After a fabulous surprise birthday and engagement party last night, it is time to reluctantly leave our family in Oregon and head for colder weather and a few puck and stick shows in Canada. Our plane did not leave until 2:30 today, but by the time we puddle jumped on three different planes all the way to Vancouver and made it to our classy newly renovated 1913 hotel called the St. Regis, it was after 10 pm. It was a long day, but lots of fun nonetheless. We started out with lunch accompanied by a Bloody Mary (after all, it is Super Bowl Sunday) at the Wings restaurant in the Eugene airport, then puddle jumped 30 minutes to Portland. Here, I bought a gorgeous light plum colored Columbia full zipper fleece to use for layering along with some cozy gloves, preparing for the "slightly" colder temperature of our final destination while my fiance bought a light, easily "crunchable" black rain jacket to stuff in his bag. Then, we headed to consume our last Oregon Rogue beer before heading to Seattle, Washington. We tried two brews we had not tried before, the Hazelnut Brown Nectar and the Mocha Porter, both excellent choices as we have found all Rogue ales to be.
All along the journey today, we stopped at big screen TV's throughout the airports, checking out the Super Bowl stats. I 'm not a huge football fan, but it was fun to see how it brought everyone together to cheer for their team no matter where we were at, relaxing and having a drink and dinner or watching the game while waiting for their flights, everywhere we went, people were stopping to watch or catch up on scores, just like us.
The second leg of our flight was from Portland to Seattle, and it was another 30 minute puddle jumper when a absolutely fantastic view of the city as we cruised across and to the airport. Checking out the Space Needle and the stadium for the Mariners and Sea hawks at dusk with the lights already on, but enough sunlight still to see details from the plane, we felt very lucky to have the flight schedule we've had the entire trip. Yes, it's a bit of a pain to have to take three flights to get to Vancouver when we possibly could have driven there faster from our family's home in Oregon, but with a glass half full, I can't help but look for the silver lining, and that would be the marvelous sunsets and views we've seen from the planes. I even told my fiancee that we should just schedule all our flights from now on at dusk to sunset time because it's the ideal time for sightseeing from a plane. :)
The only drawback to the trip so far has been not having my boys with me. I always think about how much they would enjoy seeing and being a part of all this. My oldest said to me on the phone the other night when I told him that I wished he could be here, "Yeah, I wish you could be here, and I could be there too." Basically, I wish we could be together all the time. I miss them. But now, it's time for sleep. It's been a long day, and tomorrow is my 36th birthday to spend in Vancouver however I want. How exciting! I am so blessed...
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