Well, I have now loaded all the pictures to the blog that I had intended to post. In all, there are a total of over 1300 pictures we took, so only a small portion are on this blog. I just completed the entries with the pictures for the 22nd, 23rd and 24th. We took no pictures on our return to Syracuse on the 25th, that I could find I think we were just happy to be getting home, as the traveling was beginning to make us tired, and the change of time back to the east coast was more tiring than the trip west….

I have completed the loading of additional blog entries for 8/20 and 8/21 tonight. As before, to view these two dates, just click on the date on the calendar in the right sidebar. It will give you a portion of the text along with the title. Chronologically, the new entries will start at the bottom of the page. If you click on the Title of the last article for the date, it will go to that post. From there, you can move up through the posts chronologically by clicking on the link at the bottom right of each post.

If you have not seen the posts before the 20th and 21st, then start with the last date you viewed, and go forward from there using the link at the bottom right of each post.

I have completed the loading of additional blog entries for 8/18 and 8/19 tonight. I have edited and sized all the pictures for the entire vacation blog, and will be posting more over the next couple evenings.

To view these two dates, just click on the date on the calendar in the right sidebar. It will give you a portion of the text along with the title. Chronologically, the new entries will start at the bottom of the page. If you click on the Title of the last article for the date, it will go to that post. From there, you can move up through the posts chronologically by clicking on the link at the bottom right of each post.

We are finally home!! Our flight from Newark was delayed about 2 hours, but we finally got into Syracuse about 7:30, picked up our luggage and Wally was waiting to pick us up about a half mile from the airport. We were on our way to dinner at Cracker Barrel in Cicero before 7:45.

After a relaxing dinner and ride home, we got into the house about 10:45. I can’t remember if I posted it to the blog or not, but while we were away, Karen found our upstairs toilet leaking water all over the place, and ended up turning off the water at the house main valve. Upon returning home, I discovered that the toilet tank has a pressure crack down the entire back left corner, exactly what Karen thought had happened…. So, I have managed to get the water supply shut off to the toilet and restored water to the rest of the house… Now it’s time to head to bed.

As time permits over the next few days or week, I will post more pictures to the blog into their respective date/time slots. I will put a note in the current time/most recent entries to let everyone know where the pictures have been posted date-wise.

Well, our final flight of the trip is the only flight that has been
delayed… We should be well on our way to Syracuse now, but we are not
even scheduled to depart until 6:10pm now (1h 20m delay).

We also heard from Karen that there were a couple severe thunderstorms
around our house this afternoon, so it looks like we may be coming home
to a dark house. Karen says Turin Road and Route 46 are both closed due
to powerlines and trees in the road….