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Philly-NYC Trip, Day 0
Sep. 3rd, 2022 11:59 pmSATURDAY
We did a remarkable amount of running around before leaving on the trip: I went to the post office to mail a birthday card to Sheila, then searched in vain for a trial size bottle of my contact solution. Meanwhile, Gary was busy with neighborhood association work. We packed up early, then Gary fixed the front gate and trimmed the bushes by the front porch. Gary fixed stir-fry chicken for dinner to use up the remaining leftover rice, while I watched the beginning of the football game (Notre Dame at Ohio State). After dinner we showered and dressed for the flight.
I installed the Lyft app since Gary had had better service from them when we got stuck at Everett Station in the wee hours of the morning. Our driver was very nice, and the red Prius was clean and the ride smooth. As we waited for the bus at Everett Station, a couple of young Asian ladies walked back and forth looking for something. There weren't many people on the bus until we reached Lynnwood. As we left the bus and approached Northgate Station, Gary spotted a family with a large stroller and we let them use the elevator first. Gary sat opposite our luggage while I sat some distance to his right in the articulated section. Diagonally opposite me was a very cute young dude with a complex monochrome tattoo covering his right forearm, seated with his knees bent and his feet up on the seat. As he prepared to leave the train at Westlake, he shifted position and I saw his nurse badge. There was also a dude I couldn't see from my seat shouting unintelligibly, and a very nice, tall black dude wrapped up in colorful blankets, wandering around a bit before finding a seat.
We arrived at Sea-Tac and ended up sharing the much larger elevator with the family with the stroller. We just missed the shuttle so we walked to the terminal. There weren't many people at bag drop and security was about to close at checkpoint 3, leaving only checkpoint 2 open for general screening. I had to scramble to retrieve my belongings from the belt, but there was a table nearby and I got recombobulated quickly. We made our way to the North Satellite in an almost empty car on the shuttle train. Most of the shops and restaurants were either closing or already closed for the night. Once we settled in at the gate, I noticed a cute cubby dude with a curly light-brown beard seated a row over. I stopped by the one open eatery, a Vietnamese place, to pick up Coke Zero and a cheese and salami snack for each of us. A flight headed for Juneau had the gate agent calling for the last passengers so they wouldn't leave without them.
Since we had cheap seats this time, we were in the next to last row with a petite Asian lady on the aisle. Thankfully, our seat belts fit with only a little stretch. A few people seated in our vicinity struggled to find space for their bags in the overhead bins. The aircraft was completely full and it took a bit longer than usual to get airborne. Once we reached 10,000 feet, I got out headphones and started the music I downloaded from my CD collection earlier that day. Shortly afterwards we were served our pre-ordered meals: mine a mini charcuterie board and Gary's a fruit and cheese plate. I didn't sleep well because my legs were cramped, but surprisingly I didn't feel very tired when we landed.
We did a remarkable amount of running around before leaving on the trip: I went to the post office to mail a birthday card to Sheila, then searched in vain for a trial size bottle of my contact solution. Meanwhile, Gary was busy with neighborhood association work. We packed up early, then Gary fixed the front gate and trimmed the bushes by the front porch. Gary fixed stir-fry chicken for dinner to use up the remaining leftover rice, while I watched the beginning of the football game (Notre Dame at Ohio State). After dinner we showered and dressed for the flight.
I installed the Lyft app since Gary had had better service from them when we got stuck at Everett Station in the wee hours of the morning. Our driver was very nice, and the red Prius was clean and the ride smooth. As we waited for the bus at Everett Station, a couple of young Asian ladies walked back and forth looking for something. There weren't many people on the bus until we reached Lynnwood. As we left the bus and approached Northgate Station, Gary spotted a family with a large stroller and we let them use the elevator first. Gary sat opposite our luggage while I sat some distance to his right in the articulated section. Diagonally opposite me was a very cute young dude with a complex monochrome tattoo covering his right forearm, seated with his knees bent and his feet up on the seat. As he prepared to leave the train at Westlake, he shifted position and I saw his nurse badge. There was also a dude I couldn't see from my seat shouting unintelligibly, and a very nice, tall black dude wrapped up in colorful blankets, wandering around a bit before finding a seat.
We arrived at Sea-Tac and ended up sharing the much larger elevator with the family with the stroller. We just missed the shuttle so we walked to the terminal. There weren't many people at bag drop and security was about to close at checkpoint 3, leaving only checkpoint 2 open for general screening. I had to scramble to retrieve my belongings from the belt, but there was a table nearby and I got recombobulated quickly. We made our way to the North Satellite in an almost empty car on the shuttle train. Most of the shops and restaurants were either closing or already closed for the night. Once we settled in at the gate, I noticed a cute cubby dude with a curly light-brown beard seated a row over. I stopped by the one open eatery, a Vietnamese place, to pick up Coke Zero and a cheese and salami snack for each of us. A flight headed for Juneau had the gate agent calling for the last passengers so they wouldn't leave without them.
Since we had cheap seats this time, we were in the next to last row with a petite Asian lady on the aisle. Thankfully, our seat belts fit with only a little stretch. A few people seated in our vicinity struggled to find space for their bags in the overhead bins. The aircraft was completely full and it took a bit longer than usual to get airborne. Once we reached 10,000 feet, I got out headphones and started the music I downloaded from my CD collection earlier that day. Shortly afterwards we were served our pre-ordered meals: mine a mini charcuterie board and Gary's a fruit and cheese plate. I didn't sleep well because my legs were cramped, but surprisingly I didn't feel very tired when we landed.