Clearwater

Can a road-trip start with a plane trip? Either way, we are trying it! With a little more than a week to explore, we are headed to Everglades National Park. By car, the timing would be impossible so we are using air travel as a shortcut.

We started our day in Wadhams with Kevin, Elizabeth and their beautiful baby boy Sam. After a fairly sleepless night of feedings and diapers, they were nice enough to bring us to the airport in Plattsburgh. We boarded the plane with no problems and realized that our pilot had a sense of humor when he announced to the cabin that we were "first in line for takeoff." That seemed self-evident since we were the only plane on the runway.

Keeping the GPS in the window, we passed the time playing pinochle, cribbage and making silly faces at the kid next to us. We arrived in Clearwater, Florida to the smiling faces of Mary-Ellen and Karen who have generously offered to host us for the week and join us for the trip to the Everglades.

They have palm trees here!!!