Double vaxed, PCR test at airport, attestation on check in. LAX wasn't the usual hell on earth, more like a gentle purgatory. No customs, baggage transfer simple and TSA quick and almost polite.
Only disappointment is that there's no whit Christmas here, but it's a pleasant, sunny 6 deg C here. Great to catch up with D1 & her family while Mrs Hydro spend a couple of weeks with D2. First time in 52 years that we haven't spent Christmas together, but we'll probably survive.
If anyone here flies out of Boulder you may know D1. she's the girl with the rainbow hair.