Vancouver Bound

The windows of an airplane are like peepholes into life's bigger picture. When flying, I always try to get the window seat. For a while after leaving Toronto, it was a flat checker board of green and brown as we flew over Prairieland and admitedly, I retreated back to my book. The next time I looked out again, I saw this.

followed by this,

and finally, it took a breathtaking view of Mount Baker to start a conversation between me and the passenger sitting to my right.