and things went downhill from there

We made it home again, hale and sound.  I won't say that this was a terribly relaxing vacation, but it was a very satisfying one.  I am glad to be home, though.  We fell in the door this afternoon, gave the cats a quick pet (and some food) and then went over to pierrekrahn's for some barbecued burgers and a much-needed soak in his new pool.

I am too burnt out to post much just now, so you'll have to settle for this picture that atara shot out the window of the plane as we were leaving Abbotsford.