Sylverthorne Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 On the road again! Getting gas, then heading for Phoenix, AZ, where we have friends we haven't seen in person for ages. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomdawning Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Almost back, evacuations have slowed us down a bit... Where we are heading isn't being evacuated though, so it should be good. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylverthorne Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Made it to Phoenix around noon (had to put my phone on the charger), we're settled in and cooled off. We'll be here a couple days. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranky Dog Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 So my return trip hit some snags. Though my first leg flying from DFW to Toronto went well, and so did the second to Montreal, it's only at something like 4pm that I discovered that my final flight got cancelled. They claimed "mechanical issues", but I've heard other people say that it's code for "not enough people to make it worth it". So I got rebooked to Tuesday morning. There was a flight at ~9pm, but it was already packed, and I wasn't eager to have a 2h drive afterwards. Anyway, I got a hotel voucher (but still had to wait over 30 minutes for the shuttle to arrive), and some food vouchers for the hotel restaurant. The next problem was that $15 bucks in nice restaurants barely get you an entrée. Good thing happy hour was about at the same time. Besides, I was more tired than hungry. So I ate an entrée and headed back to my room for a hot bath and shower. Went to bed early, got up early (4am), grabbed a coffee, then shuttle, luggage dropoff, security, wait for flight, landed, quick groceries, drove home and arrived roughly at lunchtime. I was tired (all my joints were sore), hungry, and somehow got a painful bruise on one of my shins. On the plus side, I was able to go to the post office and pick up some Amazon orders. Spent the rest of the day preparing my lunches for the next few days, and had to reschedule an appointment that was on Wednesday. My biggest lesson here is from now on, I *will* take an extra day of vacation just in case this sort of mishap happens again (not as much a problem during the weekend). Also, I was visibly tired all day at work (staying up all of Sunday night did not help). Already made worse that I missed a whole day, it meant some extra workload to catch up on. P.S. NO REGRETS! Can't wait for ReaperCon 2020! (OK, so maybe I can wait a little). 11 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rawlkeer Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 after 13 and a half hours of mostly boring driving (once I got out of the Dallas area), finally home. Great trip, met lots of cool people and heard much advice and good wisdom about how to improve my painting, but it's nice to be home 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylverthorne Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 We're about three - maybe four hours from home, currently dragging ourselves out of a very comfortable little suite. It'll be good to be home and be mobbed by cats. Or a cat, anyway. ^^; 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegazus Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 57 minutes ago, Sylverthorne said: We're about three - maybe four hours from home, currently dragging ourselves out of a very comfortable little suite. It'll be good to be home and be mobbed by cats. Or a cat, anyway. ^^; @Green Eyed Monster will be relieved to know he wasn't the last one home. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylverthorne Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 6 hours ago, Pegazus said: @Green Eyed Monster will be relieved to know he wasn't the last one home. Officially home, as of around 2:30 PDT. Got mobbed by .. most of the cats, unsurprisingly. Topaz is a shoulder cat, and he doesn't care if you happen to be carrying stuff when he does it. He was really, REALLY glad to see us. Mystery and Rajah apparently aren't speaking to me. Ms. Cat was happy to see us, at least. ^^; It is really good to be home.. . even though there's a whole bunch of crap we have to deal with. Of course. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Eyed Monster Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 11 hours ago, Pegazus said: @Green Eyed Monster will be relieved to know he wasn't the last one home. Actually, we weren't planning to actually be home for another week. Should have been in Colorado most of the last week with a train ride through the Royal Gorge already booked for yesterday before we left home for ReaperCon. But plans got changed. Details have been related elsewhere. Glad to be home but not looking forward to the process of rebuilding the wife's wallet. GEM 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeepnewbie Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Good to hear everyone made it home. Looking forward to next year! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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