P is for Patience

...and Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Phoenix, all places we stopped on our reeeeally long trip to Portland. Seriously, I can't believe we weren't delayed in Providence! Patience was definitely what we needed, after our 21-minute flight to Philly was delayed 45 minutes--just long enough for us to miss the last direct flight to Portland for the night.

watching airplanes while we eat

We decided to make the best of our trip through the P's by eating at the fanciest (?!?) restaurant in the Philly airport and picking a hotel in Phoenix with really comfortable beds. It only slightly ruined our fun to realize that the woman who checked us out had been on the same shift when she checked us in a few hours earlier...