Well my 1.5 month stay here in the states was a good one. Got to walk my daughter down the aisle and see my parents. Moreover my Mom who has stage 3 pancreatic cancer. Weird emotional visit for sure but nonetheless good to come.
After eating probably half a cow and drinking to many craft beers to count while here in the California wine country, its time to pack it up and head home. It was hell to get here and I expect hell returning to Thailand and so far there are no disappointments.
Lets start with planning the return. First it was confirm the flight which is a crap shoot nowadays. Then book the ASQ then send in all the info to get the COE approved. Pretty easy, one day later, Approved. ...Now the covid test. Well here to get an immediate result Covid test, it costs $400 ea. So wife and I went the regular route and planned accordingly. We made the appt on Aug 29 as they said you get the results in 24 to 36 hrs. Perfect. Got the back of my eyeballs scrubbed and all done. Nurse says "You will get your results in 1 to 3 days".......WTF...I asked her why does their site say 24 to 36 hrs? She said well typically they take 48 hrs or so. Well that made it a bit uncomfy. As my wife and I drove back we had to come up with a contingency plan. We figured best to set up the quick results at SFO and go down to SFO one day early. Hotel booked. Get up early today to pack up and Email chimes...Covid test results both negative...YAHOOOOO!!!. Rush test plan scrapped. All docs done. Now we wait
We decided to go to San Fran anyway. Room was booked and was a no refund deal. We begin our trek back Tuesday
Few pics to get the thread started
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Sad moment....Closing up the Weber BBQ. I cooked a ton of food on that grill in the last 1.5 months
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5 loaded to max weight suitcases full of everything from Lawn mower parts, to hand tools, to special bourbon's, gifts for a few folks, clothes, Bed sheets, wife's make up sets......Not included in the pic is the carry ons, my backpack and my wife's bag of stuff. Gotta love business class. :rofl:
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Arrived at the Westin waterfront hotel in SF for the night. We got hungry and took a walk to find some grub.
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View of SFO airport as we neared the restaurant walking
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Few happy hour Oysters
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Wife ordered 2 Lobster tails, I had the shrimp cocktail and we shared a Shrimp Louie salad.
We walked back to the hotel and I stopped off in the bar
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Double 12 year Small batch WhistlePig rye.
Tomorrow we fly and I will update as we head to the 14 day ASQ..................