Livin' it up!

Here's a story for you: Matty & I decided to go into Seattle yesterday for a day trip and a skeet up the Space Needle, a 600ft 'spaceship' that towers above the city and features a revolving restaurant.

Whilst at the top, around 5pm, Matt said, "I'm not too sure what time the buses finish going back to Port Hadlock, we best get a shift on yessir!" Port Hadlock is where Matt goes to School for his Wooden Boat Building course, and to get there from Seattle, you have to get a ferry, then a bus, followed by another bus.

We managed to get the first bus, but unfortunately that's as far as we got! To a little place called Poulsbo, about 20 miles (and a 100 dollar taxi ride) shy of Matty's house is where our buses ran out. We tried hitch hiking but because it's illegal (as is walking on the freeway) we sacked it off and instead managed to book into a nearby Holiday Inn Express for half price because the nice lady at reception took pity on us.

And that pic' above is of us silly buggers taking a spa at 9:45pm at the hotel. The air temp was probably around 5 degrees but it was 'sweet as' in the water! My how we laughed.

Aside from missed buses, spa baths and continental breakfasts NW America can be (if I was harsh) summarised by: Conservative Christian Purists who drive around in Dodge Ram 4 by 4s with bumper signs proclaiming "Stop Global Whining" as their vehicles single-handledly destroy the world despite their instance to stick profusely to the conservative speed limits on roads lined almost invariably of pine and fir trees.

It is actually a very scenic part of the world and the re-occurrence of Spring and cold fresh air is a nice contrast to New Zealand's rather more humid and (almost) tropical air.

Will have more pictures of America later.

-AC