We flew out of Tel Aviv at 8 AM in the morning and as you might have guessed, calculating 2 hours for check in on an international flight and getting through security, plus travel time to get to the airport which was 45 minutes away from the marina, we were up at 4:00 AM!!!! Yikes, we still had to pack everything up and it was 10pm before we got back to the boat. Plus, we needed showers and this marina had them! Hmmm.... would 2 hours be enough time for security?
Not a lot of green to this county
We left Carl's boat a complete mess at O'Dark 30 and had to fight the drunks from the bar as they tried to steal our pre arranged cab. We had a short hop from Tel Aviv to Jordan, straight up straight down. Then from there we flew Royal Jordanian Airlines, which was awesome, good hot meals and free drinks, to Chicago. We then switched to American Airlines. They announced they had 2 roast beef sandwiches for the packed plane and it would cost $10 to get one. All I can say is I wish we had some time to explore Jordan specially would love to see Petra. (That's the site of the final battle scene in the last Transformers Movie.)
All our "free" goodies
Any airline with a crown on it, is my kind of Airline - Meow! As most of you know, we came back to San Francisco, but only for a limited time. Brian needed to get his 100 ton captains license and we both needed a break. It was good to be home.
Although we were busy, Brian studying and me working, we still managed to fit in some time to do stuff/see some people, eat some crab, smoke some salmon. Thanks to all who re-arranged schedules to make it happen.
Next up: Drive back down to La Paz, Mexico, picking up parts and pieces along the way, and attempt No. 2 at the Pacific Puddle Jump; a sail from Mexico to French Polynesia. We then will cruise the islands of the south pacific with a final destination in New Zealand.
Warm Weather here we come!
