Tuesday August 13th
What can I say about sleeping under the flight path of a busy airport like SEATAC? Sure, there are quiet moments, somewhere between 3-4 am outside that there is at least 1 flight every 10 mins, and starting at 6:30 am...every three minutes!!!. Packed up fast and moved to the beach for breakfast when it was light enough. Sadly, the meal was soured by our recollection of the hills waiting for us immediately outside the campsite (turns out things seem worse in the dark). We meandered to REI and Performance Cycles on the Green River Trail (one can only meander on this trail... direct is not an option). First, we exchanged our camping chairs at REI for a quick dry towel and cycling shoes. Second, we confirmed Performance Cycles had some boxes for us. Third, we visited US Postal to send home yet more items! Axed were: 2 tent pegs, 2 tires, a knife, maps, some cutlery, and a cheese grater. Approximately 5 lbs dropped! We were glad to lose some weight, but later learned that Condor Air would actually allow us more lbs than expected. Somehow 5:30PM appeared, and we headed for our Warm Showers host. Of course, we were headed to top of the largest hill around, and everything would be confusingly labelled. We arrived an hour late due to navigational challenges, but found a cold beer and happy chickens awaiting us. Our lovely host Brian prepared us a dinner with ingredients from the garden, and promised eggs from Whitey and Blackey in the morning. Rebecca came bouncing into the house, entertaining us with her quick wit and her DIY attempt to reconnect a washer left undone by the plumber....great food, great hosts...amazing first warm showers experience (As was sleeping in a quiet B-E-D (i.e. not a tent in close proximity to jet engines.)
 |
| Whitey and Blackey! |
 |
| Forget warm showers, bring on the delicious tomatoes |
