Today Gary was scheduled to leave Minneapolis at 6am to go to Milwaukee for a connecting flight to Tampa. Well, because of a hydraulic leak on the plane, the flight was delayed. Finally, at noon, the plane had been fixed and Gary was on his way to Milwaukee. Obviously, the flight to Tampa ha already left and there was no way he could get on another flight to Tampa today. Instead, he asked them to fly him into Atlanta. He figured Ese could then start the drive (since ultimately they had to go through Atlanta anyway) and pick him up at the Atlanta airport. Well, Ese's car broke down about an hour 1/2 away from Atlanta. What a mess! Ed sent his friends to the Atlanta airport to pick him up and told them to stay at a hotel for tonight. Luckily, from what I have read in texts, they are all reunited and will get a trailer for Ese's car first thing tomorrow morning. The original plan was for Gary and Ese to drive the little 2-seater (without AC) CRX to Cali, but now that will not be possible.
Despite everything going wrong today, when Gary called to tell me, he was laughing. He found it so humorous and said, "I actually really like being left alone with nobody I know in an unknown state." It made me so thankful for him, because in his shoes I'd be freaking out... I'm so happy he is still looking forward to this road trip, and that he can laugh about it :)
Still pray for him...
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