The LOOOOOOONG Road Ahead.....

Stress has been high here in the Robertson-Sliter household the last couple weeks. We are learning that August-September is NOT a good time to leave the island with pets. Getting them off the actual island and to Miami is not a problem because they will be flying Amerijet, a pressurized, airconditioned cargo jet. They will leave here and maybe go to a couple other islands then off to Miami where we will meet them.

     Note: if you know me, I'm sure you know these pups are my entire world, soooo....ummm.... yes, I am freaking out a bit at the thought of not being with them for 10-??? who knows how many hours of their journey home. Unfortunately this is the only reliable, and safe option for us :(


The only "problem" with Amerijet is that the flight is not confirmed until the day before, and they only fly on Tuesdays. So our flight off the rock is Tuesday August 24th. We will not know for sure if the dogs can, for sure, get on their plane, or if the plane is even coming that Tuesday, until Monday the 23rd. And as always with any flight, it's weather-pending. It is Hurricane season here in good 'ol Dominica... Luckily all we have had is a lot of rain and a couple tropical storms... Keep your fingers crossed for us that the weather stays like this!

Miami is where the real problem lies. American airlines along with every other american airline WILL NOT fly pets out of Miami, August- September. Period. End of story. No exceptions. In fact the only air line we found that would fly them, was Air Canada, but if we use them, we have to fly to Toronto then to Chicago then to Cedar Rapids.

SOOO.....drumroll please......... we will be driving from Miami to Iowa.


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1,503 miles, approximately 24 hours. With 4 suitcases, two huge kennels, and two scared puppies. Its going to be a long, tiring journey home. However, we can't wait to see you all and are very excited about coming home! We are planning on getting to Iowa on the 26th sometime. See you then!!!!!!!