Flight to Chicago

While we are very excited about the destination we are headed towards, we must pause and appreciate the beauty of the place we are leaving behind as well. Thanks to Ron & Cindy Verhei for the airfare (first class, at that!).

Champions play here. (Well, on the right.)

Hey! Mount Si! We got married near there! Our house is over on the left somewhere!

Haze in the sky due to the massive wildfires in the north.

Far over, the Misty Mountains cold...

This ring of jagged rock is so incredibly cool.

Thank God I didn't read this before we left.

Somewhere over the midwest, the US turns into a giant checkerboard.

Strange, distant lands! Wondrous new sights!