To Kenya (ala Joe Bob Briggs movie review)

Sacramento to Seattle

We can't check your bags through to Nairobi

small plane, one snack, no bumps

quick trains to South satellite

I sat with one daughter against the back bulkhead

Too full to sit together

Seattle to Amsterdam

but we swapped inflight to one row

closer together we sat rows apart

Disney Rapunzel, an unknown Liam Neeson

half the disks of GreenDayKatyPerryFooFighters and blues

Now That's What I Call Music 77

5 Partner Interlude - "Sky Team"

We traveled using Horizon check-in at Sacramento

Alaska to Seattle, Delta to Amsterdam

Kenya Airways operated by KLM to Nairobi

But not all partners work the same way, so

Tickets and baggage don't check through

Check in again in Amsterdam "Transfer Stop 6"

Amsterdam to Nairobi

Kenyan man with Oregon Duck cap stares

Separated seats, NO knee room,

two mid-row seats, sleepers on each end

Milindi visitor from Des Moines

Visas, Entry Declarations, "Live-Scan" and photos, and

No baggage. Late night.

Up at 4am local, composing this journal

Sacked back to sleep

Good English breakfast of which,

the kids approve.