Thirteenth Day: The Trip Home

I wasn't planning on writing a blog for today, but DA hinted on the way home that we might want to. Other than Don having his cactus jellies confiscated by the TSA in Tucson (which I'm rather surprised he hasn't already fumed about here), the trip home was uneventful. He did get them put in the mail, though, and should be receiving them in the next few days. We played luggage tetris to get all of us, our souvenirs, and our suitcases in the two vehicles for the ride to the airport, but managed to get everything to fit. Our flight left Tucson on time and it even stopped snowing in Chicago so we could safely land at O'Hare. As soon as we stepped off the plane and I saw my breath I was ready to go back (it had been pushing 80 degrees the last few days in Tucson), but I am re-adjusting to the freezing cold, 10 degree weather that greeted us.

The ride home from the airport (thanks again Erin and Amber for picking us up!) involved a not-so-short detour (we missed a turn while distracted by a limo) and a lot of hilariously stupid, crazy conversations. I was surprised to discover that in the first ten minutes we outdid the conversations held at 4am on the mountain in terms of pure pointlessness, and I'm pretty sure that after that ride DA thinks we're all babbling morons if he didn't already. We eventually made it back to campus, and the new security system actually didn't lock me out of Tarble this time so I got back to my room without freezing to death. I got dinner, unpacked the important stuff and crashed early, and that was the end of my day. Sorry I don't have any pictures from today, but here are two more from Kitt Peak yesterday. These and all 250 or so of my best shots are also now on my Flickr page at http://www.flickr.com/photos/30291127@N02/sets/72157625810941730/.

Jenny