Thursday July 13, 2006: Boston to Chicago; Chicago to Tokyo, Japan

My 9:10am flight from Boston to Chicago was delayed until 11am. Not the way I wanted to start this trip, but what could I do? We landed in Chicago with a 19 minute "cushion" before catching our connecting flight to Tokyo, Japan. We were exiting one gate as our names were being called for our next flight. We barely made it on the plane, but at least we didn't have to board with all the other passengers - that would have taken forever, and it would have been annoying.

Todd upgraded to first class (flyer miles) and Liz and I are way in the back. Fortunately, a flight attendant recognized we were travelling together and asked if we wanted to move, so we did! Not to first class, but instead of being in a row with 3 other passengers, we were in a row for 5, but there were only 3 of us (some other guy on the end), so Liz and I had a seat inbetween each of us. Not too bad actually.

I experienced my first bathroom visit on a plane. Not too noteworthy, but I can't imagine what overly obese people do in there - even pregnant women! I also had my first meal of airplane food. It actually wasn't all that bad.

We're north of Idaho in Canada somewhere. Three hours into the flight, 4,738 miles to go; 1,605 miles travelled. I think we're going to fly over Alaska. I'm pretty excited about that, but I doubt I'll be able to sneak a peak. On the windows, most blinds if not all, are shut.