Well, we made it to the airport. We managed to get the dog dropped off, buy our headphone adapters for the plane, and Shannon cleaned the entire house. However, surprises were waiting just around the corner. As many of you know, because of the terrorist stuff today, there is increased security…

FLASHBACK: Several years ago (before we were married) I bought Shannon a knife keychain on a youth mission trip. She poked me with it many times on the trip and I later regretted purchasing it. However, she placed it in her purse, and quickly forgot about it.

Well, since that youth trip, the knife keychain had managed to work its way through a hole in the lining of her purse. So today – when going through security, they detected something. I must admit that I chuckled when the TSA representative asked “Do you have a knife, hun?” I mean, why would Shannon have a knife? However, the lady intently searched through the bag. After three or four minutes of searching, she produced the knife keychain. Shannon’s face turned ghastly pale, but the lady could quickly tell that it wasn’t another terrorist incident. I am so glad that this happened in Savannah – if it were Baltimore, she might have been spending the night with some gangbangers in the pokey.

We will be starting to blog the trip in just a few hours. Check back soon. We will post everything when we get to an internet connection.