Day 4: ONT to SEA to YVR | Visiting Southern California

By Celine -

It's airport day! Good morning! I woke up at 4:00 AM to prepare for the day.

At 5:00 AM, Tita Vickie toasted the delicious pandesal and prepared hot chocolate to ensure we won't get hungry while waiting for our flight. I am so blessed to have Tita Vickie and Tito Dea in my life.

They drove us to Ontario International Airport (ONT) for our flight. I didn't do any web check-in and was feeling paranoid. Thankfully, the staff of Alaska Airlines was pleasant. After getting our boarding pass for both flights, we hugged Tita Vickie and Tita Dioly goodbye and went through TSA. Then, we waited for our flight.

We explored ONT and found the ramen vending machine, but everything was sold out. I was so looking forward to writing about it. Anyway, we just sat near our gate, and I napped. A few minutes before boarding, I told Jomar I was hungry. We're boarding soon, so I grabbed a sandwich from Hudson News and devoured my half. Jomar wants to eat his half on the plane.


Yo-Kai Express inside Ontario International Airport. Everything is sold out!

I dozed off as soon as I got comfortable on my seat in the plane and wore the seatbelt.


Plane #selfie 💓

I woke up when the plane took off because the turbulence was bad. According to the news (while we're eating pandesal), strong winds are expected in the area. After 5-10 minutes of shaking, I dozed off again.


Turbulence causing thick clouds.

The next thing I knew, we descended Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA). My skill of sleeping on the plane with no problem has come back.


Partly cloudy as we near SEA.

I was still sleepy walking around SEA. We arrived at Gate N, but our connecting flight was at Gate C. We explored the Central Terminal for food and ate. We had pizza and fish & chips. After two hours of layover, we're on the plane again. Same banana. I fell asleep as soon as I sat down. Jomar later told me that we sat in the aircraft for nearly 20 minutes before taking off.


Selfie inside Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

I woke up when we landed (i.e. when the plane's wheels touched the ground). We had to wait for our luggage since Alaska Air asked for bags to be checked in for free, which I didn't mind since it was the last leg of our trip.

After going through customs, we're back home! We had early dinner at Japadog, so I no longer had to cook and could just rest when we got home.


Cherry Blossoms are blooming when we arrived home!

It was a nice short trip, but my love tank is full, and I feel blessed to see family in California.

Location: Ontario International Airport (ONT), Ontario, CA 91761, USA

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