UA Flight 857 departs San Francisco at 12:40. The attendants ask that we lower our shades to reduce glare for those watching the movie (Swing Vote, Kevin Costner). Readers have to turn on their overhead light. It's very dark in the cabin and most people are sleeping.
Four hours into the flight I open the window shade for a quick peek at the Pacific. Nope, it's snow-covered mountain tops that plunge into a huge body of water. Siberia. The Bering Sea. This is an unexpected turn of events. Apparently from the west coast, you fly to China via Russia.
(You can just make out the mountains from this photo. Wish I had a better one. Left my camera in the overhead bin and had to wait for the guy in the aisle seat to wake up before I could get it.)
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