Seattle again... Slept in to give my cold some rest, did laundry, and went to the Museum of Flight. Lots of interesting and historical aircraft there. Just a few snapshots:
That last one is the Gossamer Albatross II, the backup to the man-powered aircraft which successfully flew across the English Channel in 1979. The display designers must have had some fun - they hung it ahead of and above an SR-71. An aircraft that flew very slowly at very low altitude, ahead and above of the world's fastest and highest-flying operational manned aircraft - nice...
Best part of the day was dinner with a former high school classmate and his wife. David is one of the few people from my teens that I have stayed in tough with. He cooked up a delicious meal. They've lived in France in the past and served the meal in a French sequence: a hearty lamb stew on pasta (orso, I think), a salad, and a cheese course. Pascale wanted some dessert as well, so she brought out a couple flavors of sorbet. A lovely evening with the two of them and their cats.
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