Beyond Belize
The rest of the trip was relatively uneventful - I did wind up getting three more jumps in on Sunday, culminating in a sunset load that turned out (with clouds and wind rolling in on Monday) to be the last load of the boogie. The Otter did a spectacular fly-by of the landing area, and our group opened a little high to enjoy the sunset and the views on what turned out to be our last canopy ride.
Monday was mellow - cleaning up, finishing up packing, saying our goodbyes, and getting ready to leave. We loaded on a Tropic Air flight for the mainland at about 2 p.m., traveling to Belize City for our 4:50 flight to Dallas. The trip home was much smoother than the trip down - our connection in Dallas was tight (1.5 hours, which isn’t that much when you factor in customs & immigration, re-checking bags, and re-clearing security) but it went efficiently and smoothly and we had just enough time to grab burgers before hopping on our flight to SFO. We landed and our bags were off the carousel less than 10 minutes later, just in time to call Beth as she was exiting the freeway to pick us up. So although it was a late night, at least everything was on time.
Fortunately, my meeting in Burbank on Tuesday was canceled, so I had a day working from home to recover. It was nice to be able to catch up on emails and documents and multi-task by getting laundry done. Day trip on Wednesday, then a really cool training seminar in San Francisco Thursday and Friday. Next week’s back to the travel grind for a few more weeks, then it looks like it’ll let up at least somewhat (hoping hoping hoping!).
Reality’s a bitch after 10 days in paradise, but it’s been nice to get home and cook at home and hang out with Franklin, who seems none the worse for wear for being abandoned for so long. He was a bit clingy the first day but now seems back to his normal patterns of cuddliness. It’s nice to have a neighbor that works from home who is willing to check in on him.