A bleary-eyed wakeup at 5am.
Driving toward the hills before the sun can catch up.
Descending through the pass into a fog-blanketed LA.
Thousands of people lined up to go home after the holidays.
Through security in five minutes.
One backscatter scan.
Air Force personnel playing games on DSs and smartphones, waiting to board the same plane.
Two Starbucks in the same small terminal.
I’m at LAX. San Antonio here I come.