Last Day - Travel home

Slept in til 8:30, had breakfast and tackled the packing which went better than I thought as I managed to get everything in without any problems. Checked out and, as the weather wasn’t too nice and I wasn’t really keen on doing anything in Atlanta, I returned my car.
Unfortunately, I forgot to check the final mileage but it was definitely over 1,500 for the whole trip.
Then I took the shuttle to the airport and spent time until check-in opened in the arrivals lounge watching a DVD.
As I was watching, sudden applause interrupted my reverie. A plane full of soldiers had arrived and as they were walking through the lounge most people applauding, many even standing. The soldiers didn’t really acknowledge the applause and more than anything, seemed embarrassed. This happened twice more while I was there.

I checked in around 3 and wandered through security relatively swiftly. Put everything back and got dressed again and took the transfer train to Concourse E where I made sure I knew where my gate was. First I didn’t feel hungry but then I figured dinner on the plane wouldn’t be for a while so found a café where I had some gumbo.

The flight left a bit late but more than made up for the delay as we had a strong tail wind and arrived over half an hour earlier than scheduled.
This meant I had longer to wait for my coach back to Cambridge but I managed. I was finally home at around 2pm.