Look familiar?

We arrived in Nantucket to today to temperatures well below what they were from where we hailed. Also, I noticed something when we landed at Nantucket Memorial Airport. The control tower is the actual one pictured constantly in the sitcom, Wings. I don't guess they actually filmed the series here, but the tower they showed in between scenes was the real thing. Also, we flew to Nantucket in that same kind of airplane Joe and Brian Hacket flew. Go figure.

We just ate at the Even Keel Cafe. I've never had seafood like that before. The clam chowder was excellent, but that was expected. The scallops, oh wow. I've never been a huge fan of scallops, but these were in another league. I think I'm going to like this place.

The control tower at Nantucket Airport



Katherine cooking her feet

And we're off.

In my last batch of posts, I mentioned that me and Katherine are going to Nantucket, MA for a long weekend. That was about six weeks ago. Now we're leaving. Not much has happened between then and now other than staying at the lab day and night trying to finish my experimental work. It's over now, and this will be a much needed break. When I get back, it's writing my thesis. At least that won't have an odd schedule, though.

We were going to take a small plane and fly from Blacksburg straight to Nantucket (with a bathroom break for the girl). Two days ago, however, I learned that the airplane is still being worked on for its yearly inspection. No transportation! I was frantically trying to find airline tickets that didn't cost a thumb and a big toe, and Katherine was doing the same from her work. I reasoned that it would probably be less expensive to drive to D.C., catch a flight to Boston, and take a ferry flight from Boston to Nantucket. I was having no luck when Katherine called. She found a website, Lastminute.com, where she found round-trip tickets from Roanoke (40 min drive instead of 4 hours) to Boston for CHEAP, and it included a rental car!! Woah! I tried to drop the rental car to make it even cheaper. When I did, the price of the tickets more than doubled......... rental car it is!

In a nutshell, we're flying from Roanoke to Boston, driving down coastal MA to Hyannis in a rental and catching a flight to Nantucket where our second rental car is for the weekend. Believe it or not, all of this is cheapo. Maybe I'll do some free-lance travel agent work on the side of my engineering career.

We'll be sure and post about our trip when we get back. I'm just ready for some relaxation. I think I'm averaging 4-5 hours sleep a night for the last 2 weeks.