We are off across the ocean again. Well, half way.
It was a long boring wait, and the plane was full. They kept offering to check carry on’s through to the destination.
That’s why mine is a carry on. I don’t want it checked through. Too much camera and computer.
Once nearing Seattle you could see the fire burning north of there. I love the rugged mountains.
One more view of the fire.
Here is a little bit of Puget Sound. If you see a little orange tinge here it is air pollution. Way better than it used to be, I think.
Once we were on the ground I saw a blue 747 Cargo jet. All of the passenger ones retired at the beginning of the Wuhan Plague Era.
They still seem to be popular for cargo: another one landed as we waited to take off. Here is that blue one:
It was a late flight. The sun was setting as we taxied to take off.
Here is the inside of a 737-800 (not a Max!) during take off. They turn off all of the lights. I think they are noisier than previous planes I have been on, even the one from Great Falls to Seattle.
One last shot out the window as the sun set. I wasn’t by one, so I couldn’t see much outside…not that there is much above 30,000 at night. At least William Shatner wasn’t in my row…
On the ground and waiting at Budget on Kaua’i, Hawai’i. They didn’t have the “Kia Soul or equivalent” that we reserved…so we had to take a Chrysler Minivan. Darn! Then is was a long, dark 45 minute drive to Princeville and our abode. Lots of construction, and never a spot above 50MPH…mostly 25. The instructions on checking in after hours leave a bit to be desired. We finally found a security guard and he got us squared away. Other than the half mile march (or so it seemed) from the parking lot, it is a nice place!
~Curts in Hawai’i! {!-{>
