St. Helen's Manor House Bed and Breakfast Morton

The flight got into BMI about 9:00 p.m. Grabbed my luggage after a short wait and then got onto the shuttle to go to my car.

I met a couple who sailed the same week but on a Norweigan ship. They were suppose to go to Sitka Alaska as one of their ports but ended up in Glacier Bay and Tracey Arm instead. Their captain said that on the way to ...

... and their two fantastic little girls, Maggie and Maya, to celebrate Maya's baptism. Throw in both sets of grandparents, us and aunt Julie and you have a proper family meeting.

Washington is a small suburban town suited wonderfully to accomodate young families. Plenty of nurseries, schools, open spaces and safe roads. Just the place you want your kids to grow up.

The Christening service by ...

... and get out of it since she a note from the doctor for medical reasons. It's not as big of a deal for me because I have all carry-on. But she could be checking baggage in all over again.

I'll maybe check back in when I get to Atlanta if I have time with all the rechecking back in and if I feel I want to pay what they charge for wi-fi.

Tomorrow at approximately noon US central time, I will fly from Bloomington, IL to Atanta where I will meet my Mother, who will arrive about an hour after me on a flight from where city of residence in Jacksonville, FL. I don't think I can add her flight to the ...

....had a dry run on actually attempting to close it. Don't worry, all safety precautions were observed and no small animals, small children, big children, small adults, really large imaginary animals, or ears of corn from the farmlands across the street were harmed during the performance of this test. It closed the first time! All systems go for carry-on only!

... seen other than the travel scene is you get a cute little map to track progress. It took a few tries to get that right. Anyways I'm packing and there's a photo of my open suitcase somewhere on this site for all the thrills that's worth.

Ok it associated the photo with this entry. So I guess I'll stick with it for now.

... to make a run for Mt. St. Helens in one day. We didn't book a room for the evening an decided to wing it partly because we had no idea how far we were going to get before needing to stop.

The first part of the drive in the morning was great ... sunny, not too hot, no traffic ...

Highway 97 is part of the Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway that extends from Canada down through the western US ... the portions of the highway that we were on ...

... traffic cones.

We finally got to Kamp Komfort in Illinois and it was a pretty nice park—we could at least get satellite which is nice since they didn’t have cable and our antenna has ceased to work—we’re not sure why but we think it has to do with the digital switch over and the stupid wiring in the airstream. But the advertised wifi once again let us down—got a great signal and no internet at all. Very ...

... her cell phone alarm clock too. This morning when I woke up I wasn't sure I was going to be able to make it today. Patty finished my packing and called the bellman to come get our luggage. We almost forgot to check out so Patty took care of that too. Now it's time for the valet ticket and we can't find it. No problem - we just have to ...