An early morning MAX trip out of town to St Vincent's Hospital brought nostalgia for the place I worked on software five years before. And Zeke was waiting for me with stethascope around his neck at the cafe, where we ordered coffee and had a brief chance to catch up before he went to work.
Back downtown I met Ben and we found the ubiquitous JohnL in a coffee house designing a menu for a restaurant. Two Christians discussed plans to convert the world at the next table. Soon it was time for me to heft my bags and guitar to the Amtrak station and board a train.
The four hour trip was a comfortable roll across the great Columbia River and up through forests slowly being converted to housing sprawls and traffic malls, the rusting redneck junkhomes slowly being pushed out somewhere further. I had time to reflect on all the great friends I have from San Fran all the way up, offering me rides and beds and parties.
In downtown Seattle there was Pappy in his car waiting and it was sunny and we drove across the floating bridge and to his gorgeous home on Lake Washington and began to scheme about Japan and China. He really wants to go! And with his fifteen year old son Sam. On the computer we looked at maps and priced air tickets.
JoAnne came home and it was time for a run to good old Kidd Valley for burgers. It was late evening before Pappy delivered me to Dad and Jessie's home in Everett.
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