Jacksonville

Well, after an awful lot of drama, we made it to the south. We flew out of MN on Sat. in the midst of a huge snow storm which caused flights all over the midwest to be delayed and/or canceled. We were rerouted through Atlanta on our way to Charleston (we were supposed to go to Cincinnati) and by the time we finally landed in Atlanta, at midnight, there were no flights left. Finally after waiting in line for 2 hours, we found out at 2 am that we were rebooked for the 7:30 am flight to Charleston. So we attempted to sleep in the airport, attempted being the key word there. They play CNN all night long on all the TVs at full volume. They also simultaneously play Christmas carols on the PA system, and vacuum incessantly. So we didn't sleep. Here is Chuck in line to be rebooked at 1:30 AM. We made it to SC but our luggage didn't. So we left for Florida without it, stopping at Walmart to pick up what we needed for 2 days. We had a wonderful 2 days in Florida with Chuck's friends Nate and Jodi! We met with the pastor who will be performing our wedding, and saw several of his other friends. We just wish we could have had more time there! We also went to the beach super early Tues. morning to collect sand for the unity sand we are going to do for our wedding (I am going to get sand from Seattle). This was my 1st east coast sunrise and it was gorgeous!