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Aug 3-Aug 12, 2019

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With Buddy at the kennel the previous afternoon, Andrew's Transportation will pick us up at 0500 to take us to the Allentown Airport. UA3785 departs at 0800 for Chicago, arriving at 0910. UA4511 departs Chicago at 1140, arriving in St. Louis at 1140. Mears Transportation will take us to Drury Plaza at the Arch and will transport Patsy as well when her flight from Chicago arrives at 1546. After Patsy joins us, we'll go to dinner at Carmine's Steakhouse.

At 0400, it’s 68o with light fog on our 45th anniversary. Mark, Andrew’s Transportation, picked us up at 0500 and took us to Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE). We went through security and had a breakfast croissant (9.28) and a Tito’s Bloody Marie (11). We boarded after disagreements over carry-on baggage with the gate attendant insisting there was no overhead space when, indeed, there was. We pushed back at 0754 and were wheels up on Runway 6 at 0802 EDT. At 0850 CDT we landed in Chicago (ORD). It was a long hike from gate F28 to gate C7, and when we got there, we went to Wicker Park Bar and had a pair of huge shrimp cocktails (22) with a Sam Adams (11) for me and a glass of pinot gregio (15.50) for Lew. We boarded at 1100 and I visited with the pilots before pushback and wheels up on 9R at 1133. At 1216, early, we landed in St. Louis. It took a long time for our bags to show up and I had to call Mears looking for Douglas, who arrived shortly thereafter. Following a quick ride downtown, he deposited us at the Drury Plaza at the Arch. We checked in to Room 704 and had brief naps. Douglas returned with Patsy and she checked in to 984. Soon thereafter, she discovered she had left her cell phone in Douglas’s car. A call to Mears and to the missing phone made the necessary connections and the phone was back, and charging, at 1645. We went down for free cocktails at 1730 in the hotel and it was quite the cattle call and we didn’t even try for a 2nd drink. We went directly next door, to Carmine’s, for dinner. From there it was the short walk back to the hotel, and, at 2010, and 82o - bed.

Bags are packed - Ready to go Bloody Mary Breakfast Croissant Wicker Park Menu Sam Adams Pinot Shrimp Cocktail [Double]