There are compensations for arriving at the Vancouver Airport at 5:40 a.m. We checked in fairly quickly and efficiently at an Air Canada machine, and then strolled through US Immigration and Customs and the security line with virtually no wait. The Immigration inspector even managed to be friendly!
The Maple Leaf Lounge is a lovely refuge in a beautiful airport, and the concierge quickly switched our Air Canada Row 13 back-row seats next to the lav in the Dash-8 to Row 3. Of course, we'll only be in the air about 40 minutes as we fly over our house down to Seattle, but we might as well sit up front. Of course, in a de Havilland Dash-8 every seat is near the front, in a manner of speaking.
Now for some light breakfast...
Kathy and Brian
Two retired educators alternating joyfully between seeing the world and enjoying our eight grandchildren (in order of birth), Jake, Avery, Taegan, Lily, Peyton, Riley, Blane, and Jace.
Kathy and Brian met in the clarinet section of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Symphony Orchestra several decades ago.
Brian's Western Canadian roots and Kathy's Colorado ties resulted in their making beautiful music together along with producing a cross-border crop of descendants.
Kathy spent a year studying in Vienna at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna.
Brian started the school band program in Hope, British Columbia, and later became the high school's vice-principal for 6 years and subsequently principal for 15 years before retiring in 2001.
Kathy, in between raising our three children, taught kindergarten and first grade, middle school, and high school - mathematics, computer studies, ESL, and her first love, band, before retiring in 2001.
We enjoy sharing our travel experiences and providing the odd travel tip to friends, relatives, and visitors.