Monday, Sep 27, 1PM: Well, we’re in the air. Apparently over Nebraska. . We had an equipment problem at Salt Lake City so had to return to the repair shop. Either the wing fell off or it was some piece of online-equipment they had to have that wasn’t coming up on the screen. To quote the cap, “Good news. They had the part in stock. We’ll be on our way shortly.” Really wasn’t that bad a situation but we have 1 1/2 hrs in NYC to catch the plane to Tel Aviv. As we were getting ready to take off cap said we’re half an hour late but by our watches it was over an hour. Oh well, who knows? Prob the cap. Nice to know the Cap is in control anyway.
6:30PM EDT Cap says there’s some plane in the driveway, not moving, has a medical emergency and we just have to wait on the tarmac. After 25 min the other plane moves & we reach our gate. Now less than an hour to catch the next plane.
7:00PM EDT We have been standing in the aisle of our airplane. The door is not open yet after 15 min or so. Apparently the thing-a-ma-bob that runs the jetway isn’t working right and a repairman has been called to rectify the situation. As the stewardess says, “When it rains it pours.”
7:35PM EDT We were not the first off the plane. And when we got off took 5 min to find a screen giving us the gate for our next plane. We did an O. J. Simpson 62-yr-old style (no, we did not kill someone; we ran through the airport … okay, walked fast.) But alas, the gate was already closed. But 2 people besides us were already there pleading the cause. And believe it or not, they re-opened the gate to let us through. Had to go through security again but we are on board, sweaty, huffing & puffing, hungry (we were going to eat at JFK but the Lord knows Ron didn’t need to eat).
2PM Israeli Time Let’s see, another extra 30-40 min delay leaving JFK. The delay at least gave the luggage guys more time to get ours transferred. Arrived 1:40, security was surprisingly easy … once they knew we were part of a tour group they passed us right on through. Long wait for the 1st of our 4 bags to come crashing onto the carousel. But the ALL arrived, PTL. And NO CUSTOMS. Just welcome to Israel. 95 deg F. Muggy. Warm breeze in Tel Aviv.
Went to the Old Port of Joffa (Yafo, Joppa … think Jonah and some other OT stories). Then headed for Tiberias. Roamed around Tiberias (see photo from hotel room), which is on the Sea of Galilee. We can hardly wait to get to bed. It’s 8:45PM now which is 11:45AM Tues in Kalispell. Been up 31 hours. In the dark we drove through or past Caesarea, Nazareth, Nain, Mt Tabor (in the dark it was impressive, drove right by it), and a bunch of other places we are eager to see. But tomorrow. Gotta get some sleep! Had an Israeli lunch (don’t ask me what I had but Cindy had stuffed zucchini). And a milk shake & ice cream cone in the McDrive. Yes!!!!!
Enough for now. Will report less tomorrow!
6:30PM EDT Cap says there’s some plane in the driveway, not moving, has a medical emergency and we just have to wait on the tarmac. After 25 min the other plane moves & we reach our gate. Now less than an hour to catch the next plane.
7:00PM EDT We have been standing in the aisle of our airplane. The door is not open yet after 15 min or so. Apparently the thing-a-ma-bob that runs the jetway isn’t working right and a repairman has been called to rectify the situation. As the stewardess says, “When it rains it pours.”
7:35PM EDT We were not the first off the plane. And when we got off took 5 min to find a screen giving us the gate for our next plane. We did an O. J. Simpson 62-yr-old style (no, we did not kill someone; we ran through the airport … okay, walked fast.) But alas, the gate was already closed. But 2 people besides us were already there pleading the cause. And believe it or not, they re-opened the gate to let us through. Had to go through security again but we are on board, sweaty, huffing & puffing, hungry (we were going to eat at JFK but the Lord knows Ron didn’t need to eat).
2PM Israeli Time Let’s see, another extra 30-40 min delay leaving JFK. The delay at least gave the luggage guys more time to get ours transferred. Arrived 1:40, security was surprisingly easy … once they knew we were part of a tour group they passed us right on through. Long wait for the 1st of our 4 bags to come crashing onto the carousel. But the ALL arrived, PTL. And NO CUSTOMS. Just welcome to Israel. 95 deg F. Muggy. Warm breeze in Tel Aviv.
Went to the Old Port of Joffa (Yafo, Joppa … think Jonah and some other OT stories). Then headed for Tiberias. Roamed around Tiberias (see photo from hotel room), which is on the Sea of Galilee. We can hardly wait to get to bed. It’s 8:45PM now which is 11:45AM Tues in Kalispell. Been up 31 hours. In the dark we drove through or past Caesarea, Nazareth, Nain, Mt Tabor (in the dark it was impressive, drove right by it), and a bunch of other places we are eager to see. But tomorrow. Gotta get some sleep! Had an Israeli lunch (don’t ask me what I had but Cindy had stuffed zucchini). And a milk shake & ice cream cone in the McDrive. Yes!!!!!
Enough for now. Will report less tomorrow!
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