Go Forth and Seek Your Fortune!

Before the dust settled from the hike, I kicked it up again. Walking the last leg of the trip up the hill to the Old Well I was thinking "How can I leave such a beautiful place?" I was distracted from this by all of the fanfare at the completion of our journey, but the question still lingered. How could I be leaving a place that I knew I loved for a place that the only thing I was sure of was that I was going to struggle with the weather? So without a solid answer to this question I decided not to leave. In the time since the hike was completed I have secured a place in town, moved in, found a job (part time - keeping with my goal of minimal employment) and been to the big box stores to set most of the place up. And apart from a bed, a TV or any seating, the place is all set.

This does not mean that the adventure is off. In fact, it is only beginning. To prove it, I am writing this while looking across the Seattle skyline. More on that soon.