Returning home from Florida

We woke around 5:30, did our morning German lessons then came downstairs.  Mary finished packing. We left our shorts and T-shirts, since we would be back in just a few weeks and wouldn’t be wearing those clothes in Kentucky until then. Mark and I took the dogs out for the morning walk. When we were nearly back to the house from our walk, a large opossum sauntered out into the road, saw Jade coming at her and dashed back into the palmetto as fast as possible. Jade pulled on the leash with everything in her wanting to get at the frightened animal while Mark and I laughed at the situation. Afterwards Mark and I repositioned the pull chains in the bedroom ceiling fans so the speeds can be adjusted.

We were loaded and on the road to the airport by 7 am. Traffic was bad, but we had left in time to arrive at the airport for the flight. We had checked in the night before and only had to check our large bag and go through security. Our Global Entry cards expedited our security check, and we were at the gate in the tiny Clearwater airport well before our 10:30 flight home.

The two-hour flight went quickly with both of us reading and snacking on the Corn Nuts and Chex Mix that we brought along. There was only a little turbulence, and we arrived at CVG before 1 pm. We missed our shuttle from the airport to the Hilton where we parked and had to wait for the 1:45 shuttle. We didn’t especially like going from the 80s in Florida to the 20s in Cincinnati.

We made a quick stop in Florence to pick up some groceries at Aldi and Walmart before driving the hour back to Georgetown. We stopped at the Georgetown Kroger Pharmacy to pick up an item for me then dropped a few items off for Emily, Ian and Thomas. Back at home we started unpacking and getting into our usual home routines. We were looking forward to returning to Florida on March 1.