I arrived home from Germany yesterday, after 22 hours in transit. This consisted of a taxi ride from the hotel to Hauptbahnhof (train station), a train ride from Heidelberg through Mannheim to Frankfurt am Main, then a 12 hour flight (was supposed to be 10 hours, weather, delays, etc.) to arrive home where it was raining cats and dogs. Once off the plane, it took another hour for the bag to arrive from baggage claim. Then I waited another 45 minutes for the parking shuttle – it was soon apparent why, San Bruno was flooded on the 101/380 entrances and exits. The water in the parking lot was knee deep around most of the area, luckily (and without forethought) I parked in a relative high ground spot where the water was only ankle deep.

After sailing through the flood to enter the freeway system I was on my way home, normally a 20 minute trip. I made it within sight of Montara when I was stopped by an active mudslide blocking both lanes of Highway 1. There was no choice but to turn around and come in on Highway 92 from the south. The airplane arrived in Bay Area air space at noon, we landed at 1:30, I was finally home at 5pm. To make it even more interesting, the night before the trip I was only able to sleep for 2 hours and I wasn’t able to snatch any Zs on the plane (I’ll leave out the discussion about my traveling partners on the flight, it’s better to just forget it…)

But it was all worth it to come home safe and sound and see the family. Despite the challenges, I arrived in a good mood and managed to stay awake until 8:30 or so and slept the sleep of the dead for a few hours. I feel much better now. Wonder if Highway 1 is still blocked?