Off to Italy!

We decided to go take public transportation to the airport. Marilyn dropped us off at the park and ride, we caught an express bus downtown, switched to light rail to Tukwila and then caught a shuttle to the airport. So easy! I had forgotten my Alaska Airlines Gold card at home and was annoyed I had to stand in the long line at airport security versus the short line. I'm going to have to get used to it soon because my airline preference status has gone way down since I don't travel as frequently as in the past. I posted these pictures from the Alaska board room at Seatac airport before we left but didn't have time to add any narrative then as Rob was telling me to hurry, hurry, hurry. I did, but our flight from Seattle was delayed 45 minutes. We were fortunate to get an exit row which was comfy but we froze the latter half of the flight. Note - that was the very last time we were cold as Rome is hot and humid right now! Rob was so cold (very unusual for him) on the plane, that he used some plastic cellophane that the airline blanket had come in to wrap around his feet. We originally had a two hour layover in Newark before heading to Rome but that vanished after being put into a hold pattern and circling for more than an hour. We raced from one gate to the other and were the last passengers to board the flight moments before the door was pulled shut.
I had been in an absolute dither over what to bring as a knitting project on the plane. I had already planned on some socks, but since I only had two backpacks to carry, my space was limited. I decided on using some Silk Maiden handpainted yarn and the Evelyn Clark's Swallowtail shawl because it didn't take up much room and it would be challenging enough to keep my interest. Everyone else in the world seems to have knit that shawl and now it is time for me to knit one as well. I felt a bit guilty over not taking any Nihon Vogue projects. Hopefully I won't regret my decision.