It has really gotten hot. Was in the 80's yesterday and 90 today. Roy and Lloyd have been busy working on the boat. I did the laundry in the morning. When I got back to the boat, there was Butch! He arrived at Kennedy last night, took the train to Washington, D.C., rented a car there this morning, and drove down. And Al was supposed to arrive at Norfolk Airport at 4:30!
We went over to the airport to meet him. Watched everyone get off the plane, but no Al. Butch inquired at the United desk and found out the plane from Sacramento had been an hour late getting into Chicago, so Al had missed his connecting flight. He'd be coming in on the next flight, at 8:30.
So we returned to the marina. The clerk in Cobb's store handed us a telephone message from Al, saying he'd get here at 8:30.
Returned to the airport at 8:15 to pick up Al. The plane was late, of course. Would arrive at 8:55.
Watched the people getting off the plane, but no Al! We couldn't believe it. How could he have missed this plane? We went down to the luggage area. Here came two big bags of Al's. The guys took the bags, which weighed about 200 pounds each, off the belt, and we stood around waiting for Al, but he didn't show up. We figured the bags had been checked through from Sacramento, so they got here ok, but Al must have missed the plane in Chicago. We were waiting in line to ask an airport employee what had happened to him, when all of a sudden Al walked up! He had stayed on the plane while everyone else got off and had gone into the restroom. He had two more huge bags with him. We had both known Al would bring too much stuff, but a thousand pounds!! We couldn't believe it. Something's got to go. But at least Al's here, safe and more or less sound.
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