yeah completely understood, my work never let me go for more than 10 days, and some trips were only a week. I made the best out of piggy backing onto holidays like thanksgiving or Memorial day to get more bang for my buck. A couple of years I was lucky enough to go 3 times, that whittled down to two, May and November, and now I am just hoping for one.
Regardless, I loved hearing of your first impressions and experiences, it brings back mine, and I think you did so well starting with the castle and Pee Wees