Well here I was ready to set off on another adventure. Six weeks of fun in front of me. So I said my farewells and jumped on the plane for the 13.5 hour flight. Got the good seat with 5 feet of leg room. On landing it took 30 minutes to get my bags and get through customs at San Francisco. Had a chance to get on an earlier connecting flight, but thought that I would relax and stick to the plan for my flights. The plane was nearly empty and open seating so I pulled a window seat on the right hand side - good call. All the way up through the breaks in the clouds all I could see was snow capped mountains. What had I got myself in for. Luckily I managed to get some photos of Mt St Helens so that saved me a day trip.
Then hopped on the bus to the hotel. Luke, Andrea and Stephen were in the van as well. So this worked out well as Stephen and I were to share a room. Then we went for a short walk to get some food. Well what seemed 2 miles (and one large blister) later we hit the local KFC. The call was made to get a cab back to the hotel for a shower and a nap to reconfigure sleeping patterns. Woke and went down to the Howdy, had several Beers (Wheat beers-very nice) and slept like a trooper.
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