Travel Preparations

View from the Bridge
Tequesta, FL
June 15, 2026

It is weird how things tend to pile up when we are trying to prepare for travel. Tomorrow is a travel day; we head out on on our trip to Vegas.

Yesterday, we received a call from the window people . They are finally ready to install our hurricane windows which were supposed to be delivered in April. Finally! Here's the rub, they wanted to install the windows today whist we are preparing for travel. We have waited for two extra months and they wanted us to move our plans so they could install our windows today. I told them no. We have waited for them and we decided that now they can wait for us. Apparently that did not satisfy them, so they called me back and offered me $150 off the price if they could come today. I was insulted. What they offered was a bit more than 1 percent of the total price. Really? If the offer had been 5 percent, I might have considered it. The windows will be installed the day after we return.

I managed my usual 18-mile bike ride yesterday. I noted that the "feels like" temperature was 105 degrees and that the actual temperature when we arrive in Vegas tomorrow is expected to be 108 degrees. Ugh. I know but it is a dry heat! So is my oven. 

Well, we have a bunch of things to finish up before the end of the day. We have another early flight--not break of dawn early, but early enough. 

I have been finalizing plans to go to Zion National Park, Death Valley, and the Hoover Dam in addition to the concert which was the genesis for the trip. It should be a fun and busy five days.

-- Bob Doan, Tequesta, FL