Went to the US embassy to get more pages added to my passport. I was a bit stressed because it took longer to find the embassy than I'd anticipated, and since I always put everything off to the last minute I got there with only a few minutes until they closed, and I had all my luggage - which would have to be hand searched before they'd let me through. I didn't know if I was going to make it. The guards took one look at my pack, asked me what I was there for, then one of them took my passport, walked to the front of the line, and brought back the passport with the new pages in a matter of minutes. I think that's the first time having my huge backpack has worked in my favor.
Caught The next train up to Ely to visit my friend Deedee. Spent the afternoon / evening at the airforce base. I mailed a package home (sailing gear mostly), we had dinner at the club, did some shopping at the PX, and caught a movie (Armageddon). My tax dollars at work!