Disney 2010: The End

If you’ve been reading the blog, then you know that we did see the shuttle launch yesterday (and you got to see what I saw through my camera video), so I won’t go into all of that.

We got back to the hotel a lot earlier yesterday than we did after Sunday’s failed launch attempt.  We were snug as bugs in a rug by 6:30am.  I was only able to sleep until around 9:30, but John was happily snoozing until 12pm.  We packed our bags and grabbed lunch at a nearby McDonalds (not the “unique” one) before heading to the airport.  Along the way we stopped for reading materials and to get fuel.

Getting through the security line took forever with all of the other stranded passengers there.  We each had a Mocha Frappacino while we were waiting.  I blogged and John read one of his new magazines.  Our flight from Orlando to Atlanta departed on time; we kicked back with our free business class upgrades (again, thanks to my business travel) and enjoyed a couple of drinks on Airtran.  As it turned out, the crew for our first flight was the same crew for the second flight so we really had all the time in the world to make our connection since it couldn’t leave without them.

Neither of us was very comfortable until the flight from Atlanta to Baltimore was wheels-up; we both really just wanted to be home and were worried that the flight would get delayed or canceled, since BWI only had one runway open and other airlines were still canceling their flights.  But Airtran got us home, on time.

Our neighbor, Mark, did an amazing job getting our driveway clear.  I would almost say that I don’t know what we would have done without him, except that some of our close friends did show up on Sunday intending to do the job themselves.  We were in bed around 1am, and very happy to be here.  Just in time for Snowmegeddon 2.0, or Snowmeggedon Jr. or Son of Snowmeggedon, or Snoverkill…. or whatever we’re calling this second storm.

Since I just can’t post without pictures, here are some pictures that I took today of what happened while we were gone.

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