On the Road Again - After Waiting on Weather

I'm lonely out here waiting for the storms to pass.

Finally "On the Road Again"

June 18 (Long Lake, WI)

This morning we left shortly after noon, and made it to Manistique, MI where we needed to fuel.  As we were getting close to the airport, there were storms approaching the area and we just got down in time to tie the airplane up before the storm arrived.  And now, at 5:30, we are STILL at that airport waiting for the weather to clear before heading on to Rice Lake, WI, where we were planning to spend the night with Jon & Alysa Bell.  We’ve been watching the radar all afternoon, and storms just keep popping up and here we sit waiting!  There was one little window where we could have left, but then waited too long and missed the opportunity, which Roger hasn’t been too happy about.  It’s pouring down rain again but after this is through we might be able to leave this evening yet.  If not, there is a motel right across the road, OR we could stretch out right here in the airport on the couches for the night.  (which do you think I would prefer??  J ) 

It’s just a very small airport and when we got here there was a guy that left at 2 pm and has left the place to us.  We needed fuel, so he had told Roger that if it’s after 2 (when it quits raining and we could fuel), he just should fill up, then call back the next day and tell them and they’ll get a credit card number.  Everything is unlocked, including the fuel pumps and the office.  There aren’t many places like that around anymore!  The whole thing is unlocked, and when we leave we should just shut the front door, but keep the airside door open in case someone else lands and wants fuel or the use of the facilities.  We hadn’t had any lunch, so we ordered a pizza to be delivered and now are catching up on phone calls, emails, and getting this started.  We did get out after the storms finally rolled through and landed at Shell Lake where Jon Bell came to pick us up.  Jon and Alsya are staying at her parent’s lake house on Long Lake, WI, and we sat on the deck after she put the kids to bed and talked.  It was a beautiful evening.  .  In the morning before we left Alysa & I took the kayak’s out on the lake – something I had never done before.   We also met their two sweet boys that we hadn’t seen before.  Jon & Alysa were in Botswana this last time when we had gone back in 2009, so were up on more recent news from there than the other folks we’ve been seeing!  JOLENE