We had a great view of the proceedings from where we sat in the terminal in San Francisco.

My siblings are all very observant, and they noticed before I did that someone was riding a bike out there. Also, while we waited for the hotel shuttle last night, Kira counted the number of times the train went by.

We couldn’t tell what the guy on a bike was doing – for all we could tell, it looked as though he was just cruising (maybe the next step in the evolution of mall walkers?). But it seemed like a good way to get around in that situation as long as he didn’t need to carry a lot of cargo. There is something very impressive about the contrast of a cyclist riding casually among commercial jets.

Also, Noo Noo noticed this sideways ladder. It’s actually a pretty clever idea in this situation of expansive space to wheel the ladder around on its side and stand it up for use.