We are now out in California and wired and so are beginning to catch up on stuff including posting photos taken over the last month or so. Here are some from a very short trip to visit our friends Bob and Ori in Pennsylvania a week before we moved from Chicago. The visit was long overdue and it was really great to see them and have them meet Lena. Paul was also able to hand deliver his fiddle to Bob for some repairs and borrow another in the interim, all of which was a huge relief. We flew in on a Wednesday morning to Elmira, NY and were supposed to fly back to Chicago the next night but ended up stranded an additional night (more details below) and got back on Friday mid-day. It seemed a bit crazy but was worth it. Here are Lena, Ori, Bob, and their dog Merlin at their house.
B & O's roosters, Paco and Lefty, cruising in the field. Lena was really excited about the roosters but also found their calls pretty overwhelming/impressive!
Lena on the wagon in their yard.
Checking out the zinnias.
B & O's workhorse Sunny accompanied by the roosters.
Zinnias.
So, about being stranded... We showed up at the airport in Elmira on Thursday night to a line of anxious looking folks talking to the ticket agents at the check-in desk. It turned out that our flight was delayed and we wouldn't be able to get back to Chicago that night. We could have waited and gotten a room late that evening in Detroit but were told that all the local hotels in Elmira were already booked up. Not sure what to do we called our friends Deb & Ciel who live in Ithaca (approx 50-60 min drive from Elmira), rented a car, and went and spent the night with them. Before that we were rebooked our flight for the 6:30 AM departure the following morning and were encouraged to ask about travel vouchers then "in case our flight gets canceled". En route to Ithaca on Rt. 13 we took a detour and went by our old house on Irish Hill Road in Newfield, NY where we lived for a few years before moving to Chicago. The photo above is of the meadow and hills below our old house.
Feral apples on Irish Hill! Lena was a huge fan.
Morgan and Lena picking fruits.
The road leading up to our old digs. After we left Irish Hill we drove to Ithaca and had a great night catching up with Deb and Ciel. We then set the alarm for 4:30 AM so we could catch our 6:30 flight. At 3:45 though we got a phone call from the airline that rhymes with "northbest" and was told that our flight had been canceled and that we were rebooked for the 7 PM flight that night. Our overnight trip a week before our departure started to seem even crazier than before - particularly because we were throwing a going away party that night! Yikes. Paul frantically called the airline and was told a few options including catching the 5:30 AM flight on United. We weren't sure we'd make it but Morgan finished taking down the details while we briskly drove to the airport. We got there at 5 AM, were checked-in by 5:15 and through security by 5:20! (let's hear it for small airports). Our travel vouchers - as promised by the representative the night before ("in case the flight is canceled", which we'd thought referred to our evening flight) have since materialized. A crazy trip but full of friends and a nice break from packing and more packing.
We are now out in California and wired and so are beginning to catch up on stuff including posting photos taken over the last month or so. Here are some from a very short trip to visit our friends Bob and Ori in Pennsylvania a week before we moved from Chicago. The visit was long overdue and it was really great to see them and have them meet Lena. Paul was also able to hand deliver his fiddle to Bob for some repairs and borrow another in the interim, all of which was a huge relief. We flew in on a Wednesday morning to Elmira, NY and were supposed to fly back to Chicago the next night but ended up stranded an additional night (more details below) and got back on Friday mid-day. It seemed a bit crazy but was worth it. Here are Lena, Ori, Bob, and their dog Merlin at their house.
B & O's roosters, Paco and Lefty, cruising in the field. Lena was really excited about the roosters but also found their calls pretty overwhelming/impressive!
Lena on the wagon in their yard.
Checking out the zinnias.
B & O's workhorse Sunny accompanied by the roosters.
Zinnias.
So, about being stranded... We showed up at the airport in Elmira on Thursday night to a line of anxious looking folks talking to the ticket agents at the check-in desk. It turned out that our flight was delayed and we wouldn't be able to get back to Chicago that night. We could have waited and gotten a room late that evening in Detroit but were told that all the local hotels in Elmira were already booked up. Not sure what to do we called our friends Deb & Ciel who live in Ithaca (approx 50-60 min drive from Elmira), rented a car, and went and spent the night with them. Before that we were rebooked our flight for the 6:30 AM departure the following morning and were encouraged to ask about travel vouchers then "in case our flight gets canceled". En route to Ithaca on Rt. 13 we took a detour and went by our old house on Irish Hill Road in Newfield, NY where we lived for a few years before moving to Chicago. The photo above is of the meadow and hills below our old house.
Feral apples on Irish Hill! Lena was a huge fan.
Morgan and Lena picking fruits.
The road leading up to our old digs. After we left Irish Hill we drove to Ithaca and had a great night catching up with Deb and Ciel. We then set the alarm for 4:30 AM so we could catch our 6:30 flight. At 3:45 though we got a phone call from the airline that rhymes with "northbest" and was told that our flight had been canceled and that we were rebooked for the 7 PM flight that night. Our overnight trip a week before our departure started to seem even crazier than before - particularly because we were throwing a going away party that night! Yikes. Paul frantically called the airline and was told a few options including catching the 5:30 AM flight on United. We weren't sure we'd make it but Morgan finished taking down the details while we briskly drove to the airport. We got there at 5 AM, were checked-in by 5:15 and through security by 5:20! (let's hear it for small airports). Our travel vouchers - as promised by the representative the night before ("in case the flight is canceled", which we'd thought referred to our evening flight) have since materialized. A crazy trip but full of friends and a nice break from packing and more packing.
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