Our travels to Nassau today went very smoothly! I am sitting here writing you from a corner in the lobby of our hotel, the Towne Hotel, a very quaint place that is also providing seating space for about 7 other hotel patrons to work on their laptops, while a young woman and I work on the computers provided. However, the internet is running slowly, so I will try to update the blog tomorrow with pictures rather than tonight!
The Phoenix contingent of our team arrived at Sky Harbor this morning before 5:30 a.m., breezed through check-in and security, and then left for Atlanta in an on-time flight! Once we arrived in Atlanta, Todd, Craig, and Emily quickly grabbed lunch, because they were catching the flight to Nassau before the rest of us. We waited at our gate for a few hours; meanwhile, Kathryn flew in from Michigan to round out our numbers, Derek, A.J., Ellen, and Dick played a great game of crazy rummy for an hour or so, while Alisa and I spent some very relaxing time coloring Disney pictures!
One highlight of the trip already is our flight to Nassau. While enroute, our pilot told us NASA would be launching a rocket at Cape Canaveral (sp?) that had been delayed a bit because of weather. Sure enough, as we passed the site, the rocket was catapulted into the air! Kathryn saw it happen since she was sitting on the left side of the plane; the rest of us had to be content with seeing the spiralling plume of white smoke it left behind it! I wonder if the plane would have leaned if we had all known to rush to that side of the plane the minute before it happened!
Once we arrived here, we collected our luggage, met up with the three who flew first, and traveled in the van they had arranged to bring us here. We quickly dropped off our luggage and then walked over to Conche Fritters for a dinner that hit the spot--conche chowder, conche burgers, and conche fritters were popular choices among our group.
Don't know when I'll get a chance to add more--tomorrow will probably be another crazy day, and we won't have a handy hotel lobby that provides free internet at the end of the day! So I will probably report on our adventures sometime Monday. Enjoy the rest of your weekend. We will think of you all as we saunter through the turquoise waters on the beach tomorrow!
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That's awesome you were able to witness the launching of a rocket from Cape Canaveral! What are the odds that you'd be flying by at launch time?!
ReplyDeleteI hear conche fritters and chowder is delicious but I have not experienced it. What did the group think? Did most of them like it that tried it? What was the group's overall favorite conche food?
Hi, Jeannette. I had the chowder which was good, but the conch (and we've since learned it's pronounced conk, maybe you already knew that being from closer to the ocean!) the conch burger was NOT a hit. The two guys who ordered the conch fritters enjoyed them, but one was my son who basically enjoys any kind of food! Our group is loving this trip!
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