…is like learning a foreign language. I have deduced a few rules: Every street name can be expressed with a number, no matter how many digits that requires. These numbered streets can be in any order. There are two different compass directions attached before or after every number, and it matters which. Streets can change number at any moment for no apparent reason. In one block, 9th Avenue suddenly becomes 100th Avenue. I’m a long way from literacy.
Today
Brother Bill’s for lunch.
Dinner with Kent.
Dinner with Kent. Wedding
And a good time was had by all. Friday
A busy few days. The wedding is tomorrow. It’s fun to be here to help a little. Smoked a brisket today to heat up for dinner tomorrow. Got in a walk on the shoreline this morning. Saw some gulls.
Travel Day
Gotta love flying out of McAllen International Airport. This is both the drop-off and pick-up.
The lobby.
The TSA station. No waiting; just friendly agents talking us through it.
The plane we flew out on today…
A one hour flight to Houston.
A four and a half hour flight from Houston to Seattle with our friend-for-the-day Spencer.
A bus ride to the rental car. A drive north to Lynnwood. Check in to the hotel. And we’re all set for the night. Got in a quick walk. Saw crows.
The lobby. The TSA station. No waiting; just friendly agents talking us through it. The plane we flew out on today… A one hour flight to Houston. A four and a half hour flight from Houston to Seattle with our friend-for-the-day Spencer. A bus ride to the rental car. A drive north to Lynnwood. Check in to the hotel. And we’re all set for the night. Got in a quick walk. Saw crows.