A Day of Rest - Sort Of

No sightseeing today.   Art had to fly back to Sanford tonight so we slept in then packed the car.  You should note that the car, with just Chris and I, is packed from stem to stern all the time.  Now the trick was to get Art and his little suitcase in the car as well.  The valet came to the room and saw what we were traveling with and was so perplexed, he wanted to go get a second cart.   I informed him that it was not necessary and proceeded to direct the loading of the cart.  It was fun to watch him try to push the cart down the hall.  :).  

When we descended into the lobby of the hotel, the ramp was closed, so he was again perplexed as to how in the world he would get all the bags out to our car.   He decided to buck the line and went through the 'no entry' tape and bring the bags down the ramp.   At this point he just stood back and watched.   I think I won the prize for most bags stuffed into a Lincoln MKZ.   There was a seat for all of us, and all the bags were in and we could see out the back window.

Off to lunch then drop Art at the airport.   His flight was supposed to depart at 7:25pm and we got him there at 3pm.   There was not a soul around. The airport was closed up tight but he wanted to wait it out.  
We did receive a message from him that the flight was delayed again, but only one hour this time.

Meanwhile, Chris and I began our drive to the Big Apple.  We have reservations in Binghamton, the halfway point.  Art had programmed Gigi Garmin for us so off we went on our next adventure.  After a little more than three hours, we made it to the programmed hotel . . .  but they did not have our reservations.  'Is this Vestal Drive?'   No. That is about ten minutes away.  So off we go again, looking  for our hotel.. Now Gigi acts up a lot having us doing u-turns or going in circles, ending up where we started, but this city is crazy.  You have to do u-turns to get to the other side of the street.  Anyway, we are settled in our room for the night.  We had dinner at a local Outback, and Chris is taking  after his Nanny with style.  He got to eat free tonight.  Some days just go like that.

I am doing laundry as we type.  Thank goodness they have two washers and two dryers here.  It is going much faster tonight.  Can not wait to lay my head down on a pillow and catch up on some much needed sleep.  Good night!