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canyonwalkerAboard WN1855 at Oakland Airport (OAK)
Thu, 13 May 2021. 7:30pm.
Today's a day of planes, trains, and automobiles... and shoes. Not only am I using all three types of vehicle transportation today— a train to Hawk's office, driving from there to Oakland airport, then flying to Spokane, Washington— but I'm also burning shoe leather. I started today's journey by walking to the train station. It's almost a mile from home.
BTW the train was just about empty this afternoon:
![Nearly empty Caltrain on a weekday afternoon [May 2021]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/canyonwalker/33413618/719635/719635_original.jpg "Nearly empty Caltrain on a weekday afternoon [May 2021]")
Pre-pandemic this train would've been SRO.
Alas our flight this evening isn't as spacious. The agent says it's almost 90% full. The chance of Hawk and I sharing a row with an empty middle seat seems poor, so we've decided to split. She's up front, having taken a medical pre-board; I used my A-01 boarding card to snag an exit row aisle seat. So far it's actually comfortable... though there's still a 2 hour flight in front of us.
Once we land in Spokane we're still not there. We'll bed down tonight in the town of Colville, in remote northeastern Washington about 90 minutes by car north of Spokane. Why not stay in Spokane where there are nice hotels instead of driving late at night? Driving out to Colville tonight positions us better position for hiking tomorrow. There are a few waterfalls up there we'd like to visit, and getting a leg of driving out of the way tonight before leaves more daylight Friday to enjoy the great outdoors.
Gotta go now; aircraft doors are closing momentarily. For the first time in 448 days it's time to fly!
Thu, 13 May 2021. 7:30pm.
Today's a day of planes, trains, and automobiles... and shoes. Not only am I using all three types of vehicle transportation today— a train to Hawk's office, driving from there to Oakland airport, then flying to Spokane, Washington— but I'm also burning shoe leather. I started today's journey by walking to the train station. It's almost a mile from home.
BTW the train was just about empty this afternoon:
Pre-pandemic this train would've been SRO.
Alas our flight this evening isn't as spacious. The agent says it's almost 90% full. The chance of Hawk and I sharing a row with an empty middle seat seems poor, so we've decided to split. She's up front, having taken a medical pre-board; I used my A-01 boarding card to snag an exit row aisle seat. So far it's actually comfortable... though there's still a 2 hour flight in front of us.
Once we land in Spokane we're still not there. We'll bed down tonight in the town of Colville, in remote northeastern Washington about 90 minutes by car north of Spokane. Why not stay in Spokane where there are nice hotels instead of driving late at night? Driving out to Colville tonight positions us better position for hiking tomorrow. There are a few waterfalls up there we'd like to visit, and getting a leg of driving out of the way tonight before leaves more daylight Friday to enjoy the great outdoors.
Gotta go now; aircraft doors are closing momentarily. For the first time in 448 days it's time to fly!
