It begins to make a bit more sense. I am staying on the very edge of the downtown street plat that is oriented 32 degrees west of north. Steps from here, the grid reorients to true north. No wonder I have gotten so confused, considering the neighborhood I've been wandering around.

Seattle downtown neighborhoods map

Last meal in St. Joe was a yummy gyro at Shuk's place. We would never have lasted as long in St. Joe as we did had he not been in business ( Read more... )

This is what I just posted to Facebook ( Read more... )

Plane ticket to Portland for a week from tomorrow? Check ( Read more... )

Resigned my job today. Had a conversation with my manager and one with a very dear coworker. Tears were shed. Then Sarah came over and we had to tell her. More tears, but she ended up with how glad she was we were leaving because she couldn't stand watching St. Joe shit on us anymore ( Read more... )

Spent a not-bad night at the Parkway Plaza Hotel in Casper, Wyoming. Decent firm beds, but after our memory foam bed, well, nothing else is the same. Nasty microwaved pizza from the convenience store, since naturally everything in town was closed by the time I got here ( Read more... )

Kevin is in St. Joe, hanging out with my cousins, making friends, arranging water and power and pricing plumbing that must be done. I am pleased, and a bit surprised, that he is taking a liking to my old hometown.

So many summers I moved, right around my birthday: hell, five times just since I began this journal eight years ago. One of the biggest changes since, well, ever, is that all that energy that went into moving is now going into staying in one place. That said, I should get off my ass and wash and cook apples for sauce (25 gallons of them), pickle ( Read more... )

Last August was the move from Stevenson to Walla Walla Cheney. The August before that was the move from Portland to Stevenson. The year before that, Tucson to Portland. This August I am not moving. That seems like an accomplishment.

our bikes were still there, and are now in my car. the move is now officially over.