because it's cold! The day we got here, the sun was shining, and we got in the pool, but when we got out, brrr! It was in the sixties, and low humidity. Yesterday we got a little bit of sun in, but it got rainy. So we went out and about a bit, got some chicken strips from Raising Canes.
It's nice to be here, nice to see Aaron and Riley, and the pups.
As you know by now, Riley is an excellent cook. He made us beef stroganoff, with blackened ribeye.Carbs? What carbs? It was soooo good.
The sunlight this fine morning...and that's Pretzel, she's the sweetest.
Banjo on the left, Lily and Pretzel on the other side...
That sky!
The Tesla...I love those Batmobile doors!
It was snowy and overcast when we left Syracuse, then we went up over the clouds, and I marveled that we can actually experience this. I've flown so many times that it's almost meh. But when you think about it, really WOW.
Our trip out here was not uneventful, of course not! We had a tight connection in JFK in New York City, so we paid extra and checked our bags so we didn't have to mess with carryons, and could just hurry off the plane. We boarded on time, got all buckled in, then the pilot announced we were going to taxi over to the de-icing station, it would take about a half hour. Yeah, it was snowing out.
So. On I talked to a flight attendent when we were in the air, she looked at my boarding pass, and was in communication with the other crew, and came back and said there were 54 people on the plane with tight connections, and don't worry, we would make it. Well. We were just touching down when the Phoenix flight started boarding. We taxied for 15 minutes. We were near the back of the plane (I realized I should have paid extra for better seats near the front instead of checking the bags!), and when we got off that plane...we boogied. Char and Cam had no problem hurrying, Paul could have sprinted, but he held my hand and I hobbled quickly. We scanned our boarding passes as the ladies there urged us to hurry down the hall, they were closing the doors...Char was last to scan, and her's wasn't scanning...the ladies told us to GO, I said, "I'm not leaving her!", then it scanned on the third or fourth try, and off we went...phew.
It's really nice and sunny now, not so hot today, but getting gradually warmer. We should have at least four hot days, then when we leave for home it will soar back into the nineties. Oh well. The sunshine is enough for me, it's so nice.
The dogs at home are being taken care of, and seem to be happy, I'm thankful that Sam and Grace are such good sports to stay at our place and be good to them.
I left some treats for the kids to make it fun for them. (there are little wood birdhouses to paint, some paint, glittery stick on gems to decorate them, then playdough stuff, rice krispie treats, ect.)My knees...they are not cooperating...the "good" knee is giving me a very hard time. It simply doesn't want to straighten up sometimes when I stand up, and it hurts. It's interesting, for sure.
Ah well....I'll be enjoying my time here, and the sunshine, you all have a good day!