We spent what amounts to a long weekend in DC. This included an afternoon with three of Kelly’s friends plus their children … which ended up being 21 people, including 13 kids. They had a nice pool where the kids played and one of the dad’s worked the grill. Kelly had a great time catching up and talking with her friends.
Derek caught up with his former boss from Nashville schools and we spent some time visiting the National Mall and surrounding spaces.
We experienced our first travel roadblock while in DC when we found out Gidget would not be allowed to travel on our JetBlue flight from Ft. Lauderdale to Lima due to CDC guidance on dogs coming from (emphasis added) Peru to the US. Apparently there is some issue with rabies in Columbia, Ecuador and Peru and JetBlue was enforcing a policy of not allowing dogs coming from or going to. Despite Derek's in-person questioning of a JetBlue agent at Reagan Airport, we would need to either not take our dog (not an option) or book new flights on a different airline. While we knew there would be challenges, this first stressor sent Derek into a tailspin for a couple days. Fortunately, Kelly is the cooler head when these sorts of things happen. More on the solution en route to Asheville.
Finally, we sold the Ford Escape to Carvana, which offered a better price than CarMax. It was a relatively simple and straight-forward experience. The CarMax experience would come in Miami, which was not as enjoyable.
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