{"id":7872,"date":"2023-05-08T22:59:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T14:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=7872"},"modified":"2023-10-13T04:41:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T20:41:18","slug":"202305seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/08\/202305seattle\/","title":{"rendered":"Flights for Weekend Trip to Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A post of the flights that I took to and from Seattle for a weekend trip.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230508_130142.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230508_130142.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Downtown Seattle\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking Downtown Seattle<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide.min.2.4.21.js\"><\/script>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide-skyblue.min.css\">\n<script>\ndocument.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', function () {\n    var secondarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-1', {\n   \t fixedWidth:100,height:75,gap:10,\n   \t focus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n   \t cover:true,isNavigation:true,\n   \t breakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:56,height:42,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n    } ).mount();\n    var primarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-major-1', {\n   \t type:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n    } );\n    primarySlider1.sync( secondarySlider1 ).mount();\n    var secondarySlider2 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-2', {\n   \t fixedWidth:100,height:75,gap:10,\n   \t focus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n   \t cover:true,isNavigation:true,\n   \t breakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:56,height:42,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n    } ).mount();\n    var primarySlider2 = new Splide( '#splide-major-2', {\n   \t type:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n    } );\n    primarySlider2.sync( secondarySlider2 ).mount();\n    var secondarySlider3 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-3', {\n   \t fixedWidth:100,height:72,gap:10,\n   \t focus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n   \t cover:true,isNavigation:true,\n   \t breakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:56,height:40,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n    } ).mount();\n    var primarySlider3 = new Splide( '#splide-major-3', {\n   \t type:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n    } );\n    primarySlider3.sync( secondarySlider3 ).mount();\n    var secondarySlider4 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-4', {\n   \t fixedWidth:100,height:75,gap:10,\n   \t focus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n   \t cover:true,isNavigation:true,\n   \t breakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:56,height:42,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n    } ).mount();\n    var primarySlider4 = new Splide( '#splide-major-4', {\n   \t type:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n    } );\n    primarySlider4.sync( secondarySlider4 ).mount();\n    var secondarySlider5 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-5', {\n   \t fixedWidth:100,height:75,gap:10,\n   \t focus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n   \t cover:true,isNavigation:true,\n   \t breakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:56,height:42,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n    } ).mount();\n    var primarySlider5 = new Splide( '#splide-major-5', {\n   \t type:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n    } );\n    primarySlider5.sync( secondarySlider5 ).mount();\n    var secondarySlider6 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-6', {\n   \t fixedWidth:100,height:75,gap:10,\n   \t focus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n   \t cover:true,isNavigation:true,\n   \t breakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:56,height:42,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n    } ).mount();\n    var primarySlider6 = new Splide( '#splide-major-6', {\n   \t type:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n    } );\n    primarySlider6.sync( secondarySlider6 ).mount();\n    var secondarySlider7 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-7', {\n   \t fixedWidth:100,height:75,gap:10,\n   \t focus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n   \t cover:true,isNavigation:true,\n   \t breakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:56,height:42,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n    } ).mount();\n    var primarySlider7 = new Splide( '#splide-major-7', {\n   \t type:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n    } );\n    primarySlider7.sync( secondarySlider7 ).mount();\n} );\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>For the first weekend in May 2023, I had some personal errands to run in Seattle. I will not get into the details of those errands, so this post would be about the flights I took.<br \/>\nMay was not a peak season for visiting Seattle, it meant United Airlines had a lot of award inventories open. Despite the most desired times were still unavailable, such as Friday late afternoon or Sunday afternoon; I nonetheless found a pair of flights that suited my schedule:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leaving Washington Dulles at 3pm, Friday May 5, connecting in San Francisco and arriving in Seattle at 9:30pm.<\/li>\n<li>Leaving Seattle at 1pm, Monday May 8, arriving at Washington Dulles at 9pm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And since these were standard awards, it only cost 15000 miles round-trip when purchased through Turkish Airlines. I was a bit surprised that on Turkish Airline\u2019s website (and from their phone agent), directly searching Washington Dulles to Seattle came back with no availability, but I could somehow instruct the phone agent to search &#8220;multi-city&#8221; of Dulles &#8211; San Francisco &#8211; Seattle, which was still priced as a standard one-way domestic award at 7500 miles.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Flight_UA1893_from_Washington_Dulles_to_San_Francisco\">Flight UA1893 from Washington Dulles to San Francisco<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I was in no hurry on May 5, so I decided to take the silver line of Washington DC&#8217;s metro to Dulles Airport. As predicted, it&#8217;s a long ride but the cabin was fairly empty, and with video clips on my tablet, I didn&#8217;t find the ride boring.<\/p>\n<p>As usual, once in the airport and past security, I decided to check out the Turkish Airlines Lounge with my PPS membership. It&#8217;s still early in the day for European departures, so the lounge was fairly empty. The food offerings were decent, but I was more impressed with the desert, such as sweet rice cakes.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_124329.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_124329.jpg\" alt=\"ANA Boeing 787-9\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>ANA Boeing 787-9<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Off to Tokyo Haneda. The boarding gate was right next to the Turkish Airlines lounge that some VIPs boarded directly from the lounge.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>After a train ride, I made it to the boarding gate in United&#8217;s third-world terminal. The flight was fairly full, but I was lucky to get an empty middle seat next to me.<\/p>\n<p>United Airlines 1893<br \/>\nWashington Dulles, VA (IAD) &#8211; San Francisco, CA (SFO)<br \/>\nBoeing B737-Max9 (N37549)<br \/>\nSeat 31F<br \/>\nScheduled Departure &#8211; 2:59pm<br \/>\nActual Departure    &#8211; 3:14pm<br \/>\nScheduled Arrival   &#8211; 5:52pm<br \/>\nActual Arrival \t &#8211; 5:39pm<br \/>\n5 hours and 25 minutes<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s GPS tracking:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:3\/2;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikiloc.com\/wikiloc\/spatialArtifacts.do?event=view&#038;id=150070369&#038;measures=off&#038;title=off&#038;near=off&#038;images=off&#038;maptype=H\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video of the takeoff:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bKi-dXCPk1g\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Once airborne, the weather was largely good before crossing the Ohio River. As a result, I was given a tour of rural West Virginia. I was very surprised to find traces of snow on top of some mountains even in the month of May.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_152339.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_152339.jpg\" width=\"93%\" alt=\"Shenandoah River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Shenandoah River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Just outside Front Royal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_153238.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_153238.jpg\" width=\"93%\" alt=\"Roaring Plains West Wilderness\" \/><\/a><\/br>Roaring Plains West Wilderness<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I was very surprised to see snow in West Virginia in May.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_153526.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_153526.jpg\" width=\"93%\" alt=\"Shavers Fork\" \/><\/a><\/br>Shavers Fork<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Just east of the town of Elkins. Some snow on the mountains.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_153611.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_153611.jpg\" alt=\"Elkins WV\" \/><\/a><\/br>Elkins WV<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_153829.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_153829.jpg\" alt=\"Buckhannon WV\" \/><\/a><\/br>Buckhannon WV<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_155036.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_155036.jpg\" width=\"93%\" alt=\"Ohio River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Ohio River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Near Ravenswood, WV.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_155238.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_155238.jpg\" width=\"90%\" alt=\"Ohio River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Ohio River<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Near Point Pleasant, WV. The darker Kanawha River (whose tributaries include New River) merged into brown Ohio River.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_161030C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_161030C9.jpg\" width=\"98%\" alt=\"Cincinnati\/Northern Kentucky Airport\" \/><\/a><\/br>Cincinnati\/Northern Kentucky Airport<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">My previous flight was Cincinnati &#8211; Washington Reagan, taking off from this airport.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230505_152339.jpg\" alt=\"Shenandoah River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230505_153238.jpg\" alt=\"Roaring Plains West Wilderness\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230505_153526.jpg\" alt=\"Shavers Fork\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230505_153611.jpg\" alt=\"Elkins WV\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230505_153829.jpg\" alt=\"Buckhannon WV\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230505_155036.jpg\" alt=\"Ohio River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230505_155238.jpg\" alt=\"Ohio River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230505_161030C9.jpg\" alt=\"Cincinnati\/Northern Kentucky Airport\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-1, #splide-thumb-1 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_152339.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_152339.jpg\" alt=\"Shenandoah River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Shenandoah River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Just outside Front Royal.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_153238.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_153238.jpg\" alt=\"Roaring Plains West Wilderness\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Roaring Plains West Wilderness<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I was very surprised to see snow in West Virginia in May.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_153526.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_153526.jpg\" alt=\"Shavers Fork\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Shavers Fork<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Just east of the town of Elkins. Some snow on the mountains.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_153611.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_153611.jpg\" alt=\"Elkins WV\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Elkins WV<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_153829.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_153829.jpg\" alt=\"Buckhannon WV\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Buckhannon WV<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_155036.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_155036.jpg\" alt=\"Ohio River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Ohio River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Near Ravenswood, WV.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_155238.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_155238.jpg\" alt=\"Ohio River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Ohio River<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Near Point Pleasant, WV. The darker Kanawha River (whose tributaries include New River) merged into brown Ohio River.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_161030C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_161030C9.jpg\" alt=\"Cincinnati\/Northern Kentucky Airport\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Cincinnati\/Northern Kentucky Airport<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">My previous flight was Cincinnati &#8211; Washington Reagan, taking off from this airport.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The clouds started to gather while flying over southern Indiana and Illinois, so I took some naps.<br \/>\nProbably typical for the season, there were some mild turbulences while we approached the front range of Colorado mountains.<br \/>\nFrom my GPS, I was excited to find out we were flying directly over Tenmile &#8211; Mosquito Range, home to some of Colorado\u2019s highest mountains that I climbed last summer. Like a good friend that I haven&#8217;t seen for a while, I was eager to pick them out from above, but unfortunately the clouds didn\u2019t cooperate that much.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_183654C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_183654C9.jpg\" width=\"99%\" alt=\"Mountains in Mosquito Range\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains in Mosquito Range<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The mountain in the lower right corner, barely outside the clouds, was North Star Mountain. To its north, Quandary Peak, which I summitted 8 months ago, was partly behind clouds.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_183727.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_183727.jpg\" width=\"93%\" alt=\"Fremont Pass\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fremont Pass<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Colorado Route 91. Climax Mine in the right of this photo.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_183919C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_183919C9.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains in Holy Cross Wilderness\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains in Holy Cross Wilderness<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_185150.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_185150.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado River and Mesas in Western Colorado\" \/><\/a><\/br>Colorado River and Mesas in Western Colorado<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_191022.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_191022.jpg\" width=\"93%\" alt=\"Utah Landscape\" \/><\/a><\/br>Utah Landscape<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Eagle Canyon and Sid&#8217;s Mountain Wilderness<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_203410.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_203410.jpg\" alt=\"Flying over San Francisco Bay\" \/><\/a><\/br>Flying over San Francisco Bay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230505_183654C9.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains in Mosquito Range\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230505_183727.jpg\" alt=\"Fremont Pass\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230505_183919C9.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains in Holy Cross Wilderness\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230505_185150.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado River and Mesas in Western Colorado\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230505_191022.jpg\" alt=\"Utah Landscape\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230505_203410.jpg\" alt=\"Flying over San Francisco Bay\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-2, #splide-thumb-2 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_183654C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_183654C9.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains in Mosquito Range\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains in Mosquito Range<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The mountain in the lower right corner, barely outside the clouds, was North Star Mountain. To its north, Quandary Peak, which I summitted 8 months ago, was partly behind clouds.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_183727.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_183727.jpg\" alt=\"Fremont Pass\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fremont Pass<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Colorado Route 91. Climax Mine in the right of this photo.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_183919C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_183919C9.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains in Holy Cross Wilderness\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains in Holy Cross Wilderness<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_185150.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_185150.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado River and Mesas in Western Colorado\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Colorado River and Mesas in Western Colorado<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_191022.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_191022.jpg\" alt=\"Utah Landscape\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Utah Landscape<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Eagle Canyon and Sid&#8217;s Mountain Wilderness<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_203410.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_203410.jpg\" alt=\"Flying over San Francisco Bay\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Flying over San Francisco Bay<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>After that, we flew right over Yosemite National Park. Unfortunately, clouds were thick over Sierra Nevada Mountains, so I didn&#8217;t catch any sights.<br \/>\nThe thick clouds extended all the way to San Francisco Bay Area, beneath which was an undersaturated and gloomy landscape, as the following video captured the landing:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6GJK6eAaKzo\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After landing in San Francisco, I had just over an hour of connection time before my next flight to Seattle, which departed from the very end of concourse G, half an airport away. This gate designation felt a bit weird to me, as most of United&#8217;s operation in San Francisco was from E\/F gates. It turned out that my plane to Seattle (N405UA) did a roundtrip flight to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico earlier in the day, so it arrived at the international terminal. In addition, the morning flight to Puerto Vallarta suffered delay due to a diversion to Los Angeles, so its flights for the rest of the day were all delayed. In particular, the gate agent mentioned that since it&#8217;s an international arrival, it took time to clean and &#8220;secure&#8221; the plane. I felt the &#8220;secure&#8221; part actually took longer.<br \/>\nBut on the good side, at the end of concourse G there&#8217;s an &#8220;outdoor terrace&#8221;  with views of aircraft movements around the airport. A decent place for me to hang around.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_183221.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_183221.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Outdoor Terrace at the End of Concourse G\" \/><\/a><\/br>Outdoor Terrace at the End of Concourse G<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_183142.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_183142.jpg\" width=\"83%\" alt=\"End of Concourse G\" \/><\/a><\/br>End of Concourse G<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Swiss B777-300, and United A320 (N450UA), which was my plane to Seattle.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_183249.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_183249.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"View from Outdoor Terrace\" \/><\/a><\/br>View from Outdoor Terrace<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/DSC_6197C10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/DSC_6197C10.jpg\" alt=\"American Airlines B738 (N998NN)\" \/><\/a><\/br>American Airlines B738 (N998NN)<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/DSC_6198C10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/DSC_6198C10.jpg\" alt=\"United Airlines A319 Takeoff\" \/><\/a><\/br>United Airlines A319 Takeoff<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/DSC_6201.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/DSC_6201.jpg\" alt=\"United Airlines A319 (N846UA)\" \/><\/a><\/br>United Airlines A319 (N846UA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230505_183221.jpg\" alt=\"Outdoor Terrace at the End of Concourse G\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230505_183142.jpg\" alt=\"End of Concourse G\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230505_183249.jpg\" alt=\"View from Outdoor Terrace\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6197C10.jpg\" alt=\"American Airlines B738 (N998NN)\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6198C10.jpg\" alt=\"United Airlines A319 Takeoff\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6201.jpg\" alt=\"United Airlines A319 (N846UA)\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-3, #splide-thumb-3 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_183221.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_183221.jpg\" alt=\"Outdoor Terrace at the End of Concourse G\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Outdoor Terrace at the End of Concourse G<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_183142.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_183142.jpg\" alt=\"End of Concourse G\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>End of Concourse G<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Swiss B777-300, and United A320 (N450UA), which was my plane to Seattle.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_183249.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_183249.jpg\" alt=\"View from Outdoor Terrace\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>View from Outdoor Terrace<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/DSC_6197C10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/DSC_6197C10.jpg\" alt=\"American Airlines B738 (N998NN)\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>American Airlines B738 (N998NN)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/DSC_6198C10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/DSC_6198C10.jpg\" alt=\"United Airlines A319 Takeoff\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>United Airlines A319 Takeoff<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/DSC_6201.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/DSC_6201.jpg\" alt=\"United Airlines A319 (N846UA)\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>United Airlines A319 (N846UA)<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Flight_UA2385_from_San_Francisco_to_Seattle\">Flight UA2385 from San Francisco to Seattle<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This was an Airbus A320 with dated interior (which meant small luggage racks), which meant some bags had to be gate-checked; and since I didn&#8217;t want to stand in line to compete for that luggage rack space (for which the boarding group surprisingly didn&#8217;t matter), that included my bag.<\/p>\n<p>Once onboard, the flight crew informed us that weather in Seattle wasn&#8217;t ideal, so we were assigned a wheels-up time. So our actual takeoff was almost an hour late.<\/p>\n<p>United Airlines 2385<br \/>\nSan Francisco, CA (SFO) &#8211; Seattle, WA (SEA)<br \/>\nAirbus A320 (N450UA)<br \/>\nSeat 31A<br \/>\nScheduled Departure &#8211; 7:10pm<br \/>\nActual Departure    &#8211; 8:05pm<br \/>\nScheduled Arrival   &#8211; 9:27pm<br \/>\nActual Arrival \t &#8211; 9:46pm<br \/>\n1 hour and 41 minutes<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s GPS tracking:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:3\/2;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikiloc.com\/wikiloc\/spatialArtifacts.do?event=view&#038;id=150070626&#038;measures=off&#038;title=off&#038;near=off&#038;images=off&#038;maptype=H\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_200634.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_200634.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking San Francisco Airport during Takeoff\" \/><\/a><\/br>Overlooking San Francisco Airport during Takeoff<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_200741.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_200741.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking San Francisco Bay during Takeoff\" \/><\/a><\/br>Overlooking San Francisco Bay during Takeoff<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230505_200634.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking San Francisco Airport during Takeoff\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230505_200741.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking San Francisco Bay during Takeoff\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-4, #splide-thumb-4 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_200634.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_200634.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking San Francisco Airport during Takeoff\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking San Francisco Airport during Takeoff<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230505_200741.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230505_200741.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking San Francisco Bay during Takeoff\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking San Francisco Bay during Takeoff<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video of the takeoff:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Qf4Qxm2JEM\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Had the flight been on-time, I thought I would be treated with a spectacular view of sunset flying over the (clouds above) Sierra Nevada Mountains. But with the delay and a high cloud ceiling of 7300m, it&#8217;s almost dark when we climbed out of it.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, I didn&#8217;t wait much before getting my gate-checked bag from the carousel, after which I joined my friends who had been waiting for me at the parking lot.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Flight_UA2275_from_Seattle_to_Washington_Dulles\">Flight UA2275 from Seattle to Washington Dulles<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Fast forward to my return flight on Monday, May 8. I was dropped off at Seattle Airport just under 2 hours of my flight.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve heard that Seattle Airport had such awful security wait times that they came up with a &#8220;spot saver&#8221; program, allowing travelers to make reservations for security checkpoints. In my opinion this didn&#8217;t address the root causes of long wait times, which was insufficient staffing and infrastructure for security screening. But with this program, the airport\/TSA could somehow shift the blame to travelers: &#8220;Facing long security lines? Screw you! You should have made the &#8216;spot saver&#8217; reservation.&#8221;<br \/>\nSince I had plenty of time and I didn&#8217;t think Monday noon was peak travel time, I deliberately decided not to try out &#8220;spot saver&#8221; this time. In the end, partly due to mechanical issues with an X-ray machine, it took me a staggering and unacceptable 34 minutes to clear security.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230508_121748.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230508_121748.jpg\" width=\"92.8%\" alt=\"Seattle Airport Terminal A Interior\" \/><\/a><\/br>Seattle Airport Terminal A Interior<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A fair share of both fancy art and walking distance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230508_123014.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230508_123014.jpg\" alt=\"Boarding Flight to Washington Dulles\" \/><\/a><\/br>Boarding Flight to Washington Dulles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230508_121748.jpg\" alt=\"Seattle Airport Terminal A Interior\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230508_123014.jpg\" alt=\"Boarding Flight to Washington Dulles\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-5, #splide-thumb-5 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230508_121748.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230508_121748.jpg\" alt=\"Seattle Airport Terminal A Interior\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Seattle Airport Terminal A Interior<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A fair share of both fancy art and walking distance.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230508_123014.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230508_123014.jpg\" alt=\"Boarding Flight to Washington Dulles\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Boarding Flight to Washington Dulles<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>After clearing security, I checked out &#8220;The Club&#8221; lounge in terminal A with my PPS membership, which, &#8220;mediocre&#8221; would be a compliment for that lounge. It&#8217;s so underwhelming that I didn&#8217;t want to mention it.<\/p>\n<p>United Airlines 2275<br \/>\nSeattle, WA (SEA) &#8211; Washington Dulles, VA (IAD)<br \/>\nBoeing B737-Max8 (N37257)<br \/>\nSeat 31A<br \/>\nScheduled Departure &#8211; 12:52pm<br \/>\nActual Departure    &#8211; 12:58pm<br \/>\nScheduled Arrival   &#8211; 8:53pm<br \/>\nActual Arrival \t &#8211; 8:21pm<br \/>\n4 hours and 23 minutes<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s GPS tracking:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:3\/2;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikiloc.com\/wikiloc\/spatialArtifacts.do?event=view&#038;id=150070220&#038;measures=off&#038;title=off&#038;near=off&#038;images=off&#038;maptype=H\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Now to my flight back to Washington Dulles, once airborne, weather was fine over Seattle, affording me an aerial tour of the city and its suburbs. Here&#8217;s a video:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hqJY9ywMdyE\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230508_130144.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230508_130144.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Downtown Seattle\" \/><\/a><\/br>Overlooking Downtown Seattle<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230508_130152.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230508_130152.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Union\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lake Union<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230508_130200C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230508_130200C9.jpg\" alt=\"Campus of Washington University\" \/><\/a><\/br>Campus of Washington University<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230508_130240.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230508_130240.jpg\" alt=\"South Kirkland along Shores of Lake Washington\" \/><\/a><\/br>South Kirkland along Shores of Lake Washington<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230508_130144.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Downtown Seattle\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230508_130152.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Union\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230508_130200C9.jpg\" alt=\"Campus of Washington University\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230508_130240.jpg\" alt=\"South Kirkland along Shores of Lake Washington\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-6, #splide-thumb-6 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230508_130144.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230508_130144.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Downtown Seattle\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking Downtown Seattle<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230508_130152.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230508_130152.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Union\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Lake Union<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230508_130200C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230508_130200C9.jpg\" alt=\"Campus of Washington University\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Campus of Washington University<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230508_130240.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230508_130240.jpg\" alt=\"South Kirkland along Shores of Lake Washington\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>South Kirkland along Shores of Lake Washington<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>After that, it&#8217;s a quite uneventful flight that I spent between naps and video clips. Clouds were thick over the midwestern states so there wasn&#8217;t much to show.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230508_171255C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230508_171255C9.jpg\" alt=\"Flight Reversed on IFE Display\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Flight Reversed on IFE Display<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The plane flew from Washington Dulles to Seattle in the morning, but somehow the crew didn\u2019t reset the flight information. As a result, on the flight information page I watched the progress bar went backwards throughout the flight.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-7\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230508_135423.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230508_135423.jpg\" width=\"92.8%\" alt=\"Crown Mountain, Montana\" \/><\/a><\/br>Crown Mountain, Montana<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">On the eastern front of Rocky Mountains in the state.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230508_152003.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230508_152003.jpg\" alt=\"Minnesota River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Minnesota River<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230508_154127.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230508_154127.jpg\" alt=\"Mississippi River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mississippi River<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230508_170947.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230508_170947.jpg\" alt=\"Shenandoah River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Shenandoah River<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230508_171042.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230508_171042.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230508_171401.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230508_171401.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Dulles Airport\" \/><\/a><\/br>Overlooking Dulles Airport<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-7\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230508_135423.jpg\" alt=\"Crown Mountain, Montana\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230508_152003.jpg\" alt=\"Minnesota River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230508_154127.jpg\" alt=\"Mississippi River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230508_170947.jpg\" alt=\"Shenandoah River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230508_171042.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails-s\/20230508_171401.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Dulles Airport\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-7, #splide-thumb-7 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230508_135423.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230508_135423.jpg\" alt=\"Crown Mountain, Montana\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Crown Mountain, Montana<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">On the eastern front of Rocky Mountains in the state.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230508_152003.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230508_152003.jpg\" alt=\"Minnesota River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Minnesota River<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230508_154127.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230508_154127.jpg\" alt=\"Mississippi River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mississippi River<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230508_170947.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230508_170947.jpg\" alt=\"Shenandoah River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Shenandoah River<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230508_171042.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230508_171042.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/20230508_171401.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/05\/sea\/thumbnails\/20230508_171401.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Dulles Airport\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking Dulles Airport<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a video of the landing:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5viOt1cIW60\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Upon leaving the plane, an elderly gentleman pilot professionally greeted all the passengers. I didn&#8217;t recall many pilots in the states that did this.<br \/>\nAfter that, I made it back home and concluded this trip.<br \/>\nEND<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post of the flights that I took to and from Seattle for a weekend trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[592],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7872"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7872"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7994,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7872\/revisions\/7994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}