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Monday, October 25, 2010

Seattle

Amsterdam to Seattle.  A long flight, and Fall beat us to the Emerald City. The winds were 290 at 21 knots gusting to 36. Rain showers in all areas. A broken American Airlines closed 16L, the long runway. We landed on 16C. Taxied to S8.


I navigated customs, dropped off paper work, enjoyed Princess Parking, and hit the ground running. The trees had changed colors while I was gone, and the rain stripped the leaves from their branches and stole my Fall colors. We'll they're still here-- just laying on the ground.

I took my car into the shop. Did a little shopping to support the local economy. Slid into a hot bath with a good book. Now I'm going to sleep for 12 hours. I will write more when I emerge from hibernation.

Note: Landing in Seattle and being 12 minutes from home is something I will never take for granted.

Officially back on reserve in DTW from the 28th to the 30th.  Remember-- we can do anything for three days. 

Enjoy the Journey ~

More to come tomorrow!

Karlene
Posted by Karlene Petitt at 6:58 PM

5 comments:

  1. seahawks7757October 25, 2010 at 7:39 PM

    Actually Seattle is 34 ;) and 34R is the long one. Unless you ment 16 lol. Then the above statements are right once it changes from a 3 to 1 lol. I know how the long days go.

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  2. Karlene PetittOctober 26, 2010 at 8:23 AM

    Isn't that the TRUTH! 24 hours awake doesn't make for good posting. So now, I'll go swap the numbers above and we'll confuse everyone.
    Thanks! Fatigue... a killer.
    PS... I slept 12.5 hours with only one call in the middle. :)

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  3. Karlene PetittOctober 26, 2010 at 8:26 AM

    South... We landed South! haha. All fixed. Thanks!
    PS... 22 to 10, GO SEAHAWKS!

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  4. HeatherOctober 26, 2010 at 9:11 AM

    Congrats on being home!

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  5. Karlene PetittOctober 26, 2010 at 9:16 AM

    Thanks Heather!

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