TRAVEL

We will be off to Raleigh in the next few days to spend Thanksgiving with Nancy, Greg,
the kids, Sonya, and, in the latter part of the visit, Virginia. We look forward to this with
great expectations of a wonderful time. No cooking and dish washing. Being waited on hand and foot with our every desire taken care of. That is the upside.

Downside: Packing for the cold weather is always problematic. We don't have the wardrobe
for this. A few shabby sweaters, a peculiar jacket, a strange looking cap which covers my ears,
and that is about it. Then there is the flight itself. I hate taking off my shoes and wandering about on the filthy airport floor. Endless waiting in lines and then, hanging about for the flight to be announced. Sitting in the tiny little space allowed on the aircraft. Usually a big fat person
sitting next to one and using to arm rest that should be mine. Lousy little meals ( Or not).
Horrid little restrooms, often looking pretty unsanitary, waiting again for your baggage which may or may not have arrived.

The pluses far outweigh the minuses else we wouldn't subject ourselves to this sort of thing.