Getting closer to home...

Today we left Motegi early and drove to Narita. The first stop was to pack the balloons systems up and drop them off at the shipper:


Joe flew out this afternoon, so we then dropped him off at the airport. We turned in one of our 2 rental vans, then we checked into our hotel (Holiday Inn Tobu Narita), which is the same one that Erica, Paul, and I stayed at when we first arrived.

With a half day to kill, we went back into Tokyo. We returned to Asakusa and Akihabara for some shopping and sightseeing. With Shawn's leadership, we aced the subway system, hitting the last train out of town for the night (including 3 transfers). Then we got the last airport shuttle to our hotel.

Tomorrow we'll return the other van, then hang out in and around the hotel until our flight leaves at 3:45pm. After a mere 12 hours in the air, we'll land in Detroit at 1:20pm on Tuesday.