The baggage handlers had carried the bikes from the plane to the luggage claim area, but instead of setting them on the floor, they threw them on the carousel. I thought of scenes from Batman where Batman looks like he's going to die as he's tied onto a log headed into a sawmill. Eric says he nearly accidentally killed a woman who refused to step aside as he tried to wrestle our bikes from the carousel. We had faith that since the airline didn't ask us to do these things, they would be careful with our bikes. Instead, after making us remove all the air from the tires, they took joyrides on our bikes, which may have hurt the rims.
Guns are everywhere.
When we got off the shuttlebus, a stewardess stood at the head of our line, holding up a Ziplock with three pistols, and giggling. We later figured that passengers had checked these guns before taking off and were supposed to collect them. No one actually checked us for guns, but nearly every store had an armed guard at the entrance. Some wore pistols. But one guy at McDonald's carried a gun with a two-foot barrel and a pistol handle.