Sleeping in Seattle...

7/29/07 continued
It was about an hour wait at the border. I, of course, picked the
slowest line and the line that people going to the duty-free shop
would add to. When it was my turn, they only asked where I'm from and
why I was in Canada. Two questions, 20 seconds. Well, that was easy.
I then headed toward Blaine. It was spitting to raining and on the
way, I found a KOA to get a photo of.
In Blaine, I took a picture at the post office, and then got gas at
the Chevron so I had a gas receipt to mail in. Since the date of the
gas receipt doesn't matter, I decided to make certain I had it today.
I also checked to see when to mail my letter and I need to send it
after 5 PM so it will have a Tuesday postmark.
I then turned south toward Seattle to do some other bonus hunting.
For the AMA Roads tour, I got Interstate 5 and Rte 20 in Washington,
for the AMA Tom Tom I went to the Deception Bay Bridge, the Space
Needle in Seattle, and Jimmy Hendrix's grave in Reston, WA.
Let me just say here and now that driving in Seattle is as bad as
driving in Boston. Perhaps I should just realize I HATE driving in
cities on a bike. They go too fast, they don't make signs large
enough or early enough for me.
From the Hendrix grave, I called Ruth and she gave me the address of
the KOA in South Seattle. I think this will work well for tomorrow as
I can leave the tent set up and spend two nights here. I can pack in
the AM, go to a library to post photos, ride to Blaine, exchange my
Canadian currency for US stuff and then patiently wait for the post
office. After dropping off the envelope, I can drive through Seattle
again with the traffic slightly reduced and then be south of the city
for the start of the 4 Corners tour on Tuesday.
Wednesday I'm heading to Mt. Ranier and Mt. St. Helens before cutting
over to the coast. I'm going to ride the Pacific Coast Hwy all the
way from Astoria to San Francisco. I really hope that doing this
doesn't take so much time that I can't get the 4 Corners tour done.
Only time will tell...

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Todd Ryan; Hudson, MA
Westborough HS Science Teacher
MSF RiderCoach