A Few Hiccups . . . But We Made It

The police used a fire department ladder to try to get the protestor down.




Dinner in Naples with "John Travolta and Humphrey Bogart"



When life gives you lemons . . . make lemonade! Our flight from Naples that seemed like a sure thing---wasn't. The plane had mechanical problems, so we rented a car (after turning in our first rental) and drove into the center of Naples. Gene was very brave, dodging other cars, pedestrians and motor scooters. Traffic is awful, made even worse by a protestor who was sitting atop the statue in Garibaldi Plaza, the location of our hotel. He had a big sign that read "No More Violence".

Since Naples can be dangerous after dark, we stuck close to our hotel that has a nice sidewalk restaurant right outside its front door. The waiters all wear vests and black bow ties, and one I thought looked alot like John Travolta with the same beautiful blue eyes. So I asked him for his autogr... er photo.

We did catch a C-5 flight on Wednesday. Got to Rota late in the day. There were no flights to Dover until Saturday, so we hopped on a C-5 headed to Stewart Air Force Base just north of New York City. More lemons. Our car was in Dover. So we rented a car (the only thing they had was a new Cadillac ... Gene was happy). Drove to Dover, picked up our car and drove back to Stewart. Stewart is only a few hours from New England and SEAFOOD and the sub base where Gene went to school 50 years ago. We've had our fill of lobster, steamers, mussels and shrimp. Toured the Nautilus today and the sub museum. Tomorrow we'll head toward Ohio via Pennsylvania. Plan to stop in the Appalachians overnight.