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Wedding in Cabo

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The wedding today was right out of a brides book or a romantic novel. Blue sky, white sand, blue water with shimmering crashing waves. The flowers, the candles, the dresses, the food, the table linens, the champagne flutes, the ambiance and beautiful villa and of course the attractive wedding party and beaming parents!

Ian shuttled the girls over at 1, returned shuttled the men over at 2, returned and shuttled the parents and grandparents over at 3. The vans came for the guests at 4 and I looked around and saw Ian running through the lobby in his shorts and t shirt. He had returned to get the father of the grooms pants because he forgot them, (4 trips in ALL) and he still had not showered. He was not frazzled. Continue reading →

Snowbirds Cross the Mountains-Day Two

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The roads through the “Mountain State” (WV) were extremely slippery today. We discovered the importance of the sign Watch for Ice on Bridge. Tom did a fantastic job keeping the truck and trailer (mostly) between the white lines but it was white knuckle for about 5 hrs today. The temp was -6 with a steady icy mist going through the mountains so I am so glad we came through unscathed. When we passed through the last tunnel in Virginia and started down that steep hill into North Carolina the sun came out and we donned our sunglasses. As we continued south we watched the temperatures go from minus to positive and finally the wet salty roads were thankfully behind us. We stopped at Orangeburg, SC for the night and will head into Florida tomorrow.

Snow Birds Day One

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We got up this morning at 7, threw the totes in the box hitched up the trailer, did last minute house preps and were on the highway by 9. Yeah, let the winter retirement vacation begin! We made a pit stop in Windsor and got a receipt to validate our departure date. The customs officer at the border was friendly and the tollbooth operator did not charge us for the trailer. We decided to try the eastern route this year and at Toledo turned onto the Ohio Turnpike and down Hwy 77. The roads were wet but well salted and the traffic not too bad. Continue reading →