Lunch with the Perry's

Today I had the privilege of seeing Andy and Eleanor Perry in the Minneapolis Airport. You may remember them from my trip to Connecticut this past summer. They are Ellie's parents and very fine hosts.

Well as luck has it, they were on a layover from San Antonio to Providence. I was on a layover from Miami to Brainerd. And it just so happened our layover times were almost exactly (almost exactly??) the same. Both our planes landed at 10:30am and I had to leave at 1:00pm and they had to leave at 1:30pm. Weird huh? Well I found them down in baggage claim. They were actually expecting their grandson, David Boeckermann Jr, to meet them but David wasn't able to get there. They had no idea I was coming there. SURPRISE. They were a little disappointed David couldn't make it but they seemed okay to chum with me.

We went back upstairs and went through security. Andy had some problems getting through without beeping. After removing darn near everything but his undies he did make it through. But by then he was so flustered he forgot to pick up his stuff (this would include his wallet) but some kind man said "hey buddy... " and Andy Buddy went back and gathered up his stuff.

Then we went to Chili's and Andy treated us to some nummy smoked turkey sandwiches. Thanks Buddy Andy!

We had a very pleasant visit. It was so nice to see them again. They told me all about everyone back home (Stonington Connecticut) and all about their vacation in San Antonio (yep...the Alamo). And as fast as it started it was over. We went our separate ways to jump on different birds.