Was some tearful moments in Calgary today as the Noble boys said their goodbyes to girlfriends, nieces/daughters and mom.  When I say 'tearful', I want to stress that the Noble boys were _not_ crying.

Was a bit of an exciting time today, when we initially weren't allowed to check our bags 'cause one of them was around 90 lbs, with a max limit of 50 lbs.  After some frantic reshuffling of cargo, we were able to get the bags through the checking system.

Unfortunately, during the mad rush to get everything together and the bags all underweight, much of our stuff was tossed around, and now we're no longer absolutely certain which bag has what in it.  

Rob has been instructing all of us on the use of our GPS systems - most enthusiastically, too, although he was a bit choked when he found out that I wouldn't let him have the window seat - and, no, you can't borrow my gps, not even for a minute.  Show me how to poll everybody else's location, rob.  And get me some water.

The plane has already started boarding, so i'm gonna sign off and let Justin and Dad check their email while I go stand in yet another line.

-Ryan