Washingcon: Monday, July 23, 2007
Monday, July 23
Going Home
The Indiana/Ohio crew got to the Seattle Airport at about 10, only to find that our flight had been delayed a few hours. To add insult to injury, the Northwest check-in staff took an excessively long time to serve Chaz.
Joe waits for Chaz
Danielle waits for Chaz
Paul waits for Chaz
Our flight back to Indinapolis was supposed to leave at 12:30 PM, but got delayed until nearly 6:30 PM. At least we got vouchers for free food at airport restaurants.
Free food
Chaz wears a chicken nugget crown
Joe eats a Quad Stacker
That's a lot of meat!
[Photo provided by Brice]
Fish on a Plane, starring Salmon L. Jackson
Since we were at the airport for much longer than we'd originally planned, we met up with Logan, who arrived later than us for a flight that left earlier than ours.
Logan's creepy face
Joe sees Logan off
Our plane finally arrives at the gate
We boarded the plane and had a fairly uneventful flight home. However, the delay meant that what was supposed to be a 7:30 PM (local) arrival in Indianapolis ended up being a 1:30 AM arrival.
Chaz at the Indianapolis Airport
Danielle and Joe at the Indianapolis Airport
Much to Paul's chagrin, he discovered that arriving after midnight resulted in being charged for an additional day of parking in the Indianapolis airport's lot.
Our bodies were still on Pacific time, so stopped at a Steak 'n Shake outside of Indianapolis for a late dinner. We continued on and drove straight through to take Danielle and Joe home, and sleepiness began to overwhelm Paul just before reaching Columbus, Ohio. Through the miracle of caffeine in the form of two bottles of Coke and a Red Bull, he was able to stay just awake enough to drop the other two off at about 6:15 local time, and make it back to Dayton.
The car clock read 7:58 AM when Paul arrived home
Paul promptly collapsed into bed upon entering his apartment. Washingcon, the 2007 Starmen.Net Convention was over.