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Post PCT - Seattle (Billy Strings concert)

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It looks like squirrels had some better things to do at night and I actually had a decent sleep, I wrapped up everything early before people started to arrive at the park and walked back to the Pike Place Market to have a cappuccino from the first Starbucks coffeeshop opened in 1912. I thought they will have some oldschool cups but nah, just the regular paper ones. On the old logo at the shop Starbucks still has boobs and nipples which makes a lot of people excited while they wait in the long line for their beverages. After the coffee I had a walk alongside Lake Union towards Discovery Park, it was alright both the shore and the park, nothing too exciting but definitely worth that 3 hours of my time with a nice view of the docks and mount Rainier looming in the background, I turned back when I reached the small lighthouse at the end of the park. From here I took the bus back to the city centre and then another one to the Marymoor Park, since I had time to spare I went to the Costco Who...

Post PCT - Mazama to Seattle

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It looks like I've spent four nights at the Ravensong's Roost, yikes! The maximum stay Lion has allowed was two days but with an asterix that if someone wants to stay longer then they can ask, and that's what I did. Feel like I've spent my time there quite well, I ate over 3 litres of walnut ice-cream, drunk 4.5 litres of soda but also built a shelf for the rocks people paint after the hike (I also painted one) and helped to clear up several new spots for the campsites as the big bubble of hikers will need way more space in few weeks time. I met a couple of people and not people walking on and off in my bubble - Zohan, Sugar, Starburst, Truman the dog, Forest and Stretch. I cycled 13 miles down to Winthrop in the heat of the day to resupply and fix my google pay, only to give up on the way back and catch a hitchhike with Cheryl who loaded my old rusty bike onto the back of her pick up truck. On the day three I got completely wasted on a hash cake that was supposed to be...