An update.
Referring to this adventure as "The Tahoe" is fun.
Its source is Haejee, who referred to a set a twins in high school,
as a singular unit, "The Kalaen". Several of us meeting for Thanksgiving, one goal.
Sept. 17th: We meet at the Erhart RoadPeter's house. Lois prepared a delicious supper of garden-grown stuffed jalapeños, chicken, eggplant parmesan. Most delicious meal! Then we buckled down to price flights and discovered that Lois has poor broadband internet connection. I dare to say, it is non-existent. We decide to gather the next night at our house.
Sept. 18th: After hours of research, Lois and I purchase airline tickets. We are relieved to find great prices because the week of Thanksgiving blocks-out specials. We'll fly different airlines into Vegas, rent a car, and drive 6 hours to Tahoe.
Sept. 19th: I confirm prices on car rentals. We are in for a surprise. The information is different from the sheet of daily rates--unlimited mileage for weekly rates versus mileage with daily usage. Couple days later we discover we have one less mathematician in the family and there was a slight miscalculation on the distance from airport to cabin. The drive is over 8 hours. Giggling begins.
An aside: Evan and I had flight vouchers from a canceled flight on our return from visiting the CaliforniaPeters. After logging onto Delta, printing out 4 "live chat" conversations to verify the use of the vouchers, receiving approval to use one of Evan's vouchers for my flight, hour and a half later, my flight confirmation came through e-mail. I forwarded to our kids. Said bright, young-family members, with an eye for detail, let me know I was not the one booked for the flight. I contacted Delta to correct this. (Not without drama, accusations of fraudulence, and threat of persecution/jail time.) Anywho, the situation has been cleared up and Dad is not booked for the flight. He is, once again, riding the scooter with Reed, Diego and Emry (packing a tent and tire chains: vrrrroom).
**Note** When correcting the passenger information, the Delta manager stated they were not responsible for errors of policy violation when their employees misinform customers. Some employees are new and do not know all the policies.
Sept. 18th: After hours of research, Lois and I purchase airline tickets. We are relieved to find great prices because the week of Thanksgiving blocks-out specials. We'll fly different airlines into Vegas, rent a car, and drive 6 hours to Tahoe.
Sept. 19th: I confirm prices on car rentals. We are in for a surprise. The information is different from the sheet of daily rates--unlimited mileage for weekly rates versus mileage with daily usage. Couple days later we discover we have one less mathematician in the family and there was a slight miscalculation on the distance from airport to cabin. The drive is over 8 hours. Giggling begins.
An aside: Evan and I had flight vouchers from a canceled flight on our return from visiting the CaliforniaPeters. After logging onto Delta, printing out 4 "live chat" conversations to verify the use of the vouchers, receiving approval to use one of Evan's vouchers for my flight, hour and a half later, my flight confirmation came through e-mail. I forwarded to our kids. Said bright, young-family members, with an eye for detail, let me know I was not the one booked for the flight. I contacted Delta to correct this. (Not without drama, accusations of fraudulence, and threat of persecution/jail time.) Anywho, the situation has been cleared up and Dad is not booked for the flight. He is, once again, riding the scooter with Reed, Diego and Emry (packing a tent and tire chains: vrrrroom).
Meanwhile, Emry (doing homework) and Landon sat in the living room watching Planes, Trains and Automobiles. (Lady in the airport on the movie is saying, "Gobble, gobble.") Lois discovers that her flight confirmation has not come through, but Landon's and Emry's has. Are Lois' children flying without her?
A few days later, her flight confirmation is verified. We roll up our sleeves, start looking for best car rental options--she, researching websites; me, talking with Hertz.
We've had a lot of laughs, which included watching Jamie and Matt's owl video:
A few days later, her flight confirmation is verified. We roll up our sleeves, start looking for best car rental options--she, researching websites; me, talking with Hertz.
We've had a lot of laughs, which included watching Jamie and Matt's owl video:
http://theperezes.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-tragic-tale-of-mr-owl.html
We are looking forward to this adventure that began with a great idea to get together for the holiday.
We are looking forward to this adventure that began with a great idea to get together for the holiday.
Thank you, Mike and Nikki, for providing us this opportunity to bond--before, during and after Thanksgiving. We've all needed it.
Love,
Mom
