Flight to Maryland

May 19, 2016, 7:50 a.m., Japan time.

I left home about 5:00 a.m. for Itami airport and caught the above flight to Narita airport in Tokyo.  At 11:00 a.m. the direct flight  to Dulles International in Virginia took off and landed there at 10:40 a.m. on May 19, EST--a 12 hour flight and I got to re-live Thursday.  :-)

The flights themselves were smooth and uneventful which was nice.  The first one was an hour and I got to sit in seat 6A--which would be business class.  Here's a photo of my seat.  Would have been nice if this was on the Tokyo flight, but it was not. 

 Seat 6A on ANA

Flying over Eastern Tokyo

The plane to DC was ANA and decorated in a Star Wars theme.  The music as we boarded and landed was also Star Wars.  Very nice plane, flight and cabin crew.  5***** for this airline.

Over Lake Michigan

 Mid-West plains--flat forever

I got to DC about 30 minutes before the Johnson family from Aomori, Japan.  They were coming back for their first furlough with three children in tow, oodles of baggage and Sara was pregnant with #4.  Their family did not know she was expecting so it was a big surprise.  That's little Ethan in the orange shirt helping push the cart with his uncle, Paul's brother, and mom Sarah in the back.  

 Sarah Johnson and her sister