this isn't what did ON the vacation, it's what happened at the end.

whenever i fly anyplace i always see someone who flies from somewhere warm to somewhere cold. he's still wearing sandals, shorts and some hawaiin shirt without a jacket.

so, i'm thinking 'hey, i walk around in the middle of the night, with the heat all the way down, on the cold tile floors. how hard is it to go from the warm airport lobby in sandals, out to a cab three steps away, right?' wrong, of course.

we get our luggage off the carousel and call our reliable cab company, in our town, to come and get us. they say no way. they're not going out at all.

okay, cool. out on the sidewalk there's a booth for an airport fleet cab driver operator. we go outside and the wind is picking up. it's around 12:a.m. there's a line of people waiting for a cab and we're last in line and the snow is getting harder. the cabs are coming in for pickups at a very slow rate because of the icing conditions. the dispatch operator sends us all inside the lobby door to
wait. we're waiting, waiting, waiting. everyone has taken their turn and there's no cab for us. we are deciding to sleep in the airport and deal with this in the a.m. i take a last peek outside and lo! and behold! a cab!

he agrees to take us home for the airport fleet rate and off we go. the snow is piling up. we drive at the speed of snails, with the guy stopping every mile to scrape ice off the wipers using a screwdriver. halfway home, he asks if he can make a stop at the next rest room. so, creep, scrape, creep, scrape, and so on.

finally we get home to our house. the plow has been down the street and the snow is piled up to my waist. i can't climb over it, because it keeps giving way, so i'm tumbling into it, giggling like an overtired fool. i push my way through and start high-stepping over the lawn toward the front door. my feet are frozen and halfway to the door i realize that between the cab and the house i lost my sandal. now, there's no holding me back. i am hysterical laughing. the sandal is white. i know i won't see it again until spring comes. my feet are so cold i expect to have my toes amputated.

by the time we paid off the cab, with a healthy tip for taking his life in his hands, it was after 3 a.m. it should have been a 1/2 hour drive. i'm still tired.

that's how we ended our vacation. we should have stayed there.

Okay, I had to laugh out loud when you said your sandal was white! Oh, I am so glad we don't have to deal with snow down here in Louisiana. A lot of rain, but not much of the white stuff.

See Butterfly, that is why you don't wear white after Memorial day :wink: LOL Sorry just had to say ot ... it seemed so fitting

:shock: :lol::lol::lol: That is just darned funny!!! :D:D:D
But....it looked good on paper....right!!! :wink:

Welcome back, and glad you made it home safely even if you did lose your sandal. Considering where you live, you'll probably find it by tomorrow. I imagine the snow will melt right away.

So when may we expect vacation pictures and a full account of how it was?

Oh....my....goodness!!!!!! ROTFLMBO
I am laughing so hard I am almost crying!
Glad you are home safe...and with all your toes intact I hope!

Merry Christmas!

So, have you thought of taking up Winter Golf? Looks like you passed the test. ROFL.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

I have pictured it and it's the hit of my day. You win all snow sandle walking contests!

i kept all the toes and dh raked the snow. he found the missing sandal.
now i have a full set of each - toes, feet and sandals!

ROFLMBO
So glad to have you back!! :-D :-D :-D missed you!!!
And , if I were you, I would buy me a pair of black sandles :evil: :lol: :lol: :lol:

ninnie, if i were me, i'd wear shoes.

:)
lots2do

Have you thawed out yet? What an end to what I hope was a wonderful vacation!!!! Thanks for the laugh!

That's very, very good. I mean, what would you do if you had a full set of toes but not a full set of feet????

She wouldn't buy any sandals, that's for sure....unless she planned to walk on her hands!
B, me and hubby are sitting here in our Florida home and I am barefooted, so of course we can laugh. What an adventure for you and hubby and the cabbie!
I'm so glad you agreed to let the poor man stop and pee:lol:

Now that is just funny. :lol:

So tell us all about the cabana boys...

ahhhh! pictures soon to come. maybe not much too to look at, but boys who know how to move it.

I had to laugh as well - I hope you enjoyed your vacation!

:lol:

Oh geeze! Well at least you are home now in your warm house!

Hope your toes aren't frost bit!! LOL

Now I remember why I moved south. Thanx for the memories of snowbanks, traffic, snowplows, hazardous roads, ... its going into the 50's here today, but I'll take it.

Butterflywing, Didn't you go to the Dominican for your vacation? My husband and I are considering going there before spring 2010. Please post your pictures and let us all know how you liked/didn't like it. I've been waiting for you to get home so I could ask. Hope it was fabulous! Hope you'll give us lots of good advice!

I am still giggling over this one.....:lol: I am glad that you found your sandle :D:D:D
Can't wait to see more of your vacation pictures :shock: :wink:

i loved it and i wish we could have stayed forever. i don't know about the other resorts, but we were at Lifestyle Haciendas, which also has condos, villas, suites, etc., as well as the hotel part. they try to sell you up, but you can firmly say no, and then they don't try again.

I am just so curious, B?
Ok, so you were in this lovely, sunny place...but there was snow at home...what possessed you to stay in sandals, LoL?
DH have a foot fetish? :lol:

Funny story. Welcome back. We really missed you. You really liven up the forum.

Am glad you're all intack now, still had to laugh.
Thanks for makin my day! Please, wear shoes next time! heeheehee. Your a riot.

That is hystarical. Atleast you laugh at situations like that.
Me too. Laughter is the best medican. :-D
Glad you made home. Thanks for sharing your story. :lol:

when we left there was no snow at home, and we couldn't afford to stay forever anyway. re: the sandals - don't you always see those fools at the airport wearing summer clothes coming home to the northeast from florida? they're always wearing sandals. why can't i? now i know!!

butterfly wing.....

from MJ in NJ

We, at the coast here in Jersey, got more than usual and the most in a very long time..of that white stuff......We were able to get out of Jersey on the eve morning...but were bumper to bumper from Arlington, VA to Richmond......
it was terrible.

Christmas day, left Rocky Mount, NC at 7AM...going great until the rains started....so hard that we had to use the flashers so the cars in the rear could see us......
was that way for a good hour through SC..
conditions were good for about 10 miles into GA.........
and then the rains decided to come down there also.....
same conditions there as in SC.

We arrived safely at our Florida destination just in time for our DIL's dinner at 6PM

Will be keeping in touch from Florida for the next few months......

Happy New Year everyone..........MaryJane

BF - you made my day with your sandals and your high stepping across the lawn. If it had been me, I would have also peed my pants! I haven't had a close encounter with snow (except that brief freaky one in October)for a long, long time.

Gals - should we take up a collection to buy Barbara a 'proper' pair of shoes for New Jersey in December? Maybe not, though, because she does keep us supplied with laughter.

I am still chuckling over this... I can just see me making the same decision..same outcome LMBO

What an ending!!!!!