In a few hours we climb on a big silver bird (actually a fairly small CRJ) to fly 954 miles SEA-LAX. There we'll meet Kathy's brother Tom and his wife Ellyn and spend some time in the Red Carpet Club before boarding a 747 at 12:45 p.m. to fly 5440 miles LAX-NRT (Narita Japan), crossing the International Date Line and scheduled to arrive at 4:15 p.m. Saturday. We transit through security again at NRT, try to spend at least a few minutes in a Red Carpet Club or other Star Alliance lounge if time permits before our flight to Bangkok departs at 6:30 p.m. We fly 2880 miles NRT-BKK, scheduled to arrive at 11:10 p.m. local time after flying 9274 miles, crossing the Date Line, and landing in a country 14 hours ahead of our home time zone, after about 24 hours of travel.
Fortunately for us, all of our upgrades cleared and, once we complete our 2 1/2 hours in UA's surprisingly comfortable F bulkhead CRJ seats SEA-LAX, we'll be in Business Class on the upper deck of the 744s.
From there it'll be a taxi to the Millenium Hilton and a sound sleep before starting our Sunday in Bangkok.
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.