{"id":27496,"date":"2012-10-31T09:01:56","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T13:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=27496"},"modified":"2012-10-31T09:02:13","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T13:02:13","slug":"drawing-a-line-in-sandy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2012\/10\/drawing-a-line-in-sandy","title":{"rendered":"Drawing A Line In Sandy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>You all met Sandy. But would you want to take her on vacation with you?<\/p>\n

Sandy was a Category 2 when my wife and I met her in the Bahamas — sort of a damage a trois.<\/p>\n

It all began when we booked a trip to the Bahamas resort of Breezes back in July. Four nights. All-inclusive. All food and alcohol paid for in the cost of the trip.<\/p>\n

The occasion would be our 25th wedding anniversary — and the first time either one of us had been in an airplane since our honeymoon.<\/p>\n

Sandy was an uninvited, and unexpected, guest.<\/p>\n

Yes, we were aware that the end of October is still technically hurricane season. But really, what are the odds of a hurricane forming near the very end of the season? And besides, your 25th anniversary only happens once.<\/p>\n

We had visions — my wife of a golden tan, I of sitting at a barstool in a pool. Were we asking for too much? Maybe choosing a resort called Breezes at the tail end of hurricane season was just too much for the fates to ignore.<\/p>\n

For three months, we scrimped and saved enough money to go. Harry and Gabe at Garavanian Travel helped us make our plans. Mother Nature and Sandy helped unravel them.<\/p>\n

You know that movie National Lampoon’s Vacation, the one with Chevy Chase? Yeah, well, the Griswolds have got nothing on the Phelpses.<\/p>\n

The day before we departed, I chanced a look at weather.com, just to see what the weather might be like in the Bahamas. It was then I saw what was brewing in the tropics, and it wasn’t Kalik beer.<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/em>To read the entire article, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

By Dan Phelps<\/em><\/span>
\nLowellSun.com<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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