Seattle bound and the arrival

Well, we were picked up at 415am for the airport. I opted not to bother sleeping. I must admit that I am getting older and that blowing off sleep for a night is no longer something that I can just blithely undertake. Really quite pathetic.

Our plane took off from Portland on time as did the connecting flight at JFK. We flew JetBlue and above and beyond the great price ($99 from Portland to Seattle), the service was better than average (sad, but true) and the TV was a nice treat. We watched several National Geographic specials, including one very cool one on Boston’s Big Dig.

One minor rant: Airline seats should not recline at all. It was fine (sort of) back in the days of lots of leg room and all, but even on JetBlue (better than average leg room), it is just annoying as hell. Granted, I am over 6 feet tall and I LOATH having seat backs in my knees. I am the first to say that the seats are not the most comfy things and I know I would be more comfy if I reclined…but I do not do so because it is so frigging rude to the poor person behind me. I wish the annoying woman in front of me felt the same way…

We landed in Seattle at 12 noon, checked into the hotel. I did not know it was possible to have a hotel with two prong plugs (and non-free web access). It is a roof and a bed…and there is PLENTY of free wireless alternatives…but the lack of connectivity is probably a deal breaker before next year.

We visited Twice Sold Tales and met the owner, Jamie Lutton and great fun was had by all. We picked up a few little fun things and have our eye on one or two things that might need to head east with us.

Great Thai lunch followed by a very nice coffee…it being Seattle and all. FedEx delivered all my cases (and those of Don Lingren) to the UPS store near the Pavilion. The *wildly* helpful young man (Chris) at UPS volunteered to schlep crates with us so we were able to bring everything down in one trip (about 2.5 blocks or so).

We dropped everything off at the pavilion and will be ready for set-up tomorrow morning.