Well, we made it to the airport in plenty of time. We checked our bags and made it to the plane to Atlanta. We have a little over an hour layover. This should give us plenty of time. They did mark our bags with a note that said rush. The plane was packed.
Made it to Atlanta, looks like another packed flight. This one will be over five hours.
Noted that the Roman Catholic Pope has passed. A few years ago we were visiting Jim who was doing a semester abroad in Rome. It was Easter. Tina finagled passes to the Easter service in St Peter’s Square from a Swiss Guard. We were really close to him when he made a round of the square in the Pope mobile. Since I am not Catholic, I cannot say plus or minus about his papacy but, he seemed like a decent person with a tough job at a challenging time.
The flight to Seattle was without issues and arrived early.
We are now waiting for the shuttle bus to Bellingham where we will pick up our rental car. As the flight was early, we were able to get on an earlier bus.
It has always interested me that the people at the Seattle airport dress in dark colors. Mostly black and dark blue and grey. I’m not in Savannah anymore.
Well, we made it.
This area, adjacent to Puget Sound, has a lot of recreational activities. We stopped to chat with some friends at their farm. Adjacent to their property is an area where parachutists land. They don’t jump from airplanes but from a ridge on an adjacent mountain. The wind currents keep them aloft for some 45 minutes. We saw as many as 4 in the short time we were there but there are as many as 25 in the air at one time.
Backpacking Bill 