Georgian Picnic weekend, the non-picnic parts
- By M@ggie
- November 20, 2012
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So, as you saw, I was lucky enough to get to go to Texas for the DFWCG Georgian picnic. My dad was nice enough to use his frequent flyer miles on my ticket and
The rust colored trees in DC were really pretty from the air:
I flew through Detroit, which I’ve never been to (or through) before:
Before we hit Detroit, we flew over the Great Lakes:
Of course our flight was late getting into Baltimore, so we were late getting into Detroit. I barely made my connection. We came in gate A10-something and I was flying out of A-75 at the furthest opposite point. I had to take a train 2 stops. I think I was the last one on my flight. I had to gate check my bag. So I pulled out the plastic bag I had my dress and stays in, because I didn’t want to check it!
At least I knew my bag did make it to Dallas. I watched them unload it:
We got into Dallas 40 minutes early – but then we sat for a while because we didn’t have a gate, or then a jet bridge operator.
Lesa picked me up and we headed to meet
After fabric shopping, Lesa and I bought some food for the picnic and then picked up takeout from Pei Wei and brought it back to her house. We all watched Snow White and the Huntsman over dinner, which was cool, because I hadn’t gotten to see it yet.
After the picnic the next day, 7 of us headed to
I managed to leave my shoes at Ginger’s house (they’d been muddy, so I’d forgotten them by the front door when we went out the garage) so Lesa and I had to backtrack some, but that just meant more time to chat. And she drove me through Dallas on the way back so I got to see the lit-up skyline, which was very pretty.
Also, partially thanks to
I was exhausted when we got back and had to pack for the next day. I just barely got everything in my suitcase! Lesa’s husband Terry (who is another DragonCon costumer) drove me to the airport the next morning and we had a nice talk about politics and space and stuff. And I think we ended up agreeing with each other on nearly everything, which was kind of funny.
My flights home were surprisingly smooth. I ended up being early to the airport, no line at security, I found a Starbucks and a comfy lounge to hang out in to eat my breakfast. We got in early to Detroit so I didn’t have to race to my connection, which at any rate was leaving from the next gate over. So, easy!
And the sunset after landing. Not a great shot:
I had such a fun trip – thanks again to everyone who made it awesome!!