Glacial Erratics

I'm writing from my new home in Seattle. I'm in the midst of miscellaneous boxes delivered by UPS and the post office. The cat, surprisingly, is comfortably asleep in Sabrina's desk chair. Sabrina will be home soon, we'll make some dinner. Je suis satisfait.    (NY9)

Tomorrow I will find a climbing gym. I've been to Stone Gardens so I guess I'll go to Vertical World, do some comparing, and make a choice. Later I'll find some chums, and find my way outdoors.    (NYA)

Wednesday I start a new job with SocialText, helping a merry gang make the, uh, enterprise world wiki-enabled. I'm looking forward to the learning and doing with a bunch of smart people doing interesting things.    (NYB)

I got here after 5 days of driving into the sunset with Sabrina and ThomAsina?.    (NYC)

GoingToSeattleThumb has all the pictures, sixty some of them. Read on for some samples with a little commentary.    (NYD)

The cat was initially unimpressed with being in the car. But after she realized she wasn't going to the vet and I realized she preferred 75mph to other options, she settled in nicely:    (NYE)

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In fact, 75mph is better than a non-moving but filled with dogs and other weird smells Super 8 motel in Billings. Here we go cruising along, somewhere in Montana.    (NYG)

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In Missoula we hooked up with Frank and his friend Dawn for some nice food, excellent company and talk, lots of cats, and a tour of Frank's world. Here he reminds me of a Doonesbury cartoon as he explains why the plants right there are as they are.    (NYI)

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We made the push from Missoula to Seattle in one relatively quick day. We took a quick break before crossing the Columbia, gazed in wonder at its lovely gorge, and made several not terribly successful attempts at a self portrait. This one's okay:    (NYK)

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We drove in the rain down down down out of the Cascades, across Lake Washington, and home.    (NYM)