Hope you got home safely tonight Alan Smithee, and just in time for dinner?
Steven's Pass from 20,000 feet.
The flight from Detroit was pleasant and uneventful. I had Seat 40A on the Northwest 757. That is the next to the last row and the window seat on the left side of the plane. The women next to me, in 40B and 40C were excellent seatmates. Neither wanted to engage in any extensive conversation and we all slept most of the way across the country.
The day was sunny and the Cascades were magnificent. I could see Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Adams to the south. It was not clear enough to pick up a view of Mt. Hood. No doubt Glacier Peak and Mt. Baker were in view from the right side of the plane.
This truly is a wonderful, beautiful state with a lot of variety in the landscape. The approach to Seattle took us past Wenatchee, and I could pick out Rt. 2 below and to the south. I watched for the Stevens Pass summit and sure enough was able to pick it out. It's easily identifiable from the air with the parking areas on either side of Rt. 2. We followed Rte. 2 and I was able to pick out Gold Bar (I think. Might have been Sultan). We tracked in to the North of Redmond, likely right over your house and then turned south once we were over Bothell or Lake Forest Park and flew over Seattle.
I was on the left side of the plane, so did not get a view of downtown Seattle, but the view of Lake Washington was wonderful. I even got a little nostalgic that I don't live in the area anymore.
Had a burrito at Qdoba at Seatac and caught my flight to Pasco. Shortly before I left, I watched an exchange between a woman, probably in her mid-70's, who reminded me of my mother, and the Horizon staff. Apparently the woman had been sitting there at the gate for 2 hrs waiting for a flight (to Missoula, I believe). She want up to check on the flight status and the woman at the desk told her they'd paged her 30 mins. before and she didn't respond. Apparently, her gate was changed (a frequent occurence with Horizon - they did it to me) and the flight had left 10 minutes before. My heart went out to this woman, and I hope the airline made it right and got her on a flight to her destination.
Unfortunately, I found my battery was stone dead when I got there, so had to call AAA for a jump. Got home around 6:45 pm.
Weather here is snowy, cold and damp, about the same as in Michigan. |
