We all arrived safe and sound to Juneau and so did all our luggage
One of Erling’s IKEA bags was torn, but as a precaution the IKEA bags were packed in “double Kamprad” fashion. That is two bags, one outside the other. And the inner bag was undamaged, so no trail of dry sacks from Seattle to Juneau
Mikko arrived last, one hour after midnight, and we had to leave for the ferry at 0530.
Mikko had done some research and reported that Juneau was a very good airport to sleep in…, as sleeping in airports go that is.
And the alternatives were both cumbersome and expensive. So we decided to try the “Finnish” way.
And we were not alone. Apparently planes arrive and leave Juneau at just about any hour. And tens of people were sleeping on the couches in a “lounge” area. Well ordered and quiet.
We all got some decent sleep.
But if happiness equals “outcome divided by requirements”, then one reason why the Finns consistently score top of the global happiness index could be a quite modest approach to the requirement side and a low comfort threshold…