Thanksgiving Trip - Day 5

[I woke the girls up at 0730 and we all started to get ready for departure - Mollie and I went to visit Chuck and Mary & Leo's family in the hospitality room and said goodbye - we also got some snacks and ate a light “breakfast” - at about 0800, we returned to the room and let the girls know to head up there too - Mollie and I stopped by Bonnie’s room and said goodbye to her and Kathy (we learned that the Twins had already stopped by to see her) - we checked out of La Cantera Resort & Spa at 0900 and our Uber driver (Gabriel again) picked us up about 15 minutes later - we drove to the San Antonio Airport (fortunately, no traffic) and checked our bag quickly (0940) - there was no line at Security and we got through easily (Mollie was even given a chance to try Pre-Check) - we found our gate (1000) and then the kids looked around for place to eat - Erin and I ended up getting brunch (burritos) at a Mexican diner called Rosario’s - later, Brenna and Mollie picked up food to go - while we were waiting to board our United Airlines flight, we all had a good chat about the trip and talked about going to future Thanksgivings - we got on our plane (a Regional Jet aircraft) at around noon and took off late - during the flight, we talked some more (about school, Winter Break and the upcoming semester) - Mollie and Brenna studied and I helped Erin with a crossword puzzle - we arrived at Dulles (1615) to nasty (cold and rainy) weather - it took us a long time to get to the baggage claim area (shuttle, train, lots of escalators) but our bag arrived quickly - we then had to walk a long way to reach Erin’s car - by the time we were driving (1710), we all felt pretty good about how the trip had gone - the ride home was difficult because of the weather and poorly painted lines on the Dulles Airport Road - we encountered lots of traffic near I-66 - Erin and Brenna had planned to drive back to Harrisonburg the same evening (I didn't really like this but asked them to be careful) - we stopped at Nicky’s house so Mollie could pick up textbooks and Brenna could pack for JMU (I said goodbye to her there) - Erin dropped Mollie and me off at my apartment at around 1900 and all three of us said our goodbyes - Mollie immediately cooked dinner (pizza, applesauce) - we watched another episode from the “Lonesome Dove” series - after that, Mollie went in her room to rest - Erin called me on the phone as she and Brenna arrived in Harrisonburg (2055) - Mollie and I went to bed at around 2230]