Back To Iowa!

3:30 am last Thursday morning was early - darn early - when am I ever going to learn to quit booking these early morning flights? I guess the nice thing about driving to Denver at that time is that there isn't any traffic and you get to see the sun rise!!

I knew this was going to be a good flight - no delays - no sitting in Row 1 again!

Caribou Coffee was first on the agenda while Glenn got a breakfast sandwich to share - and then it was off to the gate! Only to hear the disappointing news that the stewardess had car trouble and the flight would be delayed - GRRRRRR - not happy!! An hour later we FINALLY got to board - I walked up to the attendant and gave her my boarding pass (this trip had been booked for a couple of months) and she immediately said "Oh, you can't sit in those seats - we'll have to rebook you" - she put our passes to the side and typed in something and printed out new passes and handed them to us - "You're in Row 1". This just can't be happening AGAIN - but it is - and we're in the first row again - now it wouldn't be so bad if these were the types of planes that actually had FIRST CLASS but they're not - what you get for sitting in the front row is more leg room of course - but NO lap tray so you get to hold your drink in your hand - and your backpack can't go under the seat in front of you because there IS no front so it HAS to be put up with the luggage!! And I musn't forget to mention the WALL that's in front of you!! Oh well - I'm getting good at this now!!

Flying into Omaha and seeing all the flooding was hard to describe!! You couldn't tell where the Missouri River even was SUPPOSED to be because of all the flooding around it - water everywhere you looked!! On the route that we usually take from the airport, you could see the green signs sticking up above the water with just a little bit of the wood post showing !!

We got our rental car and headed a different way up to Onawa - fields and fields of water - homes with only the roof showing - it was very humbling!

On the interstate, we could see Glenn's moms' home - the driveway was almost covered with water but the water has NOT reached the house yet - we're praying it doesn't!

We spent the afternoon with relatives and then headed over to Patty and Leonard's place where we spent the next 3 nights. It's always fun to stay there and hang out with them, although Leonard was working a lot and didn't have much time to spend with us this trip!!

Thursday was one of those GREAT days that you rarely have - Patty and I spent the entire day just TALKING!! No kids around - no grand kids around - just her and I!!!! It was fun to just visit and visit through coffee, lunch and happy hour!! We all headed to Jim and Brenda's that evening for a fantastic steak dinner and spent the evening laughing and catching up!

Saturday I visited Cheri's store in Soldier - it's such a cute place and I even bought 3 tops and a darling jacket!!

And before I knew it, it was time for my 40th Year Class Reunion!! Stay tuned for the next blog!