It seems Mother Nature has thrown us a curveball, which in this case seems to be a volcanic eruption in Iceland. apparently the volcano has been active for the past month or so, although not in any capacity for the news to travel all the way to us Americans. That is, until yesterday evening when a significantly larger eruption spewed ash into the atmosphere. Since then, the ash has been migrating across Northern Europe and disrupting hundreds of flights arriving or departing in this area. At the moment, six of our eight teammates are in limbo at LAX awaiting word of when their flight has been rescheduled to. The remaining two teammates, Richard and Eric, will be joining them tomorrow with bunches of sailing gear and optomism that we will make it to Brest in time for check in on Sunday morning!
this photo is crom http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/04/15/iceland.flights/index.html?hpt=T2
