Headed Home... Delayed

Thanksgiving Travelog #14
BWI Airport - Sun, 26 Nov 2023. 2:45pm.

We started wrapping up our Thanksgiving trip this morning when we packed our bags and said goodbye to Hawk's parents. That was only the start of wrapping up as we still have to travel home— clear across the country.

The drive down to the airport went smoothly. We planned extra time in our schedule in case of Sunday-after-Thanksgiving traffic slowdowns. I remember driving home from Thanksgiving visits years ago and Sunday traffic being awful. Well, it was smooth sailing this time. I think a big part of that was us hitting the road at 11am. The worst slowdowns probably occur mid-afternoon.



Arriving plenty early to BWI airport seems ironic because our flight out is delayed. At first it was 5-10 minutes, then 15-20, now just over 30. Meanwhile our connecting flight at BNA (Nashville) is showing on time. Thankfully we picked a routing with an 85 minute connection instead of a faster one of 55-60 minutes. So even if we're late 35 minute on arrival we won't miss our connection or even have to run to catch it... though we will have to walk quickly.

Back Home... For 12 Hours

Thanksgiving Travelog #15
Back Home - Sun, 26 Nov 2023. 10pm.

Whew. We're finally home after 9 days on the road visiting friends and relatives on the east coast for thanksgiving. Even just today has been a long day.

We were up at 8am Eastern Time (slept in a bit because it still is a weekend 😅) to pack, eat, and say goodbyes, then off to the airport. Our first flight was delayed, ultimately by 45 minutes, which was frustrating mostly because it meant we had to dash to catch our connection in Nashville. The connecting flight wound up leaving a bit late anyway (🙄) but at least it arrived on time. On arrival at SJC I was able to summon an Uber quickly so we got home before 9:30pm. Of course that feels like 12:30am Eastern.

By 10pm we were unpacked and starting to wind down for the night. It's time to rest up and get back to the usual grind, right? Wrong! I'm only going to be home for 12 hours before I have to head back to the airport. Tomorrow I'm flying to Las Vegas to staff my company's presence at the AWS re:Invent trade show Monday-Thursday. Which means tonight I'm doing a load of laundry (for convenience, not necessity) and gently prepping a few things for tomorrow. At the least the flight is not first thing in the morning!