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Heathrow First Class lounge
June 7, 2017 in England ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
Quiet, spacious, good free food, uncrowded, free drinks... this is what an airport lounge is suppose to be like. Oh, and security was a very civilized affair.

We had scones, little sandwiches, pasta salad and orange juice to eat. Perhaps a glass of bubbly later. We still have 3 hours before our flight is suppose to leave.

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Still 2hours to departure. No idea what which gate yet. So it must be time for that glass of champagne.Read more
Annanaomi SamsOh, gosh, aren't you a bit sad to be leaving? Magnificent trip! Many thanks.
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TravelerWe are VERY ready to be back in the good ole US of A.
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Annanaomi SamsI bet so! The welcome mat is being figuratively readied! Can't wait for you to get settled in your new home, send out your permanent address, and to visit you there...!!!!
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We made it back to the USA
June 7, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
Our plane got to Atlanta about 30 minutes early but the plane at the gate wouldn't leave. We ended sitting on the taxi way for an hour before we got to proceed to the gate. But we are here at Laurie's and John's, who are so welcoming.Read more
Karen AndersonSending Welcome back Hugs😊
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Annanaomi SamsI can't find the exact post where you stated how many km you'd traveled since landing it Italy, but I just wanted to say "wow"! It converts to almost 4200 miles!! Well done!
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TravelerIt was 10000 kilometers (6200 miles) on the continent and 2700 miles in the U.K.
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Annanaomi SamsAbsolutely amazing! My tush is tired and sore just reading that..
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Boone, NC
June 12, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
We have come up to the Boone KOA for a week. Woods and cool breezes.
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Rain
June 13, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
The heavens opened up today with lightning and rain. One lightning strike happened with simultaneous thunder, very scary.
Karen AndersonSo your on the road again! That is a lot of rain and that thunder was must have sounded like it was right overhead. The campground looks like a relaxing and lovely place to spend a week.
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Margaret NicholsUh oh! Hope the rain has cleared. What news of Gordon's birthday present? Have a move-in date yet? You will be pleased to stop the perambulations and settle down methinks. Enjoy the US again. love Margaret
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TravelerWe chose the campground because it's nice, right in the Appalachians, and has a moderate temperature so we can reacclimate gradually. We quite enjoyed the thunderstorm, a nice bonus. More expected today.
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Tasting beer
June 17, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
The Sumpthin IPA was very hoppy!
Bonnie BenedictVERY!!!
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Final House Walkthrough
June 22, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
We were relieved that we both found the house both beautiful and very livable looking. We didn't take many photos as they just did not do it justice. We're looking forward to final closing Monday. Crossing our fingers that our stuff will arrive on Tuesday. But what the hey ... we have a mattress and 2 small cooking pots in the trailer. Also a very large refrigerator to fill and a GIANT washer for Gordon to start training.Read more
Bonnie BenedictIt's just wonderful. Can't wait to see it when you get your things in. And I'm sure, the truck will get there on Tuesday. Throwing it out to the universe.
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TravelerAmen!
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Annanaomi Sams Not only a washer!!! but a dryer and a big laundry room! Lucky Gordon!
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Closing! The house is ours!
June 26, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 77 °F
It is too anticlimatic, papers were signed, small talk exchanged, but no heavenly trumpets, no marching bands, not even a bottle of bubbly to be opened. Sigh....

And - no word on when the movers will arrive! We don't want to move into an empty house, we want our stuff and we want it now. Well, tomorrow would work. But alas, not knowing when is a real bummer.

So we went out to a steak house for some beer and food to drown our sorrows. And we might have had a few chocolate grahams when we got back. And Heather noticed some fresh Haagen Daz in the KOA freezer case.

A definite consolation prize was driving straight through the gate with our freshly bar-coded car. Don't worry. When you visit we can put you on a list to be admitted freely by our trusty and cheerful gatekeepers.Read more
Congrats on officially entering the next chapter of your life. Margaret
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Annanaomi SamsIt's now Tuesday in your time zone. Crossing my fingers that your truck rolls in today!
6/27/17Reply
TravelerNo truck. Driver is incommunicado. Our stuff could be in Alaska.
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Where's Waldo? Or in our case: Joe
June 27, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 75 °F
Joe, the truck driver finally called us. He thinks that he can be here Friday morning, but he doesn't know if there will be people to be unload. He will get back to us later and let us know.

But we did get to spend some time in our house today. The installer from Comcast was supposed to arrive between 10 and noon this morning. So we were there waiting. It would have been an opportunity to call some vendors, but there is no cell phone coverage inside the house. Someone said that the houses are built with some sort of metal mesh in the ceiling to help keep the roofs on in hurricanes. I don't know if he was pulling my leg, but while cell phone service outside the house is at least middlin', as soon as you walk inside, nada. At least we are protected from the government using mind control beams on us. I'm not sure we packed our tin foil hats.

But back to Comcast... the installer showed up at 2 and did not finish until almost 4. Well, he wasn't quite done, as we left, he was still waiting for someone else to come with a drill to attach the outside cable junction to the wall.

So, while I had planned on getting drivers licenses, car plates, trash service, lawn service and a few other things done... oh well, there is always tomorrow. Heathers only comment is, "harrumph."

Oh, but we did meet one of our next door neighbors, Danny and Barb. They were quite friendly and we had an immediate rapport when we learned they are cat lovers. They said we can pet their geriatric kitty whenever we want.Read more
Annanaomi SamsNow that it's Saturday, I hope your belongings arrived and have been off-loaded. Moving is a test in anxiety control! Seems scheduled events rarely go as planned. So about the phone...will you be forced to get a land line? Or will you be able to get phone service with your cable set up? I know... so many questions!
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TravelerPhone works over wifi. They will be putting a tower nearby in the coming year.
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Karen AndersonYour off to a great start of your new life complete with kitty next door!
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TravelerI still haven't seen her. But those neighbors are very friendly. Might be time to pay a call.
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Moving Day
June 30, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
Joe Stokes finally showed up Friday at 9:00 am. However his local crew was a no show. My God, he unloaded a third of our house contents by himself before the replacement team showed up. Gordon was desperate to help, but Joe said he'd get in trouble if he let him. We tried giving Gordon the job of checking inventory numbers but he was restless and miserable. However, putting him in charge of chasing any vile insects that got in with the movers was a success.Read more
Bonnie Benedict What a lovely entryway.
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Bonnie Benedict Gorgeous kitchen and living area.
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Bonnie Benedict Laundry already? Gordon must be VERY happy!
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Before, boxes everywhere
July 2, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F
After we get everything away. The house will start looking like a home.
Annanaomi Sams Nothing like sleeping in your own bed!
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Traveler So true. But how s is the Guest bed. Ours actually has linens on it. Ahhhhhhhh.
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Bonnie BenedictIt already is ❤️!
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Oh my, where do things go?
July 2, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 88 °F
Margaret NicholsJust put them all in the dishwasher! How are you feeling now? We
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TravelerWe're going to need a few more dishwashers!
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TravelerMargaret, did your comment get cut off? We are feeling quite happy, even in the midst of disorder. We are loving the Northeast Florida landscape, too.
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4th of July Parade
July 4, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 90 °F
Bonnie BenedictCute! My girlfriend Kim lives in a large neighborhood where many have golf-carts they drive to the pool. On the 4th they decorate them and the kids decorate their bikes and they parade all over the neighborhood. Is there a golf cart in your future?
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TravelerYes. At some date Gordon wants a red cart with FLAMES. And monster truck wheels.
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Bonnie BenedictOf course he does. :-)
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Happy post-campers!
July 7, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
We finally got all the pans and ingredients together so Gordon can make bread. I'm hard pressed to say who's happier!
Bonnie BenedictNesting is in full swing! Nothing makes a house feel more like a home than the smell of fresh baked bread.
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TravelerStill rising. Natives getting restless!
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Bonnie BenedictPatients, they say, is a virtue. But I want to know is why he's leaving the bread on the pizza peel instead of on that lovely granite countertop.
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Trip end
July 7, 2017