Our journey begins...

Well, we finally did it. We left Arizona Saturday, April 25th and headed to Texas to see my family and say our goodbyes. We were scheduled to leave AZ on the 23rd, but after a very hectic time trying to sell, store, sort, and donate, we just couldn't do it. We actually decided at 12:30 am on the 23rd that with a few more hours of stuff to do and aching backs, making a 7:00 am flight wasn't the best plan. Man, we're getting old. Anyway, we stopped in Texas for a short but good visit. Played the usual card games, ate good food, and felt lucky that we got to stop on our way out and give hugs and kisses to my dear family.
The flights for Monday out of TX were completely booked, oversold actually. But with only one flight to St. Maarten everyday out of Charlotte, we had to try it. So we headed over to the airport early in the morning and were able to catch the 7:00 flight to Charlotte which we couldn't believe. We landed in Charlotte at 10:35 and ran over to the 11:30 St. Maarten flight and made that flight too. Couldn't believe it again. Heavenly Father's richest blessings have been pouring abundently over us for some time. In St. Maarten, we had a 6 hour layover. Mimi was a trooper, she was excellent, and we couldn't have asked for a better little traveler.



We were scheduled for the 8:45 pm flight from St. Maarten to St. Kitts...but again that flight was oversold, and we were really worried because that was the last flight out of St. Maarten and we sure didn't want to get stuck there. When the prop plane came in, everyone started herding like cattle over to this loading area. I had no idea what was going on (we've never flown Liat airlines before), and so I told Dave to hurry and go ask the lady what we were supposed to do. He did, and she just said, get in the square. So we did, and right when we were in the square, she said, "That's it. No more." There were five other people waiting at the counter to get on the plane. I had no idea how that worked, but we got on, and that's all I can say. It was a crazy flight. It was only 20 minutes, but it was crazy. Scary, bumpy, loud, and crazy. We landed in St. Kitts at 9:00 pm, missing the last ferry out to Nevis, so we stayed at the Bird Rock Beach Hotel. It was lovely, affordable, and welcome because we were exhausted from our long travel day. Doesn't Mimi look especially beautiful in the Caribbean sun? I think it's going to suit her just fine.