Oops! Here we sit on the plane at SEA after a sudden air traffic delay.
I posted the above by text message as we sat in the "penalty box" at SEA. Yes, as we taxied out, we heard ground control inform the captain that we'd be sitting on the ground for 60 minutes before taking off. He was as surprised as we were, since we'd literally just left the gate. Had we not, we still could have caught the SEA-NRT flight.
As a result, we missed our connection in San Francisco and are checked in at the Burlingame Embassy Suites. Our room looks out on San Francisco Bay and we're about to go for a walk along it.
We've been "protected" to fly the same flights tomorrow SFO-NRT and NRT-SIN, still in C (Business). Yay!
Tomorrow's another day.
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.
