Well.....decided at the last minute to go away for Christmas.
We have been to Phoenix before and did a road trip out through Arizona and enjoyed it sooooooo
Phoenix it is.
Booked AA out of Buffalo leaving at 5pm friday. When we got there fog was bad but flights were going out anyway.
Everyones but ours... they had a mechanical problem with the Crapper and held the plane 2 hours.......bad start
When we were landing in Chicago another plane pulled out onto the runway as we were landing and after a close call
We circled around and finaly landed.....of course we missed our connecting. They wouldnt give us a hotel for the night as they said it was weather!
The fight was on!! After standing Toe to Toe and fighting with a terrorist for 20 minutes...he called his supervisor and she finally gave us a hotel for the night....
but it was an hour away from the airport!
Grrrrrrrr...they tentatively booked us on US AIr but said we had to confirm in the morning. Thousands of people had missed their flights and the line up at the customer service booths were
miles long. This young person I was talking to told us they opened the tickets at 3am and sugessted we be there as early as possible to confirm our tickets......
well...its now midnight by the time we got our bags so we diecided to stay at the airport and deal with the ticket thing when they opened at 3am.
At 2:00 am I went and was first in line by the time they openned there was
hundreds of people behind me....got a flight out at 6:59.....only seats left....it was pandelierium behind me!!!! So now we are Back inside the airport and waiting...and waiting
Can sleep they make the seats from the finest BRICKS around! Finally got to phoenix and our car was now not available so had to book another car....
Finally out and got a room at the Radisson....very nice... slept a few hours then went to a HUGE mexican flea market (not in mexico) just ALL MEXICANS!
Went out for a good meal and crashed for the night.
Planning our road trip up throught Sedona for tomorrow....
I'll keep you posted.
-- Edited by Grumpsbodyworks on Sunday 22nd of December 2013 07:46:58 AM
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Just make sure you're back by the 27th buddy. We'd hate to have to throw a brick through the window to get into the house to get the party started. But after seeing all the renovations you've done, I'm sure you'd fix that window in a flash!
Safe trip bud.
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Here's a few more pics from Grumps. First picture explains exactly why he went to Arizona. It was to spend Christmas with his blood relatives !!
This next picture shows exactly what you shouldn't do in the middle of a freaking highway !!
This was the remains of the car that hit him at 70 MPH !! Grumps walked away and his hat didn't even come off !! I think he used the same glue that NASA uses for the re-entry tiles on the space shuttle.
Not sure what make this truck is, but I think it must be British. Dead give away are the missing teeth in the grille.
Everyone loves a Dodge !!
What you can't see is Grumps behind that poor VW van sodomizing it's exhaust pipe. No wonder his eyes are crossed !!
This must be a Chev !!
-- Edited by hemi43 on Tuesday 24th of December 2013 10:53:19 AM
