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Skriven 2013-09-13 19:51:01 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 4573 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
Ärende: picnic  was: Mayo
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Hi Nancy,

 RH> Our flights were fairly full too. One advantage of checking in so
 RH> close to flight time was that our bags were out fast in LV. When we got
 RH> back to Raleigh we had to wait a good while for our luggage. While
 RH> waiting, I saw a young lady collect 4 large duffle type bags that
 RH> looked to stuffed to the max. I figured she was probably a college
 RH> student.

 NB> Probably.  I managed to travel very light, just one small carry-on and
 NB> even smaller tote bag to hold my "hand purse" and boarding passes
 NB> etc... so I had nothing checked through either direction... made for a
 NB> quick exit, and no waiting for luggage to show up on the belt...

I did that 2 years ago when I went to our nephew's wedding in AZ. Came
back with an extra shirt and a small cactus and still got it all in with
no problems. We did it a few times in HI too, when we went to some of
the other islands. For our trip out west I had a standard carry on, my
"bean bag" (LL Bean bag I use for my net book, purse items, small this &
that) and a checked bag (hardside, about 1.5 times bigger than carry
on). Steve had a multi pocketed backpack, a carry on, his CPAP, and a
softside checked bag about the size of my hardside. I did laundry
several times on the trip, including the day before we came back, so as
to have as much clean as possible, knowing once we got home things were
going to be busy.


 RH> Better busy than bored. (G)

 NB> Usually...  sometimes I welcome bored...  ;)

I don't like being totally bored; I've got several projects going at
once. A downturn in activity level is nice at times, but I don't want to
come to a complete halt. That's where, waiting for my procedure a couple
of weeks ago was not fun as I basically couldn't read, sew or have the
the net book with me.

 NB>  NB>> True... I was thinking more in terms of snow at Christmas...
 NB> what we  NB>> have to deal with up here...  Hurricanes aren't usually
 NB> as late as  NB>> that, are they...??

 RH> End of November is the official end of hurricane season, after that
 RH> the water has cooled down too much to sustain any development.

 NB> That's about what I thought.  :)

 RH> There's a couple of tropical storms brewing right now, one with the
 RH> potential of getting to hurricane status. If it does, it'll most
 RH> likely be a fish storm (only bother the fish) tho.

 NB> Yeah, I heard about those... Been a rather quiet season so far...

So far, but one hurricane has formed, gone back to a tropical storm and
may reform as a hurricane. Still not worth assembling an evac kit for.
We had to keep one every year in HI--food & water for 3 days, extra
clothes, meds, batteries, etc--but never had to evacuate. We still keep
a few things in the pantry we can grab if we need to evacuate but not as
much as we did in HI or GA.

 RH> If we do stop in Savannah, we may try to go
 RH> to one of our favorite seafood places, maybe Uncle Bubba's.

 NB> Sounds nice.  :)

It is good, local seafood--something that's not easy to get 150 miles
(give or take) from the coast.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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