From what I've seen of Seattle so far it's a beautiful city, there's a snow capped peak off the North West - stunning. It's nice but weird to have sunshine at 9pm, and shopping at the mall at 9pm on a Monday, cooling off from a 31 degree day, with a whopping (well largish) snow capped peak in the distance.
My dream of a van as my ideal vehicle may be just a dream, I had a look at some smaller and some larger ones this arvo, and the large ones are large - too large The small ones are not as long, but may be not high enough to easily fit a bike in (particularly if the bike will be sitting in a bike rack (likes the ones that mount to roof racks - nice and secure. They aren't too comfortable inside either, unlike the vans that Mark Mc and I rented in NZ a few years ago. I'll test drive one tomorrow to see how it fares. If it doesn't feel right I'll explore getting a SUV or a wagon...and mount the bike on top or on a rack attached to a tow bar (hitch). Finnegan would be more comfortable if he didn't have to trip round in a van.
I'm really looking forward to getting the vehicle purchase sorted so I can trip off to Montana and meet the parts that will form my new bike, or deciding to quit Seattle early and buying a vehicle in Montana (noting that there are next to no vans there, which is why I started in Seattle.
I did quite an amount of driving today - this wrong side of the road thing is really weird, really weird, especially when the GPS is talking to me, even if it's in a lovely voice, and my body clock is all over the place. Hopefully I can sleep well - it's 11:30pm, I think I can feel myself winding down - big day indeed!
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