WOW
(Not a WOW, but WOW nonetheless)
I can't believe I won. (I hadn't been on-line for a couple of days and learned my name was drawn from my fellow Gateway Lightkeepers at our dinner on Monday.)
I didn't think I was going to be able to be at the Midwest Regional. I am on the Board of Directors of the Missouri State Bowling Association and we have a meeting in Kansas City on June 8. I had tried all kinds of combinations and nothing worked (except for one that was too expensive - about $350 for airfare from KC to Grand Rapids).
Then I remembered that the travel sites don't show Southwest Airlines flights. You have to go to the Southwest site. I'll be driving to KC Friday afternoon. Flying to Chicago Midway Friday evening (only $68 round trip). Staying at a Holiday Inn near Midway airport Friday & Saturday nights. Driving a rental (which was very cheap - under $20 including tax for the day) to Grand Rapids. Taking into account the time change, this will put me in Grand Rapids from the start of the regional at 11 through dinner time.
Don't think I want to try to carry a framed photo that size onto a plane, so I expect I'll ask one of my fellow Gateway Lightkeepers in attendance to drive it back to St. Louis for me.
Because of the KC meeting, Yelena won't be with me. But I am pretty sure the two of us will be at the Long Island regional.
Thanks again for all your work!
FrankB
(P.S. last name is Barnhart, not Barnhardt)