Friday - Getting in

Arrival day for most of us.

Brian & Lucy had flown in on Thursday, and spent that day touring a bit of Edinborough, and relaxing.

Cameron flew into Edinborough early Friday morning, and took transit down to Glasgow.

I flew into Glasgow and waited for everyone to convene. The jet lag wasn't too bad, as it was only 5am EST when I arrived. Had a full flight, but British Airways provides GREAT service! I spent the time waiting to get my luggage out to the rental car, and make all the arrangements necessary there.

Casey picked up Cameron and Brian & Lucy and then met me at the Glasgow airport. At that point, we were waiting for Joe and Margaret to arrive, and then in a few more hours, Sandi and Lance and Karen.

We spent the time catching up, and bantering, as seen in this:

'For(e) a Wedding from Larry Kuhlman on Vimeo.

As to followups to topics raised in the video:

• No, we did NOT have kickball at the lodge, as the wind never would have allowed the ball to be still! Plus it was raining, and about 40 degrees (F)
• Yes, we DID figure out something to eat. The airport restaurant.

And then, after Sandi and Lance and Karen arrived, we crammed the luggage into 2 cars, and all but Casey headed out to Knockinaam Lodge. I was in the lead, as I had a GPS in the car, which Cameron managed, with Brian and Lucy in the back seat. We only had a couple of incidents during the almost 3 hour journey:

• Driving on the Left side of the road has it's own set of challenges. Taking turns thru intersections takes concentration. I automatically swung to the right side of the intersection on 2 occasions. Oops. I am sure Lance (who was driving the trailing car) and company had a laugh or two at that.
• Also, trying to concentrate on navigating traffic through traffic lights gave occasion for Lance to be left with a "red light decision" on a couple of occasions. Both times his choice was to soldier on.
• And as we got within a mile of the Lodge, the GPS gave us a wrong heading, and we just blindly trusted it, and went straight, when there was a sign pointing to the Lodge, clearly indicating a left turn. We got about 3/4 of a mile on up the single lane road with hefty ditches on each side, when we noticed Lance and company were no longer behind us. Oops. We waited, then I figured we needed to find them, so I backed up the entire way, back to the intersection, where we figured out that THEY had paid attention, and turned at the sign.