Checking in from over South Dakota

We’re in the air over central South Dakota now on our Midway-Seattle leg of our flight, with two hours of flying to go. The Southwest WiFi that I thought was so great before has turned out to be pretty sucky today.

The trip’s been smooth so far. We had plenty of time to board our flight in Raleigh and found combined seating on both legs of our flight. In Raleigh we had a really nice chat with a friendly TSA officer at the gate who’s a Chicago native. He gave us a tip on the only Chicago-style pizza he will eat in Raleigh: the Gino’s East brand that only that Harris Teeter sells. We’ll have to check it out.
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On our way west

We’re waiting for our plane to take us to Orcas Island for the week. The neighbors are checking on our Dobermans while we’re gone, which is nice of them.

We’re looking forward to some time spent hiking, Orcas-watching, exploring the village of Eastsound, and generally relaxing for a while.

We’ll check in again once we’re destinated. The family is so excited!