90 YEAR OLD BIRTHDAY PARTY WITH TRANSPORTATION GLITCHES

We just returned from Branson, Missouri where we attended a Birthday Party for Robert Norman who turned ninety years old and was aboard the USS Nevada when Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7 1941. We had a wonderful time at the party. In attendance, other than Mary and I were Bob and his wife Fran and three of his sons, Bob Jr. and his wife Julie, Kim and his wife Tammi and their daughter Ellie, and Kurt. One son could not come due to weather problems. We attended a show in Branson, Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede. It was a great show. Sunday we went to a brunch at an old homestead next to a lake, and Sunday night we drove to a place where they have Christmas displays of figures in different settings and music. All these were great.
The transportation problems started when we left home. We were to take Air Tran from Moline to Atlanta and then to Branson. Arriving at the airport we were told our flight to Atlanta had been cancelled and they could get us out the next day. We said tomorrow would be too late so they put us on United to Chicago and then to Springfield Missouri. We arrived in Springfield and inquired about transportation to Branson. They informed us that they had no transportation to Branson. After several phone calls they sent a limousine from Branson to pick us up and take us the 60 miles to Branson.
Leaving Branson on Monday, we arrived in Atlanta with no problem but had to wait 7 hours to get the flight to Moline. We arrived in Moline after 11 PM and checked into our hotel to spend the rest of the night. Next morning was the big snow storm and we were advised not to travel. We stayed in Moline another two days and finally returned home Thursday afternoon. The roads were fine to West Branch on I 80 and it was ice the rest of the way home.
We are happy to be home.