another trip northwest
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jazzfishGot into BWI at four for a 6:30 flight. The woman at the Continental desk noticed that I was flying to Houston and said, "oh, all our Houston flights have been delayed by an hour or so, and if you catch that one you'll miss your connection. Here, let me put you on this earlier flight to Houston that was supposed to leave half an hour ago." Cheers to Continental.
Houston's not a bad airport as such things go. By which I mostly mean "it's better than O'Hare." The food's decent and there's a space with tables and such to eat at, and there are slidewalks. (Sea/Tac has no slidewalks. Weird.) Houston's main flaws are the bronze statue of George Bush and the fact that flying through Houston adds an extra couple of hours onto my travel time. This is worth it when it means the tickets are 33% cheaper, but still frustrating.
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nixve, and we drove up to Bellingham and an infestation of fruit flies. Ick. She set up several fruit-fly traps (bowl, fruit, seran wrap with pinholes poked in it, masking tape to hold the seran wrap on) and we crashed. (The traps worked remarkably well.)
Bellingham's larger than Blacksburg and smaller than Roanoke, and I don't really have a good referent for things that size. It's got a lot of the same feel as B'burg on a larger scale, and with a more interesting downtown area. Two amazing used bookstores, a mall with a tea shop and a game store (!), lots of neat restaurants, a park with a gorgeous waterfall. I dunno, it feels a lot like a giant college town, in a good way. I think I liked it.
The farmers' market on Satyrday had, in addition to the standard veggies and cheeses and breads, some clothing/craft vendors and a dozen or so street musicians. Including a cellist.
The days mostly flew by: beach hiking (red jellyfish!), lunch at the waterfall, ice cream both homemade and purchased, bookstores bookstores bookstores, mountains and water and o so much fog-laden greenery. Saw _The Crow_ again, for the first time in ages. It's still good stuff. Also saw Branagh's Much Ado again, and _10 Things I Hate About You_, which sets the not horrendously offensive bits of Taming at a high school and works pretty well. (And is cute and funny.)
Spent rainy Sunday huddled indoors, and then driving to and walking around Seattle, and then got on a plane and flew home. Note to self: a direct-flight redeye is a Good Thing. A redeye where I have to change planes in the middle is a Bad Thing. At least I didn't try to go to work immediately upon getting in from the flight this time.
And now, home. I'm exceedingly glad that there's internet and phones and such to keep us in contact through the distance, since with her starting a year-long wilderness survival program it's anyone's guess what our schedule will be like. Ah well.
Houston's not a bad airport as such things go. By which I mostly mean "it's better than O'Hare." The food's decent and there's a space with tables and such to eat at, and there are slidewalks. (Sea/Tac has no slidewalks. Weird.) Houston's main flaws are the bronze statue of George Bush and the fact that flying through Houston adds an extra couple of hours onto my travel time. This is worth it when it means the tickets are 33% cheaper, but still frustrating.
Got into Sea/Tac shortly before one and met up with
nixve, and we drove up to Bellingham and an infestation of fruit flies. Ick. She set up several fruit-fly traps (bowl, fruit, seran wrap with pinholes poked in it, masking tape to hold the seran wrap on) and we crashed. (The traps worked remarkably well.)Bellingham's larger than Blacksburg and smaller than Roanoke, and I don't really have a good referent for things that size. It's got a lot of the same feel as B'burg on a larger scale, and with a more interesting downtown area. Two amazing used bookstores, a mall with a tea shop and a game store (!), lots of neat restaurants, a park with a gorgeous waterfall. I dunno, it feels a lot like a giant college town, in a good way. I think I liked it.
The farmers' market on Satyrday had, in addition to the standard veggies and cheeses and breads, some clothing/craft vendors and a dozen or so street musicians. Including a cellist.
The days mostly flew by: beach hiking (red jellyfish!), lunch at the waterfall, ice cream both homemade and purchased, bookstores bookstores bookstores, mountains and water and o so much fog-laden greenery. Saw _The Crow_ again, for the first time in ages. It's still good stuff. Also saw Branagh's Much Ado again, and _10 Things I Hate About You_, which sets the not horrendously offensive bits of Taming at a high school and works pretty well. (And is cute and funny.)
Spent rainy Sunday huddled indoors, and then driving to and walking around Seattle, and then got on a plane and flew home. Note to self: a direct-flight redeye is a Good Thing. A redeye where I have to change planes in the middle is a Bad Thing. At least I didn't try to go to work immediately upon getting in from the flight this time.
And now, home. I'm exceedingly glad that there's internet and phones and such to keep us in contact through the distance, since with her starting a year-long wilderness survival program it's anyone's guess what our schedule will be like. Ah well.
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Date: 2008-08-30 06:55 am (UTC)