Did you feel it? This morning the center of the universe shifted about 700 miles northeast.



In exchange for a lower fare I had open seating on the airplane so was lucky enough to get a window seat in an exit row. It was first-class leg room!

The destination airport doesn't have jetways, they use rolling steps and used the rear exit stairs in addition to the front door for unloading the passengers. It was very nice to not have to walk up that long aisle to the front, and so much faster. Within 10 minutes of my getting off, the new passengers (headed back to Las Vegas) were getting on, also using the rear entry in addition to the front. Now that there is no free food or drink there is a lot less cabin trash so apparently they don't even bother to send in cleaning crews.

One interesting thing about this particular airline: the seats don't recline, no buttons, removing an entire element of aggravation: no seat back inches from your nose, and the flight attendants don't have to nag about 'full upright position' at landing time.



The second photo is the high mountain in the first photo, taken from over Denver where the Rocky Mountains rise abruptly from the flatness of the Great Plains.

How are things at my house? There is snow on the ground and some animal tracks but not very many around the house. It was sunny and warm today. The standby generator is doing fine, with no power outage events since I left. It turns itself on once a week for a test, and that appears to be working as planned.