Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Another Adventure Begins

Today we started another adventure. We are off to visit friends in Massachusetts and then together we continue on to Malta. We started our day around 5:30am when we left Santa Fe and headed to Albuquerque. We arrived at the Sunport, checked in, made our way through security (which turned out to be quite pleasant - all the agents were friendly and were smiling), and then continued on to our gate. We had about an hour wait for boarding so we read until then. The boarding process was long and ridiculous. We started boarding at 8:35am and the last people got settled at 9:25am and we didn't leave until 9:40am - the flight was scheduled to leave at 9:15am. It was a long flight - 3 hours and 40 minutes. We read for most of the flight and also took a short nap. Finally we landed in Baltimore at 3:05pm. Our next flight left at 4:05pm so we had an hour. Thankfully our next gate was only a short walk away. We arrived at the gate and waited about 10 minutes and then they started the boarding process. This time it was much quicker and we left Baltimore on time. The flight to Manchester was only 1 hour and 25 minutes. I closed my eyes and must have dozed off because before I knew it we were landing. Once we landed it took us only 20 minutes to get off the plane, walk to baggage claim and get our bags. Deanne and Dave were waiting in the cell phone lot and once we had our bags we texted them and they came and picked us up.

We drove to Westminster, Massachusetts and went to dinner at The 1761 Old Mill. It was a great place with windows over looking the stream, water rushing over rocks and a large fireplace with a welcoming fire. We had drinks and dinner and visited. Thomas had teriyaki steak and I had garlic shrimp and chicken. With all dinners they serve corn fritters and pecan rolls. Everything was delicious. After an hour and a half we left the restaurant and headed for Deanne and Dave's house. We got settled in our room and then we all sat in the living room and visited for a while.

It has been a long day and now we need some rest. Tomorrow we just hang out in Leominster and get a few last minute things done before leaving for Malta on Thursday.

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