He finished work last Friday morning and it's been celebrations since. It started with lunch at the Culinary Institute.
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| Can't wipe the grin off his face at finally being retired! |
Then it continued with a gathering with the boys in Bernie's shop on Friday night while we girls went into town for supper. After we ate we picked up pizzas to bring home to them.
Saturday was a busy day. We drove out to Summerside to drop off some oil for the airplane. The fellow who bought it was flying in later that day to view it. Charles and Laura met us there as they'd never seen the plane. They were there to see it as Lloyd said goodbye for the last time. Another chapter of his life came to a close.
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| Captain Charles |
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| The end of a era for Lloyd |
Then it was dinner at the VanGaals on Sunday evening but not before Brenda, Meghan and I had a chance to do a little snowshoeing for the first time this season.
Monday was lunch with Mike and Willow at a local Indian restaurant before we went out to Wheatley River for dinner with Charles and Laura. Tuesday was lunch at the Culinary Institute with Jens and Linda. The rest of the day was spent taking all of Lloyd's stuff out to Fort Augustus and then ensuring he had everything he needed to take with him. We had a late supper of beer and nachos at The Gahan and then off to bed as we were up at 4:00 to get him to the airport by 5:00.
He was flying standby but got on the flight with no problem. On to Toronto. Unfortunately the weather there wasn't great so his flight to Hong Kong was delayed by 2 hours. Sadly he missed his connecting flight to Hanoi. So as I write this, he's waiting for morning to catch the next flight (many thanks to Patti for rebooking his flight for him). But the long stretch is behind him. Once he gets to Hanoi, he's on his own! Be sure to check his blog - norockerforlloyd.com
He can keep up with things here by my blog, and I can keep up with him on his. Works in theory, so we'll see how it works in real life.
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