Last night was a blast! JT called about 10 minutes after I posted, and they picked me up about an hour later. It was really great to see ET again and to meet their kids who are also ET and JT but have different names :-)
We went downtown and ate dinner at the Phantom Canyon Brewing Company. The food and homemade brews were good, but the company was excellent. I really enjoyed catching up and wished that e could be there with me. We'll have to fly out there together some day.
Today we brought the broke aircraft back home. It was cool to get more than 70 knots of wind on the tail; at one point we saw 400 knots ground speed! We got home in 3 hours, swapped planes, and then took off for MacDill AFB in Tampa.
They've put us up in the Embassy Suites, which is always nice. We enjoyed the manager's reception before heading out to eat. Naturally everything was packed on a Friday night, but eventually we got some seats at Steak & Ale and had a great meal. I don't think I'll need to eat much tomorrow.
