We arrived in Casa Grande, Arizona, early on Tuesday morning, November 3rd. It was a relatively short and comfortable trip, but not without some interesting diversions. At the luggage carousel in Phoenix, we were the only passengers still standing when the plane’s cargo had been totally off loaded. Seems that our two bags were sent to Portland, we went to Seattle, and there they remained. Normally this would have been no "grande" problem, except Lesley’s case contained twenty pounds of frozen, moderately insulated, Halibut. The amount of insulation was calculated using a time factor of only 12 to 14 hours. When Alaska Airlines was informed of the possible and pending environmental problem, I am sure alarm bells could be heard in heated cargo holds from Phoenix to Portland. Our two wayward bags were hand delivered, by an uniformed official, at 11:30 AM, the same day. And, we received an award of 5000 Alaska Airline Miles for our trouble. The fish, still frozen, had not even worked up a sweat.
A short slideshow describing "Our Winter Home", here in Casa Grande, was posted on this Site September 26, 2009. Please have a look; I’m sure you will enjoy.
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