Yesterday was the travel day. We flew out of Salisbury (which, in my opinion, is the greatest airport to fly out of. We arrived 40 minutes before our flight, parked about 75 feet from the terminal entrance, took about 3 minutes to check in, and spent about 10 minutes waiting to go through security. Normally, it would take only a minute to go through security, but a flight before us had been delayed so they had to go through first.)
After a layover in Philadelphia (terrible airport for food), we landed in Milwaukee late in the afternoon. We picked up the rental car and were on our way. A relatively quick stop at Mom and Dad's was made to drop off their Team Meloy t-shirts and to pick up some things I'd ordered and had shipped to them. And finally, we made it to Madison.
Driving into the city and reaching the campus created a certain giddiness in me. It felt like going home.
Our hotel is nothing special and actually leaves a lot to be desired, but the location is perfect. We're about 1/2 mile from the race site, and our second-floor room overlooks State Street, a pedestrian thoroughfare that is the main drag between the capitol building and the center of campus.
We made a quiet night of it, just taking a short stroll around some of the campus, since Meyer has never been to Madison. Of course, we hit Langdon Street (fraternity/sorority row), the Union (and the unusually quiet Union Terrace) and Bascom Hill (the site of many scenes in the Rodney Dangerfield movie "Back to School.")
Lots of good things planned for today!
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