For the day after my birthday, I requested we drive to the airport on the roads of my choosing. We drove all around Portland, including two bridges!
Then, as usual, we parked at the top of the parking structure to get the best view.
Finally, we headed into the terminal to watch cars drive on Airport Way and to run back and forth on the moving walkways. Now I’m already planning out my next birthday!
Went to the ol’ airport again, just for fun, to go watch planes.
We saw a buuuuunch of them. But some of the highlights:
Bye, PDX! See you soon, Grandma, Grandpa, and Uncle Mike!
Airporter from the Dexter Video Collection.
Oh, look, I found myself having fun at the airport again.
It’s exhausting having fun.
After starting school again, I needed a good trip to the airport to rest from my weary grind!
On the way to Nevada, I had six hours to kill before our flight boarded. This is partially how I spent it.
Moving Sidewalk from the Dexter Video Collection.
My little Portland suburb covered in snow. Ain’t it pretty?
BUT I HAD PLACES TO GO! It was about to be my birthday and I was scheduled to get on an airplane (an airplane!!!) to see Nana and Papa!
Long story short: the roads were insane, we abandoned our car, waited for an Uber driver with chains on his tires, sat in a standstill on the freeway for an eternity, just missed our flight, and finally booked ourselves on a flight scheduled to leave 4 hours later which was delayed an additional 2 1/2 hours. So there was a lot of waiting. (And, by the way, I was the awesomest kid ever and Mommy and Daddy thanked their lucky stars that I am an airplane and airport fanatic and determined to make this trip happen.)
We finally took off at 11:20pm and I got to celebrate the stroke of midnight of my birthday, quite fittingly, on Alaska Airlines. Then I finally fell asleep. And thanks to Nana and Papa for picking us up at 1:10am and then hanging out with me when I asked for “dinner” at 2am.
Me, Mommy, and Daddy went to my favorite place on earth, the Portland International Airport, to watch airplanes take off and land. It was my favorite day in quite a while!
Alaska! from the Dexter Video Collection.