the flight from paris to seattle

the flight from paris took off at 1030 am . thankfully got a window seat
we were flying back in time landing in seatlle after a ten hour flight at 1130 in the morning so it was daylight all the way
it was the most amazing flight ... we flew over greenland........for two hours we flew over sheets sheets sheets of flat snow with nountains often peaking out
then blue deep blue sea
looking in the distance it seems like there is land and is it a beach .such a clear cut of land it seems ...but tits snow..........
pix cant capture the expanse so white as far as you can see
sometimes it seems that there is ince over lots of water
when there are breaks in the snow you wander is it water?
is the white clouds?

sitting next to a young ukrainian who is going to alaska to work in a restaurant the flight costs him 1400 dollar he has paid 1000 dollars for the work contract.he will work 2 jobs a day at 10 dollars an hour, rents a place of 200 dollars and will make back his expenses and also some more for his education..he is studying engineering
we have a gud time cheering to f=champagne then red wine then white

whilst watching out have movies going on ....... watched the curious case of bengamin button, woody allen scoop, last chance harvey, christina goes to barcelona......... cant see the end of that ..flight is landing

its been so great to meet suzie........ her daughter rachel comes for dinner.suzie has the diary we had kept during our trip.in 1967.we had dopped out of college when i was 17 and drove from protland to montreal to new yord new orleans to new mexico.... at places it is faded out the parts that went into the water... her daughter reads the short descriptions on each day and we relive our adventures....much laughter......... next day we went to lunch with the poet gary
snyder.evening his poetry reading with 2000 people paying to hear him. he dedicates his reading to ron and suzy. rons book has come to suzy the day before, the one he finished proof reading on his bed ........... he died with suzy and his two kids holding his hand......... in the house where we are......... its amazing to me that suzie and ron are so respected for the work they have done in linguistics...........

we had calvados apple brandy a speciality from brittany france to celebrate......

off tomorrow to theolymic national park camping