Day 1 (November 8, 2018): St. Lucia Bound!
Every fall, the intensity of work builds to the boiling point for both Pam and I. Looking forward to a long weekend on a warm beach keeps us going. It always comes down to a painful early morning departure, though. A 3:30am rise got us on a packed WestJet flight to Toronto that left right on time at 6:30. Yesterday’s airport closure, due a 747 cargo plane sliding off the runway, could have easily impeded us from getting away today. But fortunately, that chaos was fully resolved and all flights were on time. Our transfer in Toronto was a quick one hour. Our flight to St. Lucia (also packed) left right on time at 9am . However, as the pilot revved the engines to full thrust and started down the runway, he quickly aborted take-off. Long story short, we returned to the terminal for a maintenance crew to look into the problem. It quickly became apparent that a new plane was needed, so we didn't leave again until ...