Great report, QL! Glad you enjoyed your Pesach. My wife surprised us all (esp. me) and opted to do one this year, the first year we are living on the East Coast and not going to my mom's. It was loads of fun.
Speaking of rental car returns, I find LAX's *extremely* hard to find (the Avis at least.) It is a secret car rental return IMHO.
BTW, ye hade a funny smarte carte remarke.