Image-heavy post

Well, we're here in Palm Spring, decompressing/relaxing in the room. The day started out nice enough: the cats were only a little weird, and Johnbai delivered us to the airport with plenty of time to spare. We had a nice breakfast at the Anthony's in the airport - to include mimosas! - which turned out to be a good thing as well as fun.

We boarded the plane at about 11:00 for an 11:25 departure to Phoenix. As we pulled away from the jetway, some lights told the captain that his #2 engine wasn't working, so after a round trip of about forty feet, we sat at the gate for about two hours while they fixed the computer that was supposed to watch the engines.

Thanks to the Miracle of Wireless Telephony, I got us seats on the next flight to Palm Springs from Phoenix after the connection we were guaranteed not to make. We actually made up some of the time we had lost on the ground, but it was still a long time between food services.

In Palm Springs we got our rental (a red Dodge, a mini-version of Soapy's rig) and drove around bit, partially because we had a hard time finding the turnoff for the hotel (it's hard to find) and partially to see the town (verdict so far: tony).

We had a good Italian dinner down the street and now we're just crashing. The room is okay, the pool is open, and the forecast is for sun. It looks to be good weekend.

Here are some visuals:





A bit tired, but raising a glass anyway.



We played some impromptu pictionary on the plane. Try your hand at guessing these! A-F are things, 1-12 are actions. (Click for biggification.)



Click for Otis's re-enactment of Terror at 20,000 feet! on our little puddle-jumper.



Click for another short film, Otis Kisses a Cup.





A couple of weeks ago, we met Stella up at LFP to do some work. Some local group that had recently used the meeting room we snuck into had left their resolutions on the blackboard. We thought some of them were pretty funny.