August 27th, 2021. (Uploaded here in November of 2023).
-Full title: "Southwest Airlines - Full Flight POV: Phoenix, Arizona (PHX) to Seattle, Washington (SEA)".
-Trip report, solo Vlog, POV recording, photo slideshow, editing, Iphone SE, GoPro Hero 2018.
-Same video on my YouTube, 5keeper7ful: https://youtu.be/i_CrK4Uyb1w
-Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SeaTac)
-PHX to SEA. PHX-SEA (Major national hub, the main hub, for Alaska Airlines & Horizon Air!)
-Southwest desert valley region USA to Pacific Northwest mountain region (West Coast) USA.
-Boeing 737-MAX 8 aircraft. Long distance round trip travel in a single day. Morning to midday to afternoon to evening. Layover in between flights. After this outbound trip came the return trip: Seattle (SEA) to Phoenix (PHX). Left Arizona in the morning, back home in Arizona in the evening. Departure and arrival! Boarding passes and fridge magnets are shown at the end.
-Inside the gate, taxi to runway, Takeoff (climb & ascent to cruising altitude), flight attendant announcements after surpassing 10,000 feet.
-Snack and drink service, Landing (descent & final approach), touchdown on runway, flight attendant "welcome" announcements , taxi to the gate, parking.
-Awesome views [behind the wing, from the window seat] of: Sky Harbor terminals & runways, Salt River, 202 loop & 101 loop freeways, ASU campus, north Tempe, Papago Park, Mesa to the south, Camelback Mountain, Scottsdale, Phoenix area in distance, Sun City/Peoria in distance, Lake Pleasant & Highway 93 in distance, Prescott, Interstate 40 freeway, Interstate 17 freeway, Flew a bit more to the east and straight north for awhile: Closer to Sedona & Flagstaff & Humphrey's Peak, Williams in distance, Kaibab Forest, Over the Grand Canyon National Park area & Colorado River, Interstate 15 freeway, Zion National Park & St. George (Southwestern Utah), Eastern & Northern Nevada, Western Idaho, Bend & three sisters mountains, Mount Hood & city of Portland in distance & Interstate 84 freeway (Eastern & Western & Northern Oregon), Columbia River (state line), Mount St. Helens & Mount Rainier (Eastern & Western & Northern Washington), some of Seattle area (downtown & Elliott Bay to the west, not visible due to overcast, before we turned left for final approach), Interstate 5 freeway, Lake Washington & Mercer Island, Boeing Field (King County International Airport), Boulevard Park, Renton, Sea-Tac runways & terminals.
-Seats, tray tables, flaps, landing gear, terminals, fun solo getaway, passengers, pilots, desert valley, mountains, lakes & rivers, oceans, plains, farms, rolling hills, trees, freeways & cars, people. Cloud cover, Clouds, fog, foggy, cloudy, overcast, low visibility, light rain, wet/damp, marine layer, fresh air, cooler temperature, warmer temps, Fall weather, the Bay, the Harbor, Pacific Ocean, marine life, sea life, seafood, boats and ships and ferries, shipping and freight, sunny skies, clear skies, cloudy skies, turbulence.
-Port of Seattle, Puget Sound, Bremerton Ferry, Pike Place Market, the Space Needle observation tower, Seattle Center Monorail, Paine Field in Everett (Factory & Museum), Baseball team: the Mariners, 'Frasier' sitcom series (spinoff from 'Cheers' in Boston) starring Kelsey Grammer on NBC (1993-2004 in Seattle & 2023 revival in Boston), "Tossed salad and scrambled eggs" theme song, Paramount Plus streaming service, music: classic rock (the band Heart), grunge rock (the band Nirvana), the movie 'Sleepless in Seattle', 'Twilight' book and movie series, far left politics, marijuana/weed/"Mary Jane", pot smokers, hippies, progressivism. Summer 2020 riots, "The Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) or Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP), originally Free Capitol Hill and occasionally the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP), was an unlawful occupation protest and self-declared autonomous zone in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington." (June 2020),
*Disappointing return visit thanks to the weather, I want to return in the future when it can be more clear and sunny and I can actually see everything.
-The previous year (2020) I returned to the Portland, Oregon area (and therefore the Pacific Northwest USA), 15 years since our family road trip in the summer of 2005. This time (2021), I returned to the Seattle area, 16 years later.
-Family Trip to NorCal, Oregon, Washington (Summer 2005): https://youtu.be/NA0X-v9mQdU
Even though it's so brief, with only views from the plane and inside the airport.
-My mom and dad originally lived in Seattle for awhile (late 1970's-early 1980's), my first time was a trip with my dad and older brother in the summer of 2002. We flew in and out of Sea-Tac. So this was my first time at the airport in 19 years!!
-Photos of souvenirs and boarding passes are shown at the end.
