We flew to Seattle on a brand new Alaska airlines plane honoring our military. This was the 737's fourth flight. It still had a little of that "new car smell." The plane has a special livery featuring American flag motifs on the wing tips and five gold rings around the engines, representing the five branches of the military. Although many people at the airport, including ground crew and people in the Board Room, took photos of the plane, I didn't think about taking photos until after we were on board and saw the ground crew taking photos. Alaska's newest plane
Our flight from Seattle to Atlanta was uneventful except for a brief shouting incident that was triggered by somebody suddenly putting his seat back and knocking someone's computer off the tray table.
We arrived in Atlanta around midnight and went straight to our hotel. It was only 8 pm as far as our bodies were concerned, and we stayed up way too late. I know this is not the correct way to minimize jet lag. :(
October 29
Lots of time to kill today before the flight. We wandered around and took photos of Halloween decorations made by different departments of the hotel.
Finally it is time to go to the airport. (What a large airport! It seems like it takes 15 minutes to drive from Terminal 1 to Terminal 4.) We kill some more time.
Hey, did you know that TSA Pre-Check works when you are leaving the US? I thought you needed Global Entry, but apparently not.
This Delta flight is not very full. Yay! Two young women sitting behind us have gotten upgraded to first class. I hear snatches of their conversation with the flight attendants. I hear something that sounds like "Alaska Wildberrry Chocolates." We turn around and and talk to them and find out they are Alaska Airlines flight attendants from Anchorage. Small world. They are off to Spain for a week. They flew standby all the way to Atlanta and were nervous about making this flight, but they made it. We take off and dinner gets eaten and then everybody goes to sleep. It is quiet but the flight is pretty bumpy.
Our Next Great Adventure is about to begin!
You probably dislike layout problems because you have such womderful visual skills. But THIS faithful reader is just happy to read the words and see the photos, however presented.
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