Today (rather tonight, very late), Mike made it to Dulles. After a 6 hour delay due to a cancelled flight from LAX, and the concurrent loss of luggage, I met up with Mike in the terminal where we registered his missing luggage before heading home in the "monster storm" that had been predicted (actually, it was nothing more than a bit of rain).
He was none the worse for wear for his 32 hour ordeal, and made quite a few friends along the way. At one point during the afternoon, he called and I thought he said he was in Dulles when he was actually in Dallas!
Great to break our drought of Aussie visitors (which will turn into a flood in January with no less than 8 Aussies making the treck to Chez Bird). Mike came bearing gifts from Australia, amongst which were the precious Minties, a delicacy we have been unable to source here in DC (unlike Tim Tams which are available in a number of spots around town), and a footy stats book which will keep Sam entertained for days.
