Rhode Island Pit Stop

Hello Friends!

Well, we are off on our first leg of the trip! We flew out Yesterday evening about 10 pm, one-way to Rhode Island. Everything went smoothly, all four of our checked backs were spot on for weight. For those who haven’t flown recently, the airport requires all checked bags to be less than 50 lbs, and there’s hefty fine if you go over. If you do go over the next fee is at 70 lbs. We had no choice on two of them, but the trick is to get as close to the 70 lbs with out going over. At home we were using my parents ancient scale to weigh the bags, but couldn’t be sure how accurate it was. When we got to the airport it was like a Game Show! We would put the bag in the scale and be tortured while it calculated the weight. First was…… 40… 50… 60… 69.6 lbs! Yay! The second ……40… 50… 60… 69.8 lbs. Woohoo! Third… 30…40…49.5 lbs! Last was …30… 40… 50… 50.5 lbs! Awww… Fortunately they let us check the bag since it was so close. I wish that was the end of it, but we get to play this game again on our next flight to Guyana. Stay tuned for round two!


So now we are staying with Lara’s brother and Sister in Law's, Kelly and Robin Kuenzi. Its actually quite humid here in Rhode Island, so it’s a perfect acclimation point before Guyana. You wouldn’t believe the Thunder storms we are having here though. We woke up to one while trying to nap and nearly had a heart attack. One of the lightning strikes we so close Lara ran downstairs to look for a fire or smoke! But it was just Robin making toast, haha!

So that’s the update so far, thanks for looking and we look forward to hearing from you soon!

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