Hello fans we are off again on our way to seek adventure and fun but in reality I am just looking for food and baseball. Unfortunately no baseball is planned for this trip. Instead we are on our way to Iceland in search of the Northern Lights. I hear that they are spectacular and my friend Allen told me he got to see them from the cockpit of an airplane. That was years ago when airlines would on occasion let passengers visit the pilots. Allen is very old. I am too young to remember those days.
Followers of this blog are most likely saying right now, “Guarantee, no northern lights on this trip”. Readers might remember when we went to Brazil and Argentina and saw some fantastic sights but the attraction that brought me there was Christ the Redeemer. Unfortunately we didn’t get the view I had hoped (see below).
Then there was the trip to Nashville on August 21, 2017 to see the total eclipse of the sun. We saw some incredible views but just moments before totality, cloud cover prevented us from seeing what people, just a few miles away, told me was spectacular (go ahead pour salt in my open wound).
Let’s hope this time will be different. Well more about that later. Now we are on our way to New York City. Our plan is to make a short jump from New York to Reykjavik (bet you didn’t think I could spell that one) rather than a more grueling flight from Los Angeles. Also this way we can ease into the time change (Iceland is 7 hours ahead of Los Angeles). New York offers Broadway and great restaurants and we love both. I promised Patrice that this would not be a baseball trip but I did notice that the Cleveland Indians will be in town to play the Yankees in the first round of the American League playoffs. I mentioned that to Patrice and she started to cry. I guess this doesn’t look like it will be a baseball trip.
The flight from LA has been great. Take off was smooth and so has been the flight to this point. We are currently somewhere over Ohio.
Patrice and I watched the movie “Snatched” with Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn. It made me laugh but it was very silly at times. After the movie we compared notes. Patrice said she liked it. I said it was kind of stupid to which she replied, “Sometimes I like stupid things” and was staring at me when she said it. Was that a message to me?
Landing soon so I better sign off.
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