So after my last post the adventure continued in full force. After realizing that no flight was getting out of Logan to JFK yesterday, and in consultation with some of the Delts folks we made a decision to rent a big van and drive to JFK with plenty of time to make our 1 am departure. The drive wasn't that bad considering the rain and high winds - the only sppoky part came when crossing the Whitestone bridge, you could really feel the wind. Much to our chagrin when we arrived at JFK we encountered thousands of stranded people whose flights were cancelled - and then promptly discovered ours was also. After 2.5 hours of waiting in line and onther 1 hour working with a very helpful agent (she really went above and beyond) we were reissued tickets for the next days 1 am flight. Now we had to decide what to do with 23 (thanks to daylight savings) hours. We headed over to Terminal 4 (open 24 hours) found ourselves a campsite, finally ate something and proceeded, to varying degrees of success, to try and get some sleep. After discovering that WiFi was not free here at JFk I bit the bullet and bought a 24 hour subscription so I could update the blog and offer the students an opportunity to do the same. It's almost noon now and according to the delta website our flight is "On Time" so probably in the next few hours we'll make our way back to Terminal 3 to check-in and hope for the best.
Losing a day potentially puts a kink in our itinerary so we will have reevaluate once we get to Port of Spain and decide on our priorities, etc.
On a personal note I am very proud of the way all the Smithies are handling our little adventure - they are for the most part in good spirits and making the most of it. They are suporting one another and taking care of each other.
My computer seems to be on the fritz as far as importing photos so I will try uploading from Kevin's computer.
Send good travel vibes our way!
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