My trip to Portland, first day

Very early Thursday morning I was up and getting ready for a very long day.  Dick and I left the house at 4:45 am to go the ten minutes to the University Park airport where he dropped me off.  As usual I had plenty of time to relax before take-off at 6:25 just the way I like it.  

As I walked out to the airplane and saw this view of the sunrise I had to snap this picture.

As we took off I had even better views of the sunrise from my window seat.

When I got to the Detroit airport I had less than an hour to get from gate to gate and quite a long way to go.  I definitely felt like I had gotten my workout for the day when I finally sat down for a few minutes before boarding again.

Jeremy had booked my seat in Delta's Comfort Plus section, which was a bit roomier.  I had no seat mates.  I was able to see the ground below me the entire way across the country.  I really didn't get anything else done except looking down, taking pictures, posting them, and checking the progress of my flight on the screen in front of my seat.  Well actually, I think I took a nap first as we flew over the boring mid states. 

Only when we crossed over into Oregon did we lose sight of the ground due to the cloud cover. 

I spent the day getting acquainted with Jeremy and Mike’s little family.  Daniel if five, Brennan is four, Natasha (Brennan’s sister) is 16.  She wasn’t feeling well that day, unfortunately   

I loved the view of the back yard from the living room sofa.

Watson, who had not seen me in over three years, absolutely remembered me!  

Because of the time change that first day was LONG!!  I had gotten up at 3:00 am (our time) at home, and then because we talked and talked and talked after the kids went to bed, it was after 10:00 pm here (1:00 am at home!) when I went to bed!  I almost pulled a 24-hour shift!

That’s all for this time. I HATE blogging from my phone.  I probably would not be a blogger if I had to always do it this way.