Panama Adventure begins

Here we are in Panama City at our guesthouse, Villa Michelle which has turned out to a real gem! The owner is so helpful and the house and pool just perfect for us After the horrible travel we experienced it was wonderful to arrive here last night and find the place so pleasant and relaxing. (A nice glass of wine beside the pool helped lighten our moods as well.) We started off in Sacramento with no crew to fly the airplane to Houston. Don't know how that happened but we had to wait for a crew to be flown in and did not leave Sac until about 4:30 a.m. Of course, that got us in to Houston far too late to catch our morning flight to Panama City so we were rescheduled for the 3:12 p.m. flight and had 5 hours to twiddle our thumbs there. When we arrived in Panama shortly after 7:00 we found that Lester's suitcase did not arrive with us. He was not alone in this problem so we had a long wait in line for our turn to report our missing luggage. When we finally left the terminal it was difficult to find a taxi driver who was familiar with Villa Michelle. But finally we did and so you can see how nice it was to arrive here and feel so welcome. Apparently most tourists stay at one of the many big high rise hotels but you all know that is not my style.(The good news is that United Airlines just called. Lester's suitcase is here and will be delivered soon.) He's not going to have to share my wardrobe after all! I'm going to try to post a picture of the pool area here at our guesthouse. Sometimes That works for me and sometimes it does not. We'll see.