Skyway Inn Seatac

... warm air...but have to pack for being at 14-15,000' in the andes too!! what a crazy few things i'll have in my carry-on backpack: slinky clothes & high heels for tango, t-shirts/shorts/sandals for biking/hiking through wine country (hot desert), trolling the city, and hanging on the beach in chile, and pants/jacket/down sleeping bag/running or hiking shoes for the mountains/horsebackriding at altitude! i haven't been this excited for a trip since, well, since my last trip ;) lol....

... on the plane, and I was about the hop up and alert the flight crew to this whole suspiciousness, and then the dude came out of the bathroom and sat back in his seat. He had short hair (Siks are supposed to keep their hair long) and looked very average. Nothing really looked out of sort and we were just about to land, so I sat to see what would happen, and it was a normal landing like any other.... Except... we were a little ahead of schedule, so the plane before ...

... all, Leyton did indeed have a story for every occasion. As Jim said to me 'Don't tell Leyton that your family football team is called Leyton Orient - because he'll tell you he founded them!' I took the words wisely. This 47 year old long haired Washington born, California raised 6ft 2in dude hadn't had his haircut since 1986. He really was a legend, well in his mind anyway. I enjoyed listening to him. You knew you were onto a winner when ...

... on the correct side of the road in amongst the lovely "narrower than usual" streets, until Rick cried "Enough" and Karon reset Mandy to the closest RV park to the city. Gee no problem, it took us through tunnels and underpasses and over a long water level bridge, into a place called Bellevue. We arrived at a very close packed RV park, which raised the question in our minds as to; "how many nights guys?" we decided on 1 for a start to "suck it and see ...

The time has finally come. After running around for the last two weeks tieing up loose ends and getting my bag packed I am finally ready to go. Heres some pictures of me with all of my stuff laid out ready for packing. I'm currently writing from a hotel in SeaTac, WA just hours before I need to wake up and head to the airport. On Saturday (1/19) I left home in Wenatchee and headed over the ...

... the cling film dry and then any bits off the floor that had fallen and already been trodden on by customers. At one point I was licking the bottom of this unsuspecting guy's shoe like an over salivating dog that had just discovered he had stepped in some delicious cheese. It was that good. He said he got it off a friend of his, a guy who's recovering from a brain tumor. His friend goes fishing in Alaska ...

... another interesting innovation. Attached to EMP is the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame. While I am not the biggest Sci Fi fan, I was impressed by the magnitude of Allen's personal collection. For example he owns: Luke Skywalker's hand and lightsaber from ESB, George Reeves' Superman costume, Captain Kirk's costumes and phaser, uniforms from Tron, etc. I would guess that he owns 75% of major sci fi memorabilia generated in the US. I ...

... trip also? Klamath Falls, Oregon. The train stopped here for five minutes to board new passengers and allow those on the train to get off to stretch your legs or take a quick smoke break, since the entire train is no smoking. Kinda funny that they come over the train loud speaker to announce whether a stop is a "smoking stop" or not. I hopped off the train to see if I could take any good pictures in this industrial looking spot. No great luck on the picture front, but as usual ...

... at the restaurant where the original Starbucks was and he just laughed at us. There were coffee shops everywhere--some of them very good and some of them just terrible. (None could be as bad as Steve's failed invention, The Pomegranite Latte...but that's another story!) That evening we went to Megan's Kindergarten Graduation. Very cute. I need to see if I can convert my analogue movie to digital and upload a short clip here.