1 hour, 31 minutes
368 miles
Seat 11B
So tired. Was up until 7am getting my chest tattooed. Still aches and hurts. I hope the coffee I drank to keep my limbs moving is over powered by the engine drone. At this point I am the sort of tired that aches and feels a bit puky.
Luckily I pulled through it and am recovering nicely in Baltimore. Details on the big tattoo to come.
2 hours 13 minutes
864 miles
Seat 4A
Got to the airport in plenty of time, this time. The plane was late arriving so the flight ran 30 minutes late. It was cool since I got to hang out with a pair of lovely social workers from Boston who gave me a bunch of tips for this leg of the trip. The flight itself was very straight forward. By the numbers if a bit rushed getting us all on there. Even with the rush everything was up to the standards I have come to expect from JetBlue.
4 hours
1731 miles
Seat 9B
Ran to the airport late, the auto check-in didn’t work for me and the TSA felt they needed to check out my toiletries. I told the TSA agent that Long Beach was my favorite airport so far and showed him my LGB tattoo as proof. That only brought further delays as then all the other TSA agents needed to see it.
Still made my plane in time.
The flight was the longest one so far, but it wasn’t too bad. Watched some terrible movie on FX with Chow Yun Fat and that Stiffler kid. Terrible like a car wreck, couldn’t look away.
Now comes the part of the trip where I’m not staying places for very long. I’m looking forward to more flying!
1 hour 21 minutes
352 miles
Seat 10F
Earlier in the week I realized that a 7:00 am departure time was really not going to happen after going to the Hubba Hubba Revue the night before. JetBlue was awesome about switching the flights over. I also sprang the extra $10 for the extra legroom. That put me in a window seat with an empty seat next to me. I was out like a light. Great news.
I’ve been taking self portraits on the flights before lift-off, I’ve gone back and added them to the previous flight logs.
Leg 1
SEA to LGB
2 hours 35 minutes
964 miles
Seat 6F
Sitting next to a woman and a lady that just got back from an Alaskan cruise. I got some amazing headphones on the last leg of the trip. The downside to them is that they are huge and send a signal that I don’t want to be talked to.
Leg 2
LGB to SFO
1 hour 23 minutes
353 miles
Seat 17A
After a few hours in Long Beach and lunch at The Pike I got back to the terminal and the flight was delayed an hour. Killed some time in the airport by shooting some real frequent flyers. You can see the whole set on flickr. The birds apparently just live there off the scraps and crumbs the jetters leave behind.
I just have to take a moment and give a shout out to an awesome JetBlue employee. Pam was super sweet and gave me her #aycj pin. Now I can be spotted on the road that much easier. Thanks Pam!
2 hours 37 minutes
964 miles
Seat 13A -> Seats 14ABC
Managed to rook a kid into switching seats with me so he could sit next to his sweet heart. That put me in a row all by myself. Of course that meant I sat directly in front of a kid again, but this one wasn’t too bad. Even on what seemed to be a clear day on the ground, there was a layer of haze over Long Beach when viewed from the air.
With my Rounder playlist playing just a little bit louder than the engines of the plane I drifted off to sleep, only to be jarred awake by the wheels hitting the ground in Seattle.
LGB to SEA self portrait:
