Found the boat in Las Palmas marina as planned. Tomorrow is preparation day. Food, oil change, spare parts, etc rigging inspector comes on Tuesday then we stock up on fresh veggie and hit the wild blue.
Everyone is doing well, aside from the lack of sleep on the airplane rides over here.
Couple of cold beers and some snacks for dinner and it’s early but time to catch up on some sleep. Chat soon.
When Continental asks ‘Pollo or Raviolli?’ by all means choose Raviolli. That had to be the worst airplane meal of all time.
Chillin on the Madrid airport,waiting on the last leg of the airplane flights. Newark to Madrid was only 6 hrs. We had exit row seats with lots of legroom, but only 2 inches of seat recline. Very little shuteye is going to make for an early night tonight.
Luckily we had euro left over from Greece earlier this year as the pulse machines don’t like my card again. This summer it worked in Greece but wouldn’t work in turkey. According to the my bank turkey wasn’t a trusted country and there was nothing they could do. Figured Spain should be okay, no? Oh well we’ll survive.
Beer is cheaper than diet coke, so you can guess what I had for breakfast with our left over euros.
It’s 40 degrees outside but 90 in the airport terminal.
Wow how much stuff do we need? 3 checked bags, one over the 50 lb limit. @ 69 lbs, two heavy carry ons and we are on our way(and we even left the blender at home). Travel jitters and anxiety of the long journey are in full force. Just keep reminding ourselves that we are off to get OUR boat and if you are gonna do something, you might as well jump in with both feets.
Our flights are Austin, Houston, Newark, Madrid, Gran Canary.
From the spot track Sugar Shack is already in Las Palmas waiting in the harbor for us. The weather is looking good for the first few days then winds are switching around to coming from the west on Thursday or Friday so we’ll probably head south towards the Cape Verde islands before turning west to the sunny caribbean. Looking forward to that!
Arrived H-town, uneventful short hop of a plane ride. Probably takes more time to load than fly those 200 miles. Planes are really full with the holiday travelers and the fewer numberof flights. So that means families and lots ofcarry on baggages. I was surprised that the Bass Pro Shop in the Hpuston airport didn’t sell shotguns. It’s Texas and hunting season after all. I suppose TSA would would frown on that