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Big stuff - off to the Pub !

Verbage to follow .... i'm in the pub ....

I started the day with a tour of the largest building in the whole world . The Boeing assembly plant at Everett WA. I wont boor you with the numbers but it could house all of disneyworld Orlando and still have 14 acres of covered parking to spare ,

It is B I G ! Met an ex marine called Wendle who invited me to see a restoration museum nearby .I was tempted but actually got itchy feet and decided to fire up the Jeep and enter the big city they call Seattle , Here I got lost in a marble tile an glass monolith - the home the Regal bank and many other leading businesses . I opened an account as they are linked to American Life and this will make my banking life easier .Here I met an actual Australian and was amused to learn that they are constantly asked if they are English . This was a big big building (pics here ) .$10 lighter for parking I headed along the radius of the rough circle I had drawn around Seattle and within 15 minutes I had crossed lake Washington , passed Belvue and was in the wonderful small town of Issaquah . I went walkabout and loved it . A bit pricey to live but no wonder due to its proximity to Seattle and its small town charm . Another 10 minutes down I 90 and I was in North bend , another great town but a bit spread out compared to Issaquah .

Now round the circle I took highway 202 through Snoqualmie to Fall city another small happy place . Now following highway 203 I went all the way to Monroe another great town but possibly a bit to big to be perfect .I had paused in Carnation and the growing town of Duvall where the small blocks rise up on the East bank of the river Snoqualmie .
I stopped in Snohomish and had fish and chips in the English Pub run by a .n ex professional soccer player injured out of the game in 1963.

Today I liked all of the towns I had visited and feel I could just put the names in a hat , pick one and be very happy to rent there . The key factor in the long run would be affordability against location .

On checking Facebook I discovered I had been invited by Bill Montgomery and Connie huff to meet up with them at a music venue on Camino island and possibly camp at there place in Stanwood . They had been following this blog from a Washington state discussion on facebook . Were they genuine or was this some new kind of Nigerian scam . would I be robbed and left in a ditch without my boots . I have come to expect such welcoming friendliness from the great inhabitants of this fine country as quite normal so I called the number he left on facebook for me . It was an answer phone so left a message and decided that as I was still fresh ( could be the fish supper and English bitter ) I would drive up to Birch Bay and camp . I am there now . Lets see what tomorrow brings !

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