Arizona Trip July 2026 - Day 1, Part 1: Heading Out

 Monday, July 6, 2026 

Our flight left around 7:30 this morning. In the above photo, if you squint, you can see the downtown Minneapolis skyline. 

Here's an enlargement. 

Here we are shortly after take off. You can see the shadow of the plane as we approach IKEA.

Looking north. IKEA's in the center. 

Mall of America

And away we go...

Time for a Bloody Mary. 

Over Arizona.

Cottonball clouds above Arizona. 

Announcement made that we'd be starting our descent. 

Almost there. 

About to suck the luggage out of the plane. We made it.