Successful Landing

Mom and dad took us to the airport in Atlanta, Georgia Tuesday, February 22. With pluto in his crate, a HUGE suitcase which weighed 50 pounds, and two carry-ons, we made our way to the airport. It's bittersweet saying goodbye, and really, I don't like referring to it as a goodbye because I will see them again next month. So, anyway, Dad practically ran back to the car after hugging me because he didn't want to cry, and Mom gave me the longest hug I've ever had. When we checked in, the lady at the counter ALMOST didn't let Pluto on the plane. So, as we are arguing this issue, I realized I forgot my phone in the car. Could I possibly forget one more thing? I don't know where my mind has gone. Mom and Dad made their way back to the airport and I grabbed my phone.

By that time, Pluto received the okay to fly and Scott and I dropped him off at the special luggage counter. That's when I almost started crying. He was looking through the bars of the cage wondering why in the world I was leaving him there. It was so sad, but seven hours, three cookies, two coffees (one of which the flight attendant spilled on my lap), one liter of water, and two Pepto tablets later, we finally landed and I picked Pluto up. We left Atlanta in good, cool weather to land in Portland with very cold weather. We picked up Scott's truck and made the hour drive from Portland to McMinnville.

On the way to our temporary home in the motor home, he was schooling me with the local names. One cool fact about McMinnville, Oregon is that the guy who founded the city was from McMinnville, Tennessee! My lesson consisted of pronunciation the cities here.
Willamette: not pronounced "willuh-met" - it is "will-AM-et"
Lafayette: not pronounced "luh-fay-et" - it is "LAH-fay-et"
Locals call McMinnville "Mac"
And one thing I have to get used to is not using the "uh" sound in place of my vowels like we do in the south.
Other cities around Mac that remind us of back home are Dayton, Lafayette, Bethel and Albany (where Scott lived when we first met).

When we pulled up to the motorhome, there was a huge sign in the windshield saying "Welcome to Oregon Scott and Jessi" and "just married" painted on the windows beside it. We walked in to find all sorts of goodies such as home-made bread, granola bars, fruit, chocolate, and sparkling pear juice. There was also Marion-berry jam which is SO TASTY! It was so nice of Scott's aunt and uncle to do that for us. We are so blessed to have so many amazing people in our life.

So that concludes the trip out here...