We are home again. A 14 hour flight from Shanghai to Newark. Thankfully the construction at Newark we encountered 2 years ago is done or moved on to elsewhere in the airport and we cleared customs and repacked our bag. I remembered to pack away all of the Continental silverware that I scarfed. It's like mini stainless and will come in handy when the grandkids come over; I've lost too many good pieces down the garbage disposal from their visits in the past. Yes, I have no shame!
We had an hour of down time in Newark and then a 3 hour flight to Houston and home by midnight. Only bad thing about the return trip was a very bad case of Tourista! My wife got it as well and I can honestly say it was the worst case of some kind of bad bacteria in my system in my 52 years of life. I don't think that much liquid is supposed to come out of that bodily orifice if you get my meaning...
A day later and I just flew to Atlanta where I will spend the next 6 weeks finishing remuddling my parents house so we can sell it. Yes it's a down economy but it should go for the high $300,000's and they only paid $35,000 for it in 1967. Pictures to follow. I had a great greeting from my 9 year old lab who stays in Atlanta when we are traveling as there are family who will walk her and care for her. Glad that someone other then my wife loves me!
Thanks to those that posted comments. Travel is my vice (as well as good red wine) and I enjoy sharing with the Cellar members.
Sorry but the next scheduled trip is in mid July to take my father's ashes to the family gravesite in rural Minnesota so his remains can be placed next to his wife of 62 years. Not a very exciting trip photographicaly but if I get any zingers I will post them.