Day 25

Seattle greeted us with sunshine and open arms. We found ourselves jetting out from downtown to one of the nearby neighborhoods to catch a movie in the park, which just so happened to be Wizard of Oz. How can you go wrong with that, a couple warm sleeping bags and a bag of kettle corn?

The next morning, with the expected rain drizzling down on our heads, we went to Pike Place Market to meet an old Tokyo acquaintance of mine. She showed us around a bit and the two of us enjoyed mile-a-minute gossip while Jun tried to keep up with what we were saying.

Seattle was nice. Capitol Hill had all sorts of fun shops. But it didn't send us over the moon, and there were too many tourists around to unwind, so we scouted out Gum Wall, threw a piece of Rock Star chewing gum up there for good measure, and headed out of the city earlier than planned.

Maybe it was the idea that my lovely Katherine was waiting for us in Portland with open arms.

Verdict = Eeeeeewwwww.