Thanks Kathy. It just seemed like one of those off trips, you know? Considering I'm planning on bringing Beth and Emily down next time, I suppose it's good I got it out of the way this time.
Funny thing. I was doing the math, and I'm pretty sure it was trip #13. Sounds pretty doomed from the start eh?
I was pacing the train, so much that every time I got within 50 feet of the doors, they went into the "The doors are closing, and will not reopen" speech, so just missed it! Instead of waiting, I just kept going. The next morning, the trains were down, so I had to walk the WHOLE way on my blistered and battered feet

, not fun.
Delta did put me up at a Comfort Inn though at least. It wasn't too bad, the lobby area was very nice, the rooms, meh. I was spoiled by CSR rooms too much

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As far as the weight, I guess /shrug. I did leave quite a bit of food on my plates though, and rarely went up more than twice at the buffets (and when I did, the plates were smaller). I think being sick for part of it helped, as it dropped my appetite down some too. Then add walking 8-10 miles a day, and it worked out. I did spend all 24* of my snack credits on drinks though

(Well, I bought 1 eclair, 1 dole whip float (so that's a drink, right?), and 2 bananas

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(*Note: Yes, 24, for 9 nights. We'll see why eventually).
As for pictures, I have a couple preview pics up...
Note that by far, not all of them are of this caliber...
(These first two I took specifically for my Step-Mother. She loves sunflowers so I just had to get some pics for her.)
Edit: Adding my first attempt at HDR photography (took a few sets for this, though far fewer than I should have looking at this one now.)