Sleepless in Seattle

Shirley and I decided to leave town for my birthday. I had a companion fare coupon for Delta airlines and we decided to fly up to Seattle for the weekend. It was a quick trip and full of excitement! We were all aboard the plane in SLC ready to depart when the captain said there was a problem with one of the engines and they had the repair manuals open and were trying to fix it. Enter a little anxiety. It was decided that this plane was unfit to use so they were trying to find an alternate airplane. We were told we would stay on board until it was decided what we were going to do. I kept thinking of Jet Blue, 12 hours on the runway, etc., etc. After only about 10 minutes they had us exit the plane and walk four gates down the concourse to another plane. Although we had to go through the entire boarding process again we were happy to finally get on our way only an hour late. As we were beginning our decent into Seattle the Captain came on the intercom to tell us we were experiencing some problems with one of the engines but he did not think it would be much of a problem. He also said that as a precaution, there would be multiple fire and rescue vehicles on the runway when we made our landing. Turn up the backside pucker factor a little! After landing the plane stopped and we were encircled by fire vehicles as they checked out the plane. Every seemed to be OK and we taxied to the gate. After getting our rental car we finally made to our hotel just short of Midnight.

In the morning we got up early and had breakfast and started out on our day. We had planned on going down to Pike's market and shop around.

After spending the day shopping and driving around seeing the sites, we stopped at the hotel for a quick check on the NCAA games and it was off to dinner. We had reservations at a restaurant across the bay from downtown Seattle. Great seafood and the view was fantastic as the sun set on Seattle and the lights came on.

We woke up early today and was off to the airport and back home again. It was a quick trip but very nice to get away for a few days. All was well when we got home.