Safely in the U.S., and another fare sale

Chris here. After a harried 36 hours since I bought the ticket to come here, I took off midday today (Paris time) and landed safely at Washington Dulles around 3pm. After the stupid Dulles shuttles, and bags that took a while, the remaining immigration, customs, and rental car were amazingly easy. In fact, I'm driving a beautiful blue PT Cruiser for $17/day - thanks enterprise! We landed right after (well, kinda during) a huge storm that flooded streets and highways, but the evening provided a beautiful cloud-stippled sky and pretty colors. Temperatures are about like back in Paris, 60ish during the day but trending lower over the next few days. I celebrated my solo homecoming by sitting in traffic for a while - seems only right - but now I'm sitting in Arlington's best coffee shop, Java Shack, drinking a triple-shot americano, the first such delight I've had in 9 months. I'm off to meet Mike and then Gary in about an hour. I don't know where we'll be staying or what the next few days will hold, but I'll try to keep you posted. I checked in with Betsy too, and she said she and the boys are managing just fine without me so far.

Checking my inbox I see that Air France is having a big but very quick (2-day) sale right now. I didn't check Paris in particular, but the fares are good through the end of March, so check 'em out.