Greetings from Gaithersburg

We made it to Maryland, as did Adam and Haley after we both had a day of travel -- theirs involved a huge Indian buffet meal at her sister's fiance's parents' restaurant in New Jersey, ours involved an hourlong delay taking off at SeaTac but a relatively quick flight (with unexpected free wifi, I guess to make up for the late start). We had made sandwiches for lunch, but got in the mood for Alaska's hummus box, so we ate that on the plane and had the sandwiches for dinner. 

Adam arrived to check in just after we finished at our hotel on Washingtonian Lake, so we took a few minutes to get organized, then walked Pepper around the lake with brief stops in Target and Barnes & Noble (she is welcome in the latter but not the former). Now we're watching CBS's Billy Joel 100th concert at Madison Square Garden, which we missed when it aired, and getting things organized for a very busy couple of days on this short trip. Airports, hotel, and the dog being the I in Rio: