Pat and I are on our way to the Bahamas. This time by plane, not by boat. Because the flight to Florida is at 5:45am, we decided to stay at a hotel near the airport the night before. The hotel is in a big hotel complex near the airport, and there are several Marriott hotels here. We stopped at the first one we saw, but it was the wrong Marriott. So we drove around the various hotels until we found our Marriott with our prepaid reservation. But they had no power. So we went back to our first stop and checked in there.

There were several items from the boat I needed for this trip. But I forgot to grab the straps for my glasses. Now there is story about my glasses strap. You see, when I came back from my trip last year, my strap was not in the drawer where it is supposed to be. How could I lose it on a 36’ boat? Where could I have put it? I never found it. But coming back to now, I had no strap for this trip. On the way to the airport, I reached into my coat pocket, not a coat I usually wear, and pulled out the missing glasses strap. So apparently, I started packing for this trip many months ago!