Adventure starts at home

We are starting our summer trip with a little adventure at home; getting to the airport without using a car or shuttle.  Seattle has slowly been building a light rail system and the route finally extended to our neighborhood and University of Washington. We were already taking this train to the airport before our station opened but that always required the generosity of friends with large cars or a long bus ride to the station a few miles south.

Not including the time it took to walk to the station it was 40 minutes on the train to the airport.  (Yes, I can drive there in less than 25 minutes but would have to pay to park) Lines were unusually short at the TSA checkpoint and the folks working were strangely very friendly.

Now I know the name of my blog is No Electronics as I thought travelling with the family would reduce the time we were on our devices. However as I learned from our trip last summer, there is always some downtime on every trip.  Tonight we have a few hours before our flight boards so I'm on a smartphone writing this post, and everyone else in the family has their screens out as well.  Number 1 found a table and strategically spread out his gear.  I think he spent more time packing his electronics than this clothes,  we'll wait and see if he forgot anything.