Today at 11:00 we found out that our flight to Portland was canceled. Alvin and I were on the phone for the next few hours with Delta looking at our options. With the only flight open being on the 26th we started asking about other airports; Eugene, Salem, Seattle... everything is overbooked or closed. So unfortunately we are unable to make it up to Salem for the holidays. But after hearing the nightmare weather conditions that are causing these cancellations it's probably a good thing we stay put. The ice storms there have caused plane crashes and power outages. My in-law's have been without power going on 24 hours now. My sister in law Annie went out to get something in her car and said that it was covered with at least an inch and a half of ice. An hour and boiling water later she was able to get into her car. Alvin had a good word for how he felt about all of this, "deflated". Regardless of location we are still bound and determined to have a great Christmas! I'm just glad we found all of this out before showing up at Salt Lake International. So to those in the 801 area code we're still here, let's play!
