We made it to the airport with little trouble and with so much time to spare they couldn't even check their luggage, which was annoying after having to haul it all day. All they wanted was to get rid of it!
As soon as we saw them through security we went to Enterprise to pick up our reserved car. We got a VW Polo, really nice little car, and headed to Blackpool. Should have been a 4 hour drive but there was an accident in Preston and it took us a little longer. We still got there in time to visit with my relatives Joan and Arthur before they headed to Scotland while we minded Eleanor.
The purpose of this part of the trip was solely to visit Eleanor who is my Grandmother's cousin. Eleanor is one of the most amazing and special people I have ever met. I feel blessed and lucky to have her in my life. We were hoping to get a chance to take her out a little but at 92 we weren't sure this would happen.
It did! First we spent the morning planting some flowers she had waiting for Rachel. It was fun. Then we went up to Fleetwood to do iChat with my parents and Holly and then went to Charity shops in Cleveleys. Rachel and I bought about $200 worth of clothing to wear to work, shirts and suits for about $40! I love Charity shops!
We had a great dinner of Fish & Chips and then delivered Eleanor back to her house and headed to our Bed & Breakfast. It is a great place, Norwood, with great food.
The next day we were more ambitious and headed to Tatton Park, about a 1 hour drive. It was well worth it, the flowers were truly amazing! The fun part was trying to push Eleanor's wheelchair through the deep gravel, over the grass, through the woods and over the roots. We managed it with no mishaps so we'll call it a success.
We went home after that and made Eleanor Pancakes. They don't have them in England and she loves them from her visits to the US. We said goodbye after dinner, went back to the B&B and packed.
Thursday went extremely well, long but well. No missed planes, lost luggage or anything. When we go to Denver we had texts about tornado warnings in Laramie, which actually hit! Our house was spared all but the back gate so we feel lucky. My parents drove us up, which was good because I fell asleep about 20 times, through the wind, snow, fog and mess that was left after the tornados. Talk about freaky!
Anyway, we're home now and getting caught up on some work and getting ready for the ski camp, yay!
It was a fantastic trip! You can find more pictures than you can possibly want to see online at http://picasaweb.google.com/boggsarosa2
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