Column: New Year, new airline?

Since becoming an adult and moving from Western Washington to Eastern Washington, I have a short history of traveling over the New Years holiday. Whether it was a sunny getaway with friends, a short visit to visit family or a bit of both, rarely have I rung in the New Year from where I was residing at the time since adulthood began.

One year, it was a trip to St. George's, Utah with a rendezvous in Las Vegas with friends. Sounds like a dream, except none of us were 21 yet. There is not much you can do on the Strip before legally being able to consume alcohol, it turns out. But Zion National Pa...