Eight Hours And .......

      No news today about Thailand's recent flooding, worse in 50 years.  Bangkok's river banks were filled with more than 4 million sand bags last week to protect people and property.  What's happening now?
     Our itinerary is :
Yakima-Seattle (6:AM), Seattle-LA (8:AM), LA-Tokyo ( (12:50PM), Tokyo-Bangkok (8:15AM).  I'll let you know how many total air hours that will be.  Airlines are Alaska and Japan Air.
     Luggage is light.  Both suitcases qualify for carry-on size, but we will probably check them since there will be no extra charge.  We both have back packs, mine is very small.
     We have one reservation in a Bangkok guesthouse and after that, we're open to options.
     Check-off list is complete so off for a good night's sleep and up tomorrow ready for..........dreaming about ikat (the design threads dyed before weaving as seen below).
                                                                           Ikat

                                                 Dyed threads on the loom ready for weaving