Awake: 5:35am Temp 53 sleep 5+39 overcast overnight @ San Diego, CA.
We both woke up a little early to have a light breakfast before going to the airport this morning; then we changed into our travel clothes & positioned our suitcases by the front door ready for Larry's cell phone call. We got the call @ 7:45am & we are on our way.
Fast moving traffic had us to the San Diego airport within (15) min. We thanked Larry, wished him & Sallie a happy holiday & expected to take a position in the security line.
What a nice surprise; there was no line. Since we had printed out our boarding passes, we didn't have to check in at the counter. With shoes off & our carry on suitcases & computers cases inspected, we were inside the terminal area within (13) min.
Time passed quickly & before we knew it, our numbers were called for boarding. Kathy let me have the window seat but I saw little ground cover after takeoff. Our flight time from San Diego to Seattle was 2.5 hrs with a relatively smooth flight altogether.
On the tarmac in Seattle, we got the all clear for cell phone usage. No sooner than I turned our cell phone on, a call came from Nick; he was circling the arrival pickup area & would be making his 2nd round soon. I let him know that we were in the back of the aircraft & it would be about (15--20) min before we showed up. On his 3rd circling, Nick spotted us. Jerry was in his car seat & seemed happy to see us.
Nick took us to Zack's rental house so we could unload our suitcases & computer bags.Before Katie left Seattle to spend Christmas with her parents in Chicago, she swept the floors & vacuumed, cleaned the kitchen & laundered the bed sheets. And to complete the festive move, Katie, with Zack & Nate's help, put up a real Christmas tree with ornaments & lights.Nate & Zack also put outside lights on their porch. Katie made fudge & chocolate covered pretzels for our enjoyment as well before going to Chicago. Way to go Katie....& Zack & Nate.
We talked with Zack for awhile & then Nick invited us all to his condo. After a visit to see Eriko, Jerry showed us the Lego structures he & Nick built this morning representing our trip from San Diego: 1st the motorhome, then the Suzuki car & next the airplane; a clever & thoughtful piece of work I thought.
None of us have had a real breakfast this morning...except Eriko, so we headed for the restaurant, Queen Anne Café. It had rained before we landed & now on Queen Anne hill, it was windy & cool. Breakfast was more like brunch, then we returned to the condo where we spent a good (2---2.5) hrs talking & playing with Jerry before Nick transported us to the Safeway store in Queen Anne where we all stocked up on some groceries.
Around 6:30pm, Nick dropped us & our groceries off @ Zack's place & we said our good nights to Nick & we'll see him & family tomorrow.
Dinner: lots of popcorn & mixed nuts.
Evening movie: "Angles & Demons." We watched about ½.
Lights out: 12:40 am.
We both woke up a little early to have a light breakfast before going to the airport this morning; then we changed into our travel clothes & positioned our suitcases by the front door ready for Larry's cell phone call. We got the call @ 7:45am & we are on our way.
Fast moving traffic had us to the San Diego airport within (15) min. We thanked Larry, wished him & Sallie a happy holiday & expected to take a position in the security line.
What a nice surprise; there was no line. Since we had printed out our boarding passes, we didn't have to check in at the counter. With shoes off & our carry on suitcases & computers cases inspected, we were inside the terminal area within (13) min.
Time passed quickly & before we knew it, our numbers were called for boarding. Kathy let me have the window seat but I saw little ground cover after takeoff. Our flight time from San Diego to Seattle was 2.5 hrs with a relatively smooth flight altogether.
On the tarmac in Seattle, we got the all clear for cell phone usage. No sooner than I turned our cell phone on, a call came from Nick; he was circling the arrival pickup area & would be making his 2nd round soon. I let him know that we were in the back of the aircraft & it would be about (15--20) min before we showed up. On his 3rd circling, Nick spotted us. Jerry was in his car seat & seemed happy to see us.
Nick took us to Zack's rental house so we could unload our suitcases & computer bags.Before Katie left Seattle to spend Christmas with her parents in Chicago, she swept the floors & vacuumed, cleaned the kitchen & laundered the bed sheets. And to complete the festive move, Katie, with Zack & Nate's help, put up a real Christmas tree with ornaments & lights.Nate & Zack also put outside lights on their porch. Katie made fudge & chocolate covered pretzels for our enjoyment as well before going to Chicago. Way to go Katie....& Zack & Nate.
We talked with Zack for awhile & then Nick invited us all to his condo. After a visit to see Eriko, Jerry showed us the Lego structures he & Nick built this morning representing our trip from San Diego: 1st the motorhome, then the Suzuki car & next the airplane; a clever & thoughtful piece of work I thought. None of us have had a real breakfast this morning...except Eriko, so we headed for the restaurant, Queen Anne Café. It had rained before we landed & now on Queen Anne hill, it was windy & cool. Breakfast was more like brunch, then we returned to the condo where we spent a good (2---2.5) hrs talking & playing with Jerry before Nick transported us to the Safeway store in Queen Anne where we all stocked up on some groceries.
Around 6:30pm, Nick dropped us & our groceries off @ Zack's place & we said our good nights to Nick & we'll see him & family tomorrow.
Dinner: lots of popcorn & mixed nuts.
Evening movie: "Angles & Demons." We watched about ½.
Lights out: 12:40 am.
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