Woke up and had a breakfast at Denny’s on Wednesday morning. I know, Denny’s? It was free - came with the room. So I ate and hit the roadA short hop up the highway and I was into Washington State and stopping in Olympia to see Marcy, an online friend whom I’ve now met in person. We ate lunch at this very cool little brew-pub then she left to wander downtown and I headed up north, finally getting to Janna’s place around 4pm

 

We were originally going to go see Michael Chabon at Elliott Bay Book Company, but decided against it and instead went to REI so I could get a duffle bag for Alaska and then stayed in, ordered pizza and had most of a bottle of wine. It was nice to catch up and just relax.

 

This morning we decided against going to Mt. St. Helens and instead headed east to Soqualmie to see the falls and the train museum. This was the place where they filmed Twin Peaks (of which, I admit, I am quite ignorant). We had lunch at a great little diner, took a lot of pictures and then came back to town to see the Ballard locks. We watched a few boats go through and tried to see salmon spawning, but no such luck. Wrong time of year for that. Then it was dinner and now I’m sitting at the airport, waiting for my flight to Anchorage.

 

I’ll arrive there just before midnight, local time. Tomorrow, I’m in Alaska!