Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Mom & I slept very good. It rained during the night and continued to drizzle through our early morning. We checked out and took the shuttle over to the airport. Because we had bought our tickets before March 29th we were both able to check 2 bags without an additional fee. And, guess what caused us problems? Mom and I both forgot about the rules and she made sure she packed her bottle of forgotten water in her carry on. Guess what they took away from her? We just laughed about it later.

As we took off for home, this time through Detroit, we played some Cribbage and had a $5 Snack Box for lunch which really is pretty good. I got a kick out of the Snack Box. It comes wrapped in cellophane which is a bear to get off with no fingernail file or jackknife - thank God for strong fingernails. Inside is a cellophane wrapped package of 3 crackers. After you get the cellophane off and the box opened the crackers are individually wrapped in cellophane again. There are 2 pieces of cheese wrapped in heavy duty cellophane, sealed to the cheese itself. They are Swiss and Gouda which tasted exactly alike and the ingredients say it is cheddar cheese made in Blue Mound, WI. One small can of Bumblebee chicken salad which I managed to pull the tab off of without opening the can but by this time I had my plastic fork out of its wrapper and was able to get it opened - quite tasty. There was a bag of Pecan Trail Mix Crunch that was very good and last, but not least, 6 vanilla Oreo cookies. Pretty darn good for $5, except for the excess use of cellophane. Even Mom said it was better than some of the dinners you used to get for free on the airlines.

Flying from Detroit to Appleton we weren't able to sit together so no more cards. We arrived to blue skies at home and John picked us up shortly after landing. We got to Mom's, said hello to Dad and I was on my way home within a half hour.

We didn't make any more plans for future vacations. Who knows if we will ever be able to afford to fly again! We'll just wait and see what's down the road. A very good time was had by these 3 Musketeers!