Back Home from Thanksgiving. Let's Eat!

Thanksgiving triplog #20
Sunnyvale, CA · Sun, 29 Nov 2025. 7:30pm.

We're back home from our Thanksgiving travels. Though it's rolling up on 7:30 now we actually got home at 5:10pm. We stowed our bags and headed straight back out for dinner at La Fiesta, a favorite local Mexican restaurant.



The flight from BWI to SFO was mostly boring. It was on Southwest, so wouldn't you know it...



It was late. We departed 20 minutes late and arrived 20 minutes late. Aside from our general frustration (and resigned amusement) with Southwest's behind-as-usual operations it didn't matter much to us. We booked a nonstop flight specifically because it meant not having to worry about delays causing missed connections on this busiest air travel day year. And traveling earlier in the day— we left Hawk's parents' place at 8am to drive to the airport— meant, even with delays, we were home in time for dinner.

Travel Plans: A Blank Screen

With our Thanksgiving trip behind us (we went to the east coast for 9 days to visit family and friends) I am now in a weird situation. I've got no further travel plans. That struck me today when I checked my list at FlightMemory.com, where I track flights I've flown.There's a section that shows trips I've booked in the future. For the first time in a long time, that screen is blank. I have nothing booked.

My next flight anywhere may not be until February, ten weeks away. It's a business trip and it's too soon to book it. I may not even have a road trip before then, either. Hawk and I were talking about taking a road trip around New Year's, but jury duty has put the kibosh on that. Maybe we'll see if we can scramble to make travel plans over the Christmas holidays... though Hawk's ongoing recovery from surgery limits what's feasible for a trip. It'd need to be low key, so trips like our Panama trip over Christmas last year or Australia the year before are out.