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Ready to go...
Reading in RDU
Movie time
Nick in La Serena
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Off to La Serena |
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The entire Clemens family, Georgie, Rebecca, Nick, Jack and Gus are
going with Chris to La Serena to help install the Goodman Spectrograph. Follow
their trip in real-time (or as T- mobile is available) on this page.
6:00 p.m. June 15: Here we are at RDU airport... only 2 hours before the flight. Ok, so Dad is a little hyper. Still, patience is a virtue all young travellers must learn. |
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Gus's first rule of travel: never go anywhere without candy.
7:50 p.m. Wheels up. Jack: "I never get to fly like this, we're almost into space." Gus: (at full volume) "We're Gonna Crash!" |
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7:55 p.m. Climbing to Altitude Gus: "Can we go home now?" Jack: "Why do airplanes have wheels?" Gus: "Time to go upside down." Together: "I'm starving, mom." |
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8:45 So far uneventful flight from RDU to Miami. Nick and Becca are playing video games, Jack is looking at his "Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe" comic book. Gus is playing knights and coloring book, and Georgie is studying Spanish. As for me, what can I say? Power inverters are great for workaholics |
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9:30 p.m. In Miami One airport is much like another.... However, the Miami Airport was the site of an "incident" that might have delayed our travel 24 hours. Recall the incomparable Gene Wilder in "Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory". His flat "no, don't, stop" was completely ignored, and the result was a big blueberry girl and other disasters. Need any more be said on the subject of listening? |
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10:30 p.m. As adults in an airport, we mostly stay
strangers. Not so for kids. I have no idea who these children
are, but the girl was really bossy. Jack and Gus didn't mind at
all.
Gus apparently does not understand that it is not advantageous in a game of hide and seek to call out "I'm under here". But I suppose if you enjoy being found more than winning it's the right thing to do. The best line of the day goes to Nick, without looking up from his Gameboy: "They're not twins, they just have the same haircut." |
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8:50 a.m. June 16 Santiago at last. We are debating who exactly St. Iago is... Certainly Iago has to be an underused name. Perhaps we can save it for number 5, if any. Children can sleep in an amazingly small space, so they are refreshed. Don't ask about the adults. |
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3:30 p.m. June 16 The aftermath. Gus played outside our house in La Serena until he could go no further. Here he is asleep in his Recinto bed after a safe arrival in La Serena. Daddy went down at this time to the Gemini Lab where the optics for the Goodman Spectrograph were delivered Monday, and they appear to have arrived safely too. |
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4:30 p.m. June 16 Tim Abbott is probably sorry he dropped by to see us (with son Alex). Watch out, they bite. Here ends the trip blog. Tune in again soon for La Serena pictures and more chaos. |
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