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Made It Home I arrived home yesterday. The flights themselves were uneventful. But the trip was empty and weird. First of all, the shuttle bus from the rental car return in Phoenix was literally completely empty. And the driver had a barricade of crime-scene tape to prevent anyone from getting to close to…
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