Shivering on the 49th Parallel
Thursday, August 28, 2008

So this is it.

I'm booked on one of the "extra sections" that Cayman Airways is flying to Miami tonight at 7:40pm. I'll get to Miami close to 10:00 and then tomorrow morning I can start looking for a way to get to Vancouver that won't cost me an arm,leg, my xbox and my firstborn male child.

Worst case I park my luggage in the storage area and go sack out in a pew in the chapel up on the 4th floor by the post office. It's always dark, quiet and air conditioned in there.

 

It isn't exactly how I pictured leaving Cayman, especially after 10 years, but I really have no good reason to stick around. If I did, I'd have to sit here in the dark, sweating my sac off with no air conditioning and maybe even no water, if the power and water are off. It's also costing me more to do all this last-minute stuff, but whatever... better than sweating it.

Unless I feel the need to post from the departure lounge at the airport, this will be my last post from Grand Cayman as a resident and local living urban legend. :)

Thursday, August 28, 2008 12:18:04 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00) | Comments [4] | Cayman | Hurricane | Travel#
Thursday, August 28, 2008 1:45:47 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
Happy Landings!!! I wish you everything of the best and think you made a wise choice by leaving a bit early. It might even be a blessing in disguise, giving you less time to look at everything and think "this is the last time...."!! I'm a bit of a drip about things like that!!!! However, I'll miss my "hurricane reporter"...I am a bit worried about my husband who WILL be sweating it out, hopefully it won't be tooooooo bad.
Once again, all the best and I'll keep reading docjelly even if you aren't based in Cayman any more.
Cheers,
Marion
Friday, August 29, 2008 12:18:20 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
God Speed. I first came upon your blog just after Ivan and have been checking in ever since. Will sure miss your input on Cayman.
Friday, August 29, 2008 1:27:37 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
Good luck gettin' outta there. It's been great reading your blog and it was nice to meet you a couple years ago (remember that party at Cocoplum?) I'll have to have BHB lemme know if the place floated away. Best of luck. ~P
Saturday, August 30, 2008 1:29:43 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
You couldn't just leave quietly... :-)

Glad you are safely off the rock and thinking of those still on the island. News in the U.S. (which as usual lacks perspective of any location outside of our shores) is that Grand Cayman did not take a direct hit and damage amounted to downed trees and power lines. Hope that is the extent of it...

Good luck making it back to Vancouver!

Sharon
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