My daughter, Erin, was home on a recent long weekend to enjoy some skiing with her boyfriend and spend some quality time with her family. Mother Nature smiled upon their ski outing with fresh powder at the higher elevations and after a home-cooked dinner with the usual family banter, our wayward daughter planned to fly from Portland, Maine, to New York City to visit friends before heading back to Florida and her next yachting gig.
Mother Nature, however, had other plans and that fresh powder, which made the day so enjoyable, wreaked havoc with air travel the following day.
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