Starting with promise...delayed in Seattle

From my window I see a parking lot, the Fairfield Marriott, some leafless trees and, surprise, plenty of dirty snow. It doesn't sound like Mexico because it isn't. Last night when I should have been flying south to the land of sombreros I was tossing and turning trying to sleep in the Holiday Inn in exotic Seattle. My flight out of Victoria was delayed and, despite running through the Seattle airport with some other panting flightmates, I missed my connecting flight. After some adjustment to travel plans everything is all sorted out. I plan to spend today wandering around Seattle, may as well make the most of my impromptu vacation...too bad I wasn't held up in L.A., my next stop on the journey to Mexico.