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We are in Miami getting ready to board the shuttle to the airport for our flight to San Jose, Costa Rica. I had nearly completed the set-up of a family blog using iWeb on my Mac at home, but ran out of time before I could finalize it. I assured myself that I could complete it in Miami. I made the decision to leave the laptop at home, since Costa Rica has great wi-fi access in most of the country. I did not want the additional weight or worry of the laptop, nor the constant temptation to divert my attention from my family and our trip. On the way to the airport, it dawned on me that I would not be able to update my blog without a Mac computer with an iWeb application. {Picture the V-8 slap to the forehead.} So, not to be satisfied with "I can't do this", I found this wonderful {and free} application called Off Exploring. It will even update my Facebook page as I post!
Leaving Charlotte
I absolutely love the really raucous thunderstorms that often experience on summer afternoons in North Carolina. I love being safely sheltered from the storm, sitting near a window watching the clouds move across the sky, rain pounding, lightning flashing in violently bright strikes, the rain beating against the window, and the pounding of the driving rain on the roof above me. Of course, I love this a little less when my shelter from the storm is a small Embraer 70 perched on the tarmac like a sitting duck waiting for clearance to take off. . . .
As is typical of these afternoon downpours, the storm passed quickly ~ much more quickly than the line of air traffic waiting to land and take off after being held at bay by Mother Nature. It was all good though. We were on vacation and happily occupied. The flight attendant, seeing Lane playing with a hand-held game, tapped him on the shoulder and said that he would need to turn off his game. Bill and I looked at each other puzzled. After a great deal of moaning, Lane had acquiesced and agreed to leave his cell phone at home, so we were wondering what electronic game he could have. We looked over the seat and started laughing as we saw that it was Carly's mini Etch-a-Sketch that Lane had borrowed! A true sign of the times . . . .
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