There were high winds and some rain last night. We had had a power outage. The news this morning stated that five people had died from trees falling on them.

Since we were leaving for home today, we got all our possessions in the van, cleaned up Kevin’s house a bit and took off.

It was fortunate for us that Kevin will be returning from Germany in four days, allowing us to take his van to Dulles today. He’ll pick up his van and drive it home from the airport. It’s a win for both of us.

We parked the van and took pictures of where it was so Kevin could find it later. I released my New York wine collection (well-packed in a box) to the fine folks at the Virgin America ticket counter, after a lengthy wait in line, and then we proceeded to wait in a very, very long line at security. We got to our gate with maybe 10 minutes until boarding. I had not counted on an hour of lines. Fortunately (?) our flight was delayed 50 minutes due to fog at SFO. That 50 minute wait became a two hour wait before we eventually took off. Once in the air, the flight was fine. Time passed quickly. When we got to SFO, I got my wine box. It had been inspected by TSA as part of a random search. It was now much more loosely packed, but everything was still there and unbroken. Kristi picked us up almost immediately upon exiting baggage claim, and then we headed home. Everything was so brown around here – I’m going to miss all the green of the East Coast. I always do. My mom says that we should move to the East Coast. I just might someday.

I fell asleep around 9PM, completely exhausted. Tomorrow, I hope to hit the ground running, but at the same time, I could also use a few days of rest. My muscles and bones are weary after several days of walking long distances in the sun.