New friends.

Yet another adventure.  This one was a little short-notice, but since I wasn't sure my grandfather would even be around by the time I got here, and instead he's doing better every day, I'll take it.

Town's pretty quiet at 2AM on a Thursday morning.

RIC was also pretty dead at 4:30AM.

The Richmond Airport wasn't too bad.  Parking is confusing, but they've got guys with flags to wave you into the random lots you end up parking in.  And since it was 22 minutes from parking my car to sitting at my gate, I wasn't too displeased.  The security line could be a nightmare when it's busy.

The flight from RIC to EWR was uneventful and quiet.  We landed about 5 minutes before my connection was due to board.  I had to gate check my bag for the tiny jet I flew to EWR, and it took 20 minutes to get it off at the end.  A quick sprint across the Newark airport and I made it with a minute to spare.

Dem ridges

The flight from EWR to SEA was wonderful.  Great views and managed to make a new friend. She got sent a drink from her coworkers at the front of the plane, and the flight attendant who delivered it fell in love with her immediately.  He proceeded to bring her drink after drink, which we ended up splitting when he was out of view.

Plus, I pretty much rocked the crossword. Oh - this is Seattle.

I promised Ashley a selfie before we got off the plane.

As soon as we got off the plane, we drove to go visit my new goddaughter, Avery. She was ugly and horrible, and lacked any charm.

Or the opposite of that. Whatever.

Unfortunately, I didn't catch Jim. I'll be back.

My uncle had big plans for the evening.  Hint: beer.

If you drink all 1,000 in an hour you get a free T-shirt.

Shout out to this food truck with a beautifully-permed chef and delicious latke sandwiches.

Day 1 of Seattle complete.  Tomorrow, my brothers arrive and we go see the grandparents.