We had the family meeting yesterday and there was a lot of discussion....you know like will the Puzzler be able to continue to keep his auxiliary power supply charged? ....Will the smog bother him? Will there be problems going thru airport security? Where will he be on the airplane? What about all those steps at the Olympic venues?
We had lots of questions and very few answers.....but this would be a once in a lifetime experience for Billy Crippe.
At 7:30 we delivered Billy and his meager luggage to the Puzzlers residence. Shortly thereafter scrapper Bob came by with his Dodge Caravan and loaded everyone up to go to the airport. I don't think Bob got the word that Billy was going along as we had to leave Bob's RAGBRAI weary bicycle in the Puzzlers garage so that there would be room for Billy and Carol's seven bags. (No big shake....because Bob will probably not ride his bike until its time for next year's RAGBRAI)
We went along to the Eastern Iowa Airport (CID)to say so long to Billy for awhile....next stop would be O'Hare and then 16 hours in air to Beijing.
To say Billy was sweating it would be an understatement...but then the temp was 82F and the Humidity was 70%.
Check back...this could get interesting.
Fun and Games
12 years ago
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