So glad you decided to come out of "lurkdome" and post. These discussion boards are fabulous.
I wrote a trip report from our 2008 surprise trip and, if I do say so myself, it's a pretty fun read. The trip report from our 2009 trip is a work in progress. The links for both are below. I hope you'll come onboard. You'll find that I have a lot of really nice readers. We've become quite good friends. We'd love for you to join us.