...and it was an exciting trip and a well-earned break from working.

Tomorrow I'm back at work - and today I have the grass to cut and the dishwasher to do and no doubt other things to catch up on... but first I'd like to write a summary of what happened on my trip.

So on Wednesday the 25th of September I drove down through the border in my truck - unfortunately having to wait an hour at the border in the sunshine didn't do the engine much good and I had to fork out $30 for an oil change when I got to Lynnwood. I stayed in Lynnwood for the one night and chased some buses - as I do. The next day I drove down to RF and met up with  dotx and my roommate  wolfpuptk getting the con started off on a high-note.

Unfortunately poor Wolfpup came down with a significant cold and spent most of Friday and Saturday trying to sleep it off, but fortunately he did feel well enough to go out in suit on Sunday. The con mostly went well, though a few things did go a little awry - the weather for the most part. Still, I had another trip to look forward to directly after RF - Portland.

So on Monday morning I gave Wolfpup a hand to get to the airport shuttle, and then went and checked out and drove out of Seattle and off to Portland. Unfortunately the hotel was rather 1970's themed and the stay was somewhat less than satisfactory, however it did turn out to be a great trip where I got to explore some of the city, chase lots of buses and trains and actually hang out with Atso and Baphnedia on Wednesday and Thursday nights respectively.

On Saturday I checked out of the hotel and drove straight back to B.C. Seattle traffic was a nightmare - spent an hour trying to get through gridlocked I-5 which I wasn't counting on considering it was a Saturday... also in Tacoma I had a near-miss where at the junction for Gig Harbor I turned the corner at 60mph in the fast lane, only to find out there was a line of traffic stopped just five car-lengths ahead of me. I slammed on the brakes and drifted across four lanes - avoiding a total disaster. Thinking about it - it's like my truck had a mind of it's own, I swear it was thinking "Oh no, I'm not ready to crash yet, I'm going over to the slow lane where there's no traffic" - and it just goes to show I would trust that truck with my life. I'm definitely glad I didn't crash into the car since I'm sure my truck would have destroyed it at the speed it was going... and the rest was a pretty uneventful journey all the way back to B.C, only stopping at the Blaine Chevron to fill up with gas before hopping across the border and the ferry back home.
Also, the only other place I stopped on my journey back home was Centralia at the Safeway for gas, which was a very cheap 3.32/gallon.