Our trip to the UK was a whirlwind tour. We saw lots of family, but unfortunately I was not able to take my bike with me :-) We left Phoenix on Saturday morning, flew to Charlotte, NC, then got on our connecting flight to London. Sunday was our 11th wedding anniversary, so our present was to upgrade our seats for the tranatlantic flight to business class. It was a nice present, but the funny part is that even though we had the "bigger" seats, Wendy decided to sleep on the floor. She said she was more comfortable, but I'm not so sure.
When we arrived in London, we went straight to the car rental agency and picked up our car, and started our drive to Scotland - an 8 hour drive!! Jet lagged!! and pouring rain!!! It was not fun. Wendy drove at the start - she didn't trust me driving on the other side of the road - but eventually I took over, at least for a little while. We took turns driving and finally made it up to Wendy's parents house in Crieff, Scotland. We spend 3 nights there. Did a little walking, some running, and lots of eating and drinking.
We left Wednesday and returned South to visit sister #1 - Sue (and her husband Mike and son Daniel). We had a nice picnic and later on, we went out to dinner. Next stop was Friday morning to visit sister #2 - Pam (and husband Steve, son Ben, and daughter Kate). We had never met Kate (now 5 years old) so it was great to meet her. Wendy's brother Steve (and wife Claire and new born baby Emily) joined us at Pam's house for dinner.
I know Wendy really enjoyed being with everyone in her family since we don't get to come back as often as we should. I had a good time seeing everyone, but I had more fun playing with the kids. All of them are gems. Very different personalities, but all good kids.
We made a commitment to go back again every year to see everyone and see the kids grow up. Pictures will be posted soon.
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