Samson
Póg Mo Thóin
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I left my miserably Hot Room at the Airport Fairfield in Dallas (the fuckin AC was out), at 4:30 AM to go sleep in the comparatively comfortable Alaska Air Gate until 7 AM.
Arrived in Seattle at 9 AM Local Time, screwed around with Avis, finally got my car (Mustang) and drove 73 miles north to Burlington, WA. It was a wonderfully cool 50 F. I was struck by three things:
1. The number of Asians and/or Native Americans
2. The number of White people wearing Black clothes
3. Every exit off IH 5 has a Starbucks
If I'd just come from CO, then I bet I'd have found the number, and size of trees somewhat amazing.
Anyway, from Burlington I drove to Anacortes, and paid a lot for a take-out fried oyster lunch at Adrift, "Swell Food" restaurant, across from the USP Office in the "Historical District." But it was all good. Ate it at The Waiting Room for the Ferry to Friday Harbour (this was Huggy's suggestion, and it was a stroke of Genius, whatever else you might believe about him, he knows WTF to do in the San Juan Islands).
Sorry Huggy, but time and scheduling didn't permit visiting Orcas Island. However, I had to try the clams at the Hungry Clam restaurant in Friday Harbor. The ferry ride was FANTASTIC. Weather was sunny, clear, Water sparkling, scenery could not be more amazing, unless an Orca would have shown itself (which they didn't).
Returned to Burlington at 9 PM local, and will soon collapse so I may be coherent during my interview tomorrow, which, oddly, is scheduled for just one hour. This leads me to believe that they needed a "filler" candidate, and I'm it. Meh, oh well, I'll eat a LOT of crabs tomorrow after I drive to Seattle to spend the night.
Arrived in Seattle at 9 AM Local Time, screwed around with Avis, finally got my car (Mustang) and drove 73 miles north to Burlington, WA. It was a wonderfully cool 50 F. I was struck by three things:
1. The number of Asians and/or Native Americans
2. The number of White people wearing Black clothes
3. Every exit off IH 5 has a Starbucks
If I'd just come from CO, then I bet I'd have found the number, and size of trees somewhat amazing.
Anyway, from Burlington I drove to Anacortes, and paid a lot for a take-out fried oyster lunch at Adrift, "Swell Food" restaurant, across from the USP Office in the "Historical District." But it was all good. Ate it at The Waiting Room for the Ferry to Friday Harbour (this was Huggy's suggestion, and it was a stroke of Genius, whatever else you might believe about him, he knows WTF to do in the San Juan Islands).
Sorry Huggy, but time and scheduling didn't permit visiting Orcas Island. However, I had to try the clams at the Hungry Clam restaurant in Friday Harbor. The ferry ride was FANTASTIC. Weather was sunny, clear, Water sparkling, scenery could not be more amazing, unless an Orca would have shown itself (which they didn't).
Returned to Burlington at 9 PM local, and will soon collapse so I may be coherent during my interview tomorrow, which, oddly, is scheduled for just one hour. This leads me to believe that they needed a "filler" candidate, and I'm it. Meh, oh well, I'll eat a LOT of crabs tomorrow after I drive to Seattle to spend the night.