Home Safe and Sound

Well, all I can say is I'm glad we didn't have to wait around any airport for 11 hours like poor Ayli! Our time at Mysterium ended on Sunday morning when we came down for breakfast at about 8:15am. We waited around in the lobby to see who else might be ready for breakfast, and to say goodbye to those who were leaving to go play Frisbee Golf and to those who were leaving the hotel before us to head homeward. I finally managed to find Cats, who had been hiding somewhere in my luggage for the past 10 days, and he accompanied us down to hang out with the gang. When enough hungry people had gathered we (including Cats) headed to the dining room for one last meal with the "Breakfast Club" (as in the forums here, food seems to be the one constant at Mysterium as well!) although being a "cat on a stick" sitting on the dining table seemed to make Cats a little nervous. After breakfast we said our final goodbyes to everyone, and left Cats with Rex to usher him around to the sights that he had missed while he was lost in my luggage.

Our drive homeward was relatively uneventful, except for some roadwork along the way, which added a few hours here and there. We stayed overnight with my sister in Ohio (didn't arrive there til nearly 7pm) and then late Monday morning headed on our way, arriving back home here in New Jersey on Monday night.

It was wonderful to see all our old friends again, and to meet new ones, and hopefully we'll be able to do this again next year! Hugs to everyone, and a big thanks to Tijara and Tech for setting up the blog site again, and a special big thanks to Scraper and the Mysterium Committee for providing us the opportunity to meet "out of cavern" and in person with all the wonderful people who attended!

Oh, and devon still has some notes and pictures to post yet, hopefully this evening!

-- devonette