I don't fly very often and, when I do, it's rare that I get a good window seat. Yesterday was one of those days where I did, indeed, fly and did, indeed, get a good window seat. I spent enough time gazing out the window that I got a crink in my neck!
American Airlines usually has inflight internet available (for a fee, of course). It was not available this flight, so the window was a prime source of my entertainment. There is really not much to see when you're 10,000 feet in the air, but sometimes the clouds do become pretty epic.
Somewhere, down there, are people.
During the descent into West Palm Beach I glanced out and, if you can see it, saw a tanker chugging along. When we were taxiing out of Philadelphia I remember looking at a couple of large UPS cargo jets. They were huge, and it made me wonder about the small packages that I've sent and received. A small package, maybe no larger than a book, often ends up in one of those cargo jets destined for wherever-in-the-world, maybe Peru, Bahrain, Scotland, or wherever. It's amazing our shit gets anywhere.
And this tanker. It was huge, but it certainly doesn't look it, does it? How many sailors do you think are on this ship? Maybe 20? Whatever their cargo is, it doesn't look like it could really be very much, could it?
It's an interesting perspective looking out like this. As we descended the city came into view; lines of cars on the highway, emergency vehicles rushing toward an emergency and people just going about their lives. The world is huge, particularly in comparison to that tanker. When you think about it, the chances of any two people actually ever happening to intersect it pretty slim.
Once on the ground and en route to the hotel everything became normal again, of course. Even trust old I95 was there waiting for me, like an old friend.
I even got to drive down Australian Ave. What do you think of that, @galenkp? It was only a 2 hour flight away!
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