Still Seattle, we were eating a vegan hamburger and smoked salmon near our gate and when we made it to our gate the plane was already gone.
This has never happened before in my life, yes I missed a plane to Bolivia, because of an accident on the LIE, but I never missed a plane like this.
"Where have you been?" the Delta representative asked us.
We looked at each other. Where had we been?
"In the woods," I whispered. "In the wilderness. Where we all soon will be."