We're back at our house in time to hand out a few Halloween treats. Both Tom and Ellyn and the two of us were hopeful for bumps on our final flights but nothing materialized but full planes.
In our case, we pick up our rental car from Budget after an annoying agent in the Seattle Airport first offers to rent us a larger car for "only $13" and then makes us listen to his offer for the excess insurance on which they make some real money.
We finally escape, notice a couple of dents on the car that we report and have documented, and drive home quite efficiently, given it's a Sunday afternoon.
Suddenly we realize the weather is different here. The cab driver who drove us to the airport in Bangkok this morning turned the heater on. He'd be freezing here, but it was a pleasant day for a drive.
Tomorrow we'll get organized and probably eat vegetable soup for a couple of days, but tonight Papa Murphy is helping us make pizzas for dinner.
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.