Our flight out of Tokyo made it in to Vancouver on time, and it was a breeze to clear passport control.
‘Welcome to the United States’ said the sign— even though I was clearly still in Canada. (I guess the departure area can be seen as a consular area belonging to the United States. Americans bound for the USA with a connection in Canada, clear passport control and customs in Canada).
For the flight to Seattle, our airplane was running 1½ hours behind schedule, but we got in a little after 7 pm Pacific Time.
Home, sweet home.