It rained all last evening, and we awoke to rain this morning, getting up before five o’clock. Since we had not eaten dinner last night, we went down to the breakfast bar for some rather stale eggs, good coffee, and assorted other items. We caught the shuttle to the airport at 7:45 AM and had no problem getting our electronic tickets and checking baggage, except that Kay was unable to get credit at this time for the mileage because the name on her Delta account was slightly different than her passport name. Even a phone call did not resolve the problem; now we remember why we quit flying Delta.

At the airport we met most of the other people who would be taking the same tour. As is always the case in Arkansas, either Kay or I knew the person or knew someone who knew the person.
A Day of Flying. We flew from Little Rock to Atlanta, from Atlanta to New York, and departed New York’s JFK airport at about 8:00 PM for Tel Aviv, Israel. There is a seven hour difference in time between New York and Israel; Israel is seven hours ahead, thus making it about three o’clock in the morning, Israel time, when we departed New York.The flight appeared to be full and included a large number of young Jewish man, several with families, that had been to New York to celebrate Passover.

Photos of this trip may be seen at:  https://picasaweb.google.com/DunnGoneTravels/IsraelAndJordan2011?authkey=Gv1sRgCIL-g8GBjtb-Lw&feat=directlink