Last Day in Florida

We went out to the Book Lover's Cafe for breakfast. Shel had the Tempeh Reuben sandwich, and Jason had the sun-dried tomato pesto sandwich; we split a smoothie. The food was yinny, a nice balance to the yangy foods we had been eating. It was also very tasty!

We stopped in next door at Mother Earth Market for some food for the trip home, and drove our rental car over to the mall to meet Cheryl, Shane, Sophia, Camden, and Shane's mom for lunch. Afterwards, we said goodbye to Shane, drove back to their home, and packed up our bags, which were now much heavier due to the overwhelming amount of baby clothes Cheryl had given to us. (Thanks, Cheryl! Now we will be able to clothe an entire army of babies!)

After saying our goodbyes, we drove to the Jacksonville airport, where we nearly missed our flight! There was exactly one line for security. Oh, sure, the airport was filled with at least ten x-ray machines, but for some undisclosed reason, only one was operational. One of the TSA agents liked to pretend that the problem was that we had all arrived at the airport too late, and not that ONLY ONE LINE WAS OPEN! They delayed our flight by ten minutes to allow people to get through security.

We arrived at the airport in Charlotte only to find that our connecting flight was delayed by two hours. Doh! The delay would make us miss the last Light Rail train home. We eventually made it to BWI, where we waited a half-hour for our luggage before catching a taxi home. The Light Rail would have cost $3.20; the taxi cost $40 with the tip. Ouch! We didn't make it home until 2:45 am. Double ouch!!