Alana and Nicaragua
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Alana's update is, she's coming home next Tuesday... she is not happy about it MOMMY IS!!!
V
"Alana is in Somoto and officially on a schedule. No mi gusta!!!!!!!!"
Woo hoo! Awesome news!
Doug Hatcher
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The light in the window will never be extinguished
The Mother and Child reunion is only an emotion (love) away.
Happy for everybody.
Doug
The Mother and Child reunion is only an emotion (love) away.
Happy for everybody.
Doug
I'm on my way to Detroit Airport to pick up my wayward child and her boyfriend.I'm very very happy.
V
Yay, V!!! I wish I was going with you. My sister lives about 30 min. NW of that airport!
I'm on my way to Detroit Airport to pick up my wayward child and her boyfriend.
V
Yay, V! I wish I was going with you. My sister lives about 30 min. NW of that airport!
Nothing is ever without adventure with my child and Shawn. They were to arrive in Detroit at 10 this morning. I left early enough to compensate for any crowding at the Blue Water Bridge crossing. Half way to Sarnia, my cell phone rang, it was Alana calling from the Fort Lauderdale airport... they missed their connecting flight to Detroit (not their fault as the first flight landed two hours late). I wasn't about to turn around so I carried on and made it to the border in record time. The anticipated long wait turned into about a minute and half so I headed to the Cracker Barrel for a poached egg on toast, crispy bacon (the treat I love) and tea while waiting for further instructions from Alana.
I had a leisurely breakfast and was browsing around the gift store when she called. They were booked on the flight at four, arrival time as yet unknown. Alrighty then... I have 10 hours to kill, lovely.
I killed a couple of the them at a mind numbingly boring mall before I decided to head towards Detroit. I really didn't want to get into the traffic there later in the day. I decided as I zipping along I 94 that a visit to Greenfield Village and the Henry Ford Museum would be a great way to spend the day... it was.
Alana called while I was there to let me know the plane would be landing at 7. Eventually I made my way to the airport, parked the car and my butt (I was tired!!!) had a lemonade at Starbucks and read my book.
They arrived on time, hale and hearty and thoroughly exhausted. We were on the road by 7:45 and the first place they wanted to go was McDonald's for heaven sake. We had a quick stop where they inhaled "food" and we headed to the border, knowing it was going to take forever to get through customs. They had already been through U.S. customs in Florida which was arduous... we expected no less coming in to Canada.
Alana asked if she and Shawn looked pathetic enough, would the customs take pity on their tired and bedraggled selves and let them off easy (they'd been up for about 34 hours at this point). I said, "not so much". Turns out when we got to the booth (no traffic at all), Alana and I knew the officer. She had gone to highschool with him. So after a brief catch up chat we were on our merry way and their excessive bottles of Nicaraguan rum were safely bound for London.
We made it to London in record time (no traffic and no OPP's) and we are all in our respective homes.
I'm tired but so very glad they are home.
V
I had a leisurely breakfast and was browsing around the gift store when she called. They were booked on the flight at four, arrival time as yet unknown. Alrighty then... I have 10 hours to kill, lovely.
I killed a couple of the them at a mind numbingly boring mall before I decided to head towards Detroit. I really didn't want to get into the traffic there later in the day. I decided as I zipping along I 94 that a visit to Greenfield Village and the Henry Ford Museum would be a great way to spend the day... it was.
Alana called while I was there to let me know the plane would be landing at 7. Eventually I made my way to the airport, parked the car and my butt (I was tired!!!) had a lemonade at Starbucks and read my book.
They arrived on time, hale and hearty and thoroughly exhausted. We were on the road by 7:45 and the first place they wanted to go was McDonald's for heaven sake. We had a quick stop where they inhaled "food" and we headed to the border, knowing it was going to take forever to get through customs. They had already been through U.S. customs in Florida which was arduous... we expected no less coming in to Canada.
Alana asked if she and Shawn looked pathetic enough, would the customs take pity on their tired and bedraggled selves and let them off easy (they'd been up for about 34 hours at this point). I said, "not so much". Turns out when we got to the booth (no traffic at all), Alana and I knew the officer. She had gone to highschool with him.
So after a brief catch up chat we were on our merry way and their excessive bottles of Nicaraguan rum were safely bound for London. We made it to London in record time (no traffic and no OPP's) and we are all in our respective homes.
I'm tired but so very glad they are home.
V
V. I'm telling you my dear, start writing that book!!!!
Glad Alana and bo are home safe and sound, so where is she off to next????????
Glad Alana and bo are home safe and sound, so where is she off to next????????
book deal?
V
Really , your (and your daughter's) adventures are a book I can't put down! You truly have a gift with words.
Jennifer
V
Really , your (and your daughter's) adventures are a book I can't put down! You truly have a gift with words.
Jennifer
Dribbling stories
Alana spent two months living out of a backpack. She said she really shouldn't have bothered bringing any clothes back as they were pretty much ruined. Apparently they would give their laundry to people for cleaning. I guess beating clothes against a rock is hard on the fibres.
V
Alana spent two months living out of a backpack. She said she really shouldn't have bothered bringing any clothes back as they were pretty much ruined. Apparently they would give their laundry to people for cleaning. I guess beating clothes against a rock is hard on the fibres.
V
CHERYL BAKIN
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Victoria,
So glad to hear that Alana is home, and safe & sound......
and that Mom held up so well thru another of her summer adventures!
I envy her so much and am so glad for her that she is doing all this traveling and that we get to live it with you and her, thru the stories you post here.
She sounds like a GREAT PERSON!! You must be so proud of her!
Catch up, love her a lot from all of us....then more stories please, with pictures!! (especially about the orchids)
Regards,
Cheryl
So glad to hear that Alana is home, and safe & sound......
and that Mom held up so well thru another of her summer adventures!
I envy her so much and am so glad for her that she is doing all this traveling and that we get to live it with you and her, thru the stories you post here.
She sounds like a GREAT PERSON!! You must be so proud of her!
Catch up, love her a lot from all of us....then more stories please, with pictures!! (especially about the orchids)
Regards,
Cheryl
Ah Cheryl... thank you so much for your words. Sadly Alana doesn't know an orchid from shinola. I asked her yesterday about the flora and fauna. She suggested that I need to go there myself to see all the beauty that is Nica. Uh huh... that's what she suggested.
Yes, I am proud of her... for reasons that can't be discussed here.
V
Yes, I am proud of her... for reasons that can't be discussed here.
V
wildflowerschicago
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V,
I am so glad she is home safe and sound!!!! Thanks for sharing her journey with us!!! I love the idea of being an adventurer, however I would see my first bug and be through with that!!! Instead, I will live vicariously :blowkiss:
I am so glad she is home safe and sound!!!! Thanks for sharing her journey with us!!! I love the idea of being an adventurer, however I would see my first bug and be through with that!!! Instead, I will live vicariously :blowkiss:
Amy, the first bug would fascinate you... believe me.
I vowed many years ago when I had a child, he or she would be free, encouraged even, to push beyond the boundaries set by circumstance.
Alana has excelled at that and I cheer (sometimes while cringing) at every success and attempt.
V
LJVF
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Victoria, your entries of Alana's journey made for some interesting reading, better than a lot of books I've read. :thumbsup
I think the first thing I would eat is McDonalds's too!
I think the first thing I would eat is McDonalds's too!
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