En Route,,,

Didn't sleep well, woke up early, had coffee, packed the car and at sunrise we left our beautiful AirBnB with a last gorgeous view of the mountains:

After a 20 min drive we arrived to Tucson Airport (left photo), a small, comfy airport, with the car rental return directly adjacent to Airport check-in. No bus drive necessary! Luggage and security went quick, plane was on time, though packed to the last seat. 2.5 hours flight to San Francisco, partly with great views:

Leaving Tucson

Mojave Desert

Approaching San Francisco

San Francisco's International Airport has a beautiful outdoors terrace with plants and sculptures (photo below), a good opportunity to catch some fresh air before sitting on the plane for 11+ hours, hopefully with the center seat between us empty! Fingers crossed!