We have heard that the major airlines have been asked to cut back, change their schedules and do what ever it takes to make flights more timely. Woo hoo! Glad to hear it! Way to go….hey wait a minute this is going to affect me, I’m not so sure about this.
We have flights booked to ST Maarten for mid April. We will travel from KC to Dallas with an overnight stay and then on to Miami and ST Maarten the next day. Our flight from MCI to DFW has been changed twice! Is all ok but a bit crazy. Flight was changed within a week of us booking from a 5PM to 7PM flight. This was ok but did get us into Dallas a bit late. Going to meet a friend so meant Rob wasn’t planning much sleep. This week that flight was changed back to 5PM flight. This is better for Rob but as long as there is a seat and they are relatively on time…I’ll be a good sport about this and just call it all good! Funny thing is I have looked on AA’s site for seating and both planes are pretty much empty for the flights that are scheduled. KC to Dallas has lots of business commuters so I am sure the flights will fill up, I just find this moving schedule to be at this point a bit humorous. I will however say that if they mess with my flights to Miami and on to SXM I will be more than a bit agitated. We have to take a cab from the flight landing at PJIA to Marigot and on to the Ferry to AXA then another cab….hoping to be checked in before 5PM really don’t want this part of the plan to fall thru. Guess we shall see!!!
Nuff said....In case I am not back on line before the holiday Merry Christmas to all.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
The Iceman cometh……
Got the first snow out of the way here in KC now we got an ice storm to add to the list. Best part is that I have a new camera to play with. The ice storm struck over several days but the temp remained around 32 degrees so the roads did not freeze over. Makes for some fun pix. I even brought the camera to work today and walked around our area shooting scenes of the ice. Is a lot of fun and cant wait to get back home to mess with the pix.
While it is cold here I have my mind on SXM a mere 18 weeks away. We have everything taken care of and only thing left to pay is for the rental car, food and activities. There wont be too many activities that cost too much. We will rent a car on Anguilla for a day and we plan on going to Pinel island as well as Green Key…. May get a photographer on island to take a few shots of us but we will see that part depends on me losing some weight and I have done nothing but eat so there may not be any photographic evidence of me being there except for the pix I turn out!
While it is cold here I have my mind on SXM a mere 18 weeks away. We have everything taken care of and only thing left to pay is for the rental car, food and activities. There wont be too many activities that cost too much. We will rent a car on Anguilla for a day and we plan on going to Pinel island as well as Green Key…. May get a photographer on island to take a few shots of us but we will see that part depends on me losing some weight and I have done nothing but eat so there may not be any photographic evidence of me being there except for the pix I turn out!
Friday, December 7, 2007
Winter had to happen one day!!!
Damn!, we got our first real snow of the season yesterday. I am over winter now!!!
We are expecting ice this weekend too. Yuck! Did I say that I am definitely over winter now? Well I am. Contacted a friend in ST Maarten today and asked if there was room cause I was catching a plane down. Ok was joking with her but one snow and I am…oh yeah….said that already. With the ice that we are supposed to get I should get some nice photos, at least I hope so! Here is to KC not losing power this weekend once the storms hit. And about that winter thing....I realy am over it. Come on Spring!!
Today's good news is I did procure a second room for the week so my buddy John and a lucky friend as of yet to be named will be joining us on island for part of our trip. We traveled with him on another trip to the islands and had a good time. Actually too good of a time and he and I acted like a couple of college freshman on spring break. That wont be happening again this time but we will have fun. We have both since decided that we are interested in photography so our next trip will yield lots of photos.
My dream is to make a coffee table book of photos of ST Maarten and Anguilla for our home. I am most concerned about the writing aspect with the book. I think I have skills enough to take the pictures I want. Ok, my book my pictures!!!
We are expecting ice this weekend too. Yuck! Did I say that I am definitely over winter now? Well I am. Contacted a friend in ST Maarten today and asked if there was room cause I was catching a plane down. Ok was joking with her but one snow and I am…oh yeah….said that already. With the ice that we are supposed to get I should get some nice photos, at least I hope so! Here is to KC not losing power this weekend once the storms hit. And about that winter thing....I realy am over it. Come on Spring!!
Today's good news is I did procure a second room for the week so my buddy John and a lucky friend as of yet to be named will be joining us on island for part of our trip. We traveled with him on another trip to the islands and had a good time. Actually too good of a time and he and I acted like a couple of college freshman on spring break. That wont be happening again this time but we will have fun. We have both since decided that we are interested in photography so our next trip will yield lots of photos.
My dream is to make a coffee table book of photos of ST Maarten and Anguilla for our home. I am most concerned about the writing aspect with the book. I think I have skills enough to take the pictures I want. Ok, my book my pictures!!!
Monday, December 3, 2007
Paddle Faster.....I hear banjo music!!
We went to Branson Missouri this weekend. For those that don’t know this is the blue hair capital of America! We have family that lives there and went to celebrate a birthday.
I saw a t-shirt that made me laugh….it was Paddle Faster, I hear banjo music.
Not much of a country music fan and next to Nashville there are more country performers in Branson than anywhere else. We did however go to one of the shows. I can honestly say I had a good time. The show consisted of six brothers that sang for almost 2 hours with no instruments other than their voices. A couple of the brothers could beat-box and all sang lead for differing music types. Best part of the show for me was the Christmas component. They were fantastic in this section of the show. They close with a salute to all Veterans which brought the house to their feet.
We later went to a Stone Hill winery tasting and were disappointed with that. Issue being Stone Hill is good at making the German types of sweet white wines, neither of us care for Rieslings’ and such…we drink the heartier reds. Oh well, we visited and moved on!!
One of my favorite things to do when visiting is Sunday brunch at Big Cedar lodge….very nice food and a beautiful setting. Is fantastic!!! http://www.big-cedar.com/ I snapped a few pix there as the grounds are breath taking.
I saw a t-shirt that made me laugh….it was Paddle Faster, I hear banjo music.
Not much of a country music fan and next to Nashville there are more country performers in Branson than anywhere else. We did however go to one of the shows. I can honestly say I had a good time. The show consisted of six brothers that sang for almost 2 hours with no instruments other than their voices. A couple of the brothers could beat-box and all sang lead for differing music types. Best part of the show for me was the Christmas component. They were fantastic in this section of the show. They close with a salute to all Veterans which brought the house to their feet.
We later went to a Stone Hill winery tasting and were disappointed with that. Issue being Stone Hill is good at making the German types of sweet white wines, neither of us care for Rieslings’ and such…we drink the heartier reds. Oh well, we visited and moved on!!
One of my favorite things to do when visiting is Sunday brunch at Big Cedar lodge….very nice food and a beautiful setting. Is fantastic!!! http://www.big-cedar.com/ I snapped a few pix there as the grounds are breath taking.
We were there after a wedding and found this rose pedal on a trail...
The new pix are test drives of a new digital camera that I have in hand….practice for my shooting in St Maarten in April.
The new pix are test drives of a new digital camera that I have in hand….practice for my shooting in St Maarten in April.
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