked right up to the counter we were waiting for and checked it. Doesn’t take us long to figure things out.

After going through the screening process, we were sitting in the “holding pen” between the only two gates in this airport. The woman who first “cut” in front of us in the queue walked by and said, “Just so you know, the gate is over here.” I’m not sure if she was being serious and helpful or sarcastic, making a joke at the expense of the “rookies,” but we took it as a joke and laughed anyway.

We’re off

Saturday, August 5th, 2006

Tomorrow morning we’re off the Northwest coast of Puerto Rico – the Porta del Sol area.

 We can’t wait. New posts coming as soon as we find a wi-fi site or Internet cafe on the west side.

 Til then…

An OH-MY-GOD moment

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006
It was an “OH!MY!GOD!!” moment the first time I saw Shacks Beach, even in the dark. The white tops of the gentle night wave shimmered in the faint light of a waxing crescent moon. I stood on our little deck ... [Continue reading this entry]