The plane left Seattle just a little late, but the pilots were motivated to get to their destination:<\/p>\n
“Thank you for choosing Alaskan Airlines. Skies are clear, and we do anticipate an early arrival in Anchorage today, landing at 2:15 am. Remember, there is an hour difference. Enjoy your flight!”<\/p>\n
Good news, because the big worry so far was that the rental car desk closed at 2:30 am and accoring to the schedule we landed<\/em> at 2:30 am. But we might get there early!<\/p>\n When the plane taxied in, I woke up from a nice nap (thank you Tylenol PM). Chris prepared to sprint through the airport to secure our vehicle.<\/p>\n We disembarked, and Chris said over his shoulder “Meet me at the car rental counter!” as he sped off.<\/p>\n I followed him at a slower pace. I passed a Mooselaneous store (gag), and the other usual vending establishments. Halfway out, I found a site of interest.<\/p>\n Now\u00a0Chris had always been most concerned with the car, but my priority had always been getting a place to sleep. Our original\u00a0plan of toughing it out for the first night\u00a0had seemed like a bad idea.<\/p>\n In front of me, past the TSA security checkpoint, was a very smart\u00a0business idea. They were selling little room with attached bathrooms to\u00a0catch a couple hours of sleep. They\u00a0charged by the hour–buy three hours,\u00a0get the fourth free.<\/p>\n This was the perfect solution to our problem! just a couple hours to\u00a0rest. That was all we needed. Chris didn’t want to pay for a full hotel room\u00a0when we could only be there a couple hours! But this was a reasonable price. We could do this! They even had a room for two.<\/p>\n Except. Chris was already past security. We couldn’t do it, because he had run ahead to get the car.<\/p>\n Maybe we didn’t need to rest. I was feeling pretty good. I’d had a nice rest on the plane. Maybe it would be okay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The plane left Seattle just a little late, but the pilots were motivated to get to their destination: “Thank you for choosing Alaskan Airlines. Skies are clear, and we do anticipate an early arrival in Anchorage today, landing at 2:15 … Continue reading