I MADE IT!!!!!!(josh)

So,

after about 12 different things going wrong on the arduous journey to the airport including construction, delays at my bank, stopping for gas at the wrong place, and everything taking longer then expected, I was informed at the airport at 12:01 pm on tuesday that I needed to be there at 11:57am at the latest, and they therefore could not let me on my plane scheduled to embark at 12:27 from Reno(I only had carryon), possibly the unbusiest airport ever! Anyways, Ive never been so mad in this post 911 era, and got quite angry with the personnel at continental desk, but alas, this did nothing for me, despite the fact that they could have pulled a string or two for me had they really wanted to I believe.

Anyways I got on my plane yesterday with plenty of time to spare(even though I of course was sent to secondary security due to my late attempt at getting on the plane the day before) and had a quite uneventful pair of flights to Paris. So we made it, tomorrow we head for wine country! I am excited to be here. It is definitely much more to take in then when I was 12, as I seem to find happens everywhere to me, and I cant wait to see some of the old haunts!

Here is a Pic of us, we will update it as the group grows over the next few weeks. The trip can only get better.