Tales of the Flowers

Monday, December 30, 2019

Ian gets to give the welcome announcement on Southwest Airlines

Normally I'd just include something like this in a regular trip report, but this one was just too special.
The last time we were in the St Louis airport, we were giving out candy, making people feel special. This time something special happened to us.
With 10 people in our party, and the way Southwest does boarding, everyone got on the plane at different times. Ian and I happened to be one of the first.
Like usual, Ian wanted to go see the pilots and ask questions. The Southwest pilots and flight attendants, like usual, are super accommodating. Flight attendant Lori Ann Price led the both of us up to the cockpit.
There Captain Kim Lane let him sit in the Captain's chair, pose for a picture with his hand on the throttle, and answered all his questions about what buttons do what. I thought that would be the end of it, but then she asked Ian if he wanted to give the welcoming announcement to everyone on the plane. Ian's not shy, so of course he said yes.
Not wanting me to miss out on getting a decent seat, I was told that I can go ahead and sit down and they'd send Ian back after the announcements.

More after the jump.

Maple Bacon Donut Cereal - National Bacon Day - December 30th

In honor of National Bacon Day, today we're tasting a brand new cereal. As part of the Honey Brunches of Oats brand, just like the Chicken & Waffles cereal we tasted before, there's another cereal from Post called Maple Bacon Donuts.

So just like usual, we're going to compare the cereal to what it's intended to represent. In our case, the Maple Bacon Donut came from the tasty Moon Donuts.

Traveling to see family

After having everyone visiting us for Christmas, you might think that would be the end of Christmas break, but no! It's time for us to do some traveling too! It was a super early flight out, with us parking the car at 5:30am. But that's okay, because we're headed to...