Clouds over the Pacific

A few things I forgot to mention in previous posts:

• The passengers at Waterloo Airport didn't go through security checkpoint until about 20 minutes before the flight, and then didn't begin seating until 10 minutes later. Such an easy-going airport for a laid-back town. Still, the plane was small and carried no more than 30 or so passengers.
• The flight to Minneapolis from Waterloo, Iowa was a mere 50 minutes.
• Storms were raging during the flight from Minneapolis to L.A. leading to some turbulence; the lightning "show" was spectacular though!
• My first sight of Taiwan: two colossal mountainous masses jutting up from the Pacific, charcoal gray in the early morning mist. Postcard perfect.