Last days in Morocco

After several days of nonstop sightseeing, playing music for various events and more food than we could ever imagine, I guess our bodies decided it was time for a break. Todd and Kevin both got pretty sick and spent the last day close to the bathroom, and I just wanted to sleep late. It seems the lunch we had earlier didn't like them very well. I didn't eat the same stuff, so i was feeling fine. We had to cancel our last small concert and didn't get to see some of our new friends before we headed home.

We hired a grand taxi (a mercedes that is larger than the petite taxis which are little Renaults and Fiats) to take us to the airport so that we wouldn't have to wrestle with all of our luggage on the train, plus we could get to the airport in less than 4 hours instead of over 5 on the train. The grand taxi arrived at 3a.m. to pick us up. After about 15 minutes of trying to get all of our luggage in the trunk, we finally compromised - Todd held his Bass Guitar case in the front seat, and Kevin and I held his coffin-like guitar case across our lap in the backseat. We had maybe 6 inches of room between us to move in the back, and Kevin couldn't see forward over his case. Todd couldn't move at all, so he just tried to sleep as much as possible. We got to the airport earlier than we had planned, so we just hung out for a couple of hours before we could check our bags. Todd spent most of his time in the airport bathroom- it seems he was in worse shape than before. After about 4 hours at the airport, we finally boarded the plane for NY- Todd and I lucked out, Kevin booked our seats in the emergency exit row, which gave us a lot of room.

About 8 hours later we landed at JFK and made our way thru the baggage claim and customs just before our flight was delayed. Todd was feeling much better, and he and I found a Burger King in the airport. It was the best tasting bacon cheeseburger I have ever had! Todd also got a Dr. Pepper that really made his trip.

There was bad weather in Cincinnati, which delayed our take-off in NY, we sat on the runway at the number 20 spot to take-off. The plane was a little smaller, but it was an OK flight. Once we got to Cincinnati, we found out there had been a tornado at the airport and it had been evacuated for a while, which is what caused some of the delays. After a while, we finally boarded our last plane headed for LR. As I stepped on the plane, I felt like I was some sort of a giant or something- my left shoulder brushed up against the bottom of the overhead luggage compartments and the top of my head touched the roof (I'm only about 5'11") The plane was tiny and completely filled, along with our pilot who looked like he was about 16- It was a very long hour and 20 min. flight- but we made it!!! Too bad most of our luggage didn't.