Since Kristina's birthday lands on a Tuesday this year, they decided to celebrate the weekend prior. Jared wanted everything to be a surprise, so the only details her told her was to be home on Friday, June 22, by 3pm. Keeping that in mind, Kristina marked herself out on her calendar at work and arrived home promptly.
She found out that Jared had planned to go to Victoria for the weekend. They were going to fly via sea plane from Kenmore, Washington to Victoria, British Columbia. The plane was supposed to depart on Friday at 5pm and we needed to arrive 45 minutes early. They packed up their bags and headed out (they even had a pet sitter arranged for Indy -- poor little dog couldn't go this time). They arrived at Kenmore Air, checked in, and waited for the plane to depart.
Jared had also made reservations for the weekend at the Empress Hotel. For those of you that don't know, the Empress Hotel has a lot of British influence and it THE place to stay in Victoria. Kristina was looking forward to a great weekend. Jared and Kristina took their first vacation to British Columbia back in 1997 and they both were looking forward to going back again.
Well, unfortunately, at 5:15pm, Kenmore Air cancelled the flight -- so they will have to try again. It was a bummer that they couldn't go, but on the flip side, considering that the rain was so heavy, it was good that they didn't go. Otherwise, they would have been walking around in the rain all weekend.
So, Kristina literally got a "rain-check" for her birthday...:)
