While Mark drove the 9 hours from Las Vegas to Santa Cruz, we wrapped up the Universe with one last day of lectures and logistics, plus, in the evening, the auction and the Victorian Dance with desserts. We also started packing up things, although we had a steady flood of questions and t-shirt requests etc etc. Mark came around 4 pm and after a bit of rest helped us out, including with the dessert set-up, for which I had just about 60 minutes, but I got it all done with Mark’s and volunteer Nate’s help. The auction was boring, as usual; the announcement of next year’s book was greeted with much applause, and the dance & desserts were a great success. Mark and I danced quite a bit and had a wonderful time; the last dance was my all-time favorite, the Sir Roger de Coverly, which is basically the Virginia Reel in square dancing. We had to clean up after we were done, but we had some help with that, and so Mark and I were actually “home” (at 113 Alta, where we were able to stay at Gretchen’s, JoAnna’s friend, in the room that always used to be “my” room when JoAnna still lived at that address) only shortly after midnight.