I'm back!

My trip is over and now it is back to reality!  I actually got home on Sunday evening, but it's taken me a while to unpack and get re-situated, so I am just now getting a chance to do a quick blog post.  

The trip itself was a lot of fun.  It was just as good as I hoped it would be and we got to see and do all kinds of fun stuff.  The group I traveled with was a great group of people and we had each other cracking up the whole time.  

I am going to do a full breakdown of the entire trip, including pictures.  I will probably go day by day so you can get an idea of everything we did and all the places we went.

First, let me introduce you to the people on the trip so you know who I'm talking about during my upcoming posts:

• Marisa - one of my best friends since college, also the birthday girl  
  
• Mark - Marisa's husband
• Todd - Mark's friend since 6th grade
• Cynthia - Marisa's friend from high school
• Rick - Mark's brother
• Jeri - Rick's wife, making her Mark's sister-in-law

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My trip started on Thursday, April 24 was a travel day for me. My flight didn't leave Denver until 2:40, so I had all morning to get ready. It was actually worse than a morning flight because the day seemed to last forever!  When it was finally time to head to the airport I had very little traffic and got there in record time. I also got lucky and was selected to go through the TSA pre-check line, which meant I didn't stand in line for security at all!

I was at my gate really early and worried the time would drag, but it ended up going by pretty fast. Before I knew it I was on the plane!  Before boarding, I had noticed a large group of people traveling together and soon figured out they were a cheerleading team headed for a world tournament in Orlando. They were pretty spirited, so it turned out to be the loudest flight I've ever been on!

We finally landed and I met Marisa and Cynthia at the baggage claim. Soon we were on our way to Daytona after a quick meal at Carrabba's.  We got to the condo at around 11:30, so we all hung out until midnight so Marisa could open her cards for her 30th birthday. We headed to bed shortly after that, all tired after a long day of travel.