We had a good journey – taxi picked us up at 5.45am, and we arrived in Gloversville at 4.30pm, which was 9.30pm UK time. I had changed my watch, but Chantal hadn’t, and kept announcing UK time all evening,making us feel both feeling more tired than if we had just switched to local time. Of course we had a bit of pre-travel drama – at 7.00pm on the night before we were at the emergency drop in center at Leicester Royal Infirmary because Chantal had a chest infection, The Doctor was very nice, explaining that flying to the States needn’t be a problem. All we had to do was donate the flight ticket to him. Earlier Andree had said the same thing. Leslie’s face would have been a picture at Arrivals if he’d been greeted by his ex-wife with an Asian doctor. Chantal was prescribed antibiotics, and is feeling a bit better today.
The flight was much as expected, Immigration kindly allowed us into the States, and Les was waiting in Arrivals, After a while (Les lost the car) we were heading up the freeway, watching the tree colours become somewhat more vivid as we headed North
and 4 hours later we were greeting Ruthie in Gloversville, together with their dog Kiki
I don’t normally do small dogs, but Kiki will be a reasonable substitute for a couple of weeks. Ippany (Chantal’s 17 year old niece, who lives with Leslie and Ruthie) arrived a few minutes later with some friends. We had a nice relaxed evening, but finally gave in at about 9pm and went to bed. I think that today will be a “chilling day”
Technically we live in Oaktree House, but sadly the tree had to go.
We now have a thriving Oakstump at the front of the house.
