We had our good friends, Ken and JoAnne Platt,  gives us a ride to catch the bus from Blaine to SeaTac.  Beats leaving the car there for 5 weeks and the bill associated with it, not to mention the frustration of driving through Seattle at rush hour. (Just as an interesting side bar: Kenny and Jo’s son Travis has his own You Tube channel, Blitzed, a weekly commentary with his fellow host about NFL football.  It is filmed  at the bar  he works in and is quite good, something he has created himself. If you like the NFL look this up! He has just been put under contract so he has someone’s attention! Travis has a degree in communication and has been on the odd TV show as an extra, Glee was one I can remember. Watch him…he is going places!)

We arrived in Miami a little early, 6:00am local time and have a  9 hour layover until we fly to Quito,  Ecuador. We are arriving a day early in Quito to get acclimatized, which is a habit we been getting into and it sure takes the pressure off.  Monday we are off to the Amazon River for 4 days, should be very interesting.