Thursday was quite a day!!

 We woke up to rain and thunderstorms.  We had a leisurely morning.

United States theme

  Everyone ate at different times.  Around 10:30 am we finally had a plan.    We would go over to the Lakeside Inn because they have a beach access. The rain had stopped by then. They let us park in the Inn parking lot because they were not too busy.  

So we took George and Nathan over and then went back for Robbie and Ice. We picked up Dorothy on our way.  

Lakeside Inn

134 steps down to the beach

The rest of the gang were down at the beach setting up a beach tent.  

It was a nice beach.

The guys.

I was starting to get nervous about my flight, having lunch and getting to the airport

 We headed back to the house to fix a lunch.  By then everyone was leaving so we packed up and took our lunches over to Dorothy & Ed's place to eat.  It was a nice lunch of leftovers, and stuff ordered from the expensive fish store.  Nathan made guacamole.  yummy.  I had gotten a message that my flight had been delayed.  That made me more nervous so we headed out.  It was a 2 hour drive to the airport.  Unfortunately, Jeanne left her purse behind.  We did not realize it until later, much later.  The flight from O'hare was delayed but the flight from Seattle was also delayed so I was not worried. Jeanne dropped me off.  Then, I found out that my flight was delayed even more  A LOT more.  I went to a ticket agent and started the process of dealing with the problem.  A lot of calls and conversations later.  I got my flight changed from O'hare to Seattle to Pdx to O'hare to  Boise to Portland.  Instead of getting in at 10:45 pm it was to get in at 8:40 pm.  I was happy.  But then the flight was delayed due to weather.  Arth.  Instead of leaving at 4:04 pm we left at 5:55 pm. 

O'Hare airport.  We taxied forever

flight shots.

At this point I realized that I would miss my flight to Portland.  WHAT TO DO!!!  Luckily, I could do WhatsApp and look on the internet with my phone.  George helped me out.    We decided to wait until I landed to try to get an alternate flight.  It was a 3 hour flight but they had no beverage service.  There was some problem. with the carts  No food or beverage only water So I was hungry on top of everything else.. My connecting flight took off just as we were landing.  Everyone was very nice.  I was one of the first people off of the plane.   I felt a little guilty abot that since I knew that my flight ahd taken off.  i went to the ticket agent right away.  Eli was very helpful.  He arranged a hotel, 2 meal vouchers,  and booked my flight to Portland at 6 am tomorrow.  I had accidently left my sweater on the plane.  The guy I sat beside brought it out to me.  He saw that I was at the ticket counter.  Every one has been so nice.

From Boise Airport

The shuttle came to pick me up.  I thought that I was to be in an airport hotel.  But that did not happen.  I am 10 min away.  It is a very nice suite.  The guy at the dest was very nice.  I had a $12 meal voucher that was not good for alcohol.  Since it was so late and nothing was open. The desk clerk let me have a bottle of wine and some cheese and entered it as a meal. 

View from the window

dinner

After dinner

The TV was personalized but I could not figure out how to use it.

Nice room. 

Luckily we had our pet care person coming tonight. I did not have to worry about the pets.   Hopefully I will find my luggage at the Portland airport in the morning.  Also I hope that Jeanne gets her purse back.  I think that they are mailing it to her priority mail. 

It was fun seeing all of the Singers.  But the visit was way too short.