Adventures of Beth and Dan: Flight T&A Boarding Now!!

Saturday, October 12, 2019

Flight T&A Boarding Now!!

We finally made it home after being gone most of the summer. Even though it was still HOT in Arizona it felt good to be home and have room to stretch out, do laundry whenever we wanted and sleep on our own bed. We were home by mid September, unpacked the camper and got it stored. For a few weeks it was put things away and get caught up on being gone. Dan and a Tess got started back into flying with the Red Rocket and everyday he was fixing and repairing something either at our house, her house or the hangar at Buckeye that Aaron and Tess lease. I got started back into water aerobics, canasta and mahjong at the center on main.

On Wednesday the 25th of September Aaron and Tess cake over for dinner. He proposed that we get in their six seater the next morning at o dark thirty and head for Cleveland, MS to surprise Todd and his family with a visit. The weather looked good and it was Todd's last free weekend before he would be tied up with college recreation activities with students every weekend. Tess hadn’t seen Todd since a year before and so we said “Why not?”! We could each take 40 pounds and we would stop every two hours for fuel and bathroom breaks. We gathered a few clean pair of underwear together and some toiletries and by 5:45 the next morning we were in their pickup headed to the airport.

We had great weather all along the way and Dan and I were able to stretch out in the back seat and enjoy the view from above. We made it to Cleveland by sundown and surprised ( somewhat!) Todd and Zoey who met us at the airport. We spent Friday and Saturday there getting to visit Zoey’s school and see her at lunch, enjoy a BBQ with his neighbors and then help him out with a greenhouse construction at Zoey’s school which is part of Krista’s job this year with Food Corps. Sunday morning we were at the Cleveland airport early and left Todds truck for him to pickup later. We headed west on somewhat the same flight pattern although this time we would dodge a few strong and threatening storms. We holed up for a half hour in Texas waiting for a front to pass by and we were home just a sunset landing in Buckeye. Four tired folks unloaded and piled into the truck after securing the plane. Thanks so much Aaron and Tess for sharing your trip with us and showing us more of our country from 7000 ft above it :). We had a wonderful experience all the way around. And we learned never surprise Todd!!! Ha ha.