Started from Silverdale and had a little time. Coming over the Narrows Bridge, Rainier was a blue hulk, it seems so huge from that view. I had googled “best of mt rainier from tacoma” which supposedly was along Ruston way, so I had the maps app send me there. But in fact I couldn’t find a good view there. So I never got any decent looks at the Moutain this trip.
Visited for a couple of hours with Laurel and Bill, including lots of gossip and a delicious breakfast. Then off to the airport where the flight home was nominal. Actually the plane gave us a nice view of downtown SF which I’ll get off the phone tomorrow maybe.
Walking through the airport I realized I was walking pain-free for the first time in a couple of weeks, the gout having run out of toes to annoy, and I’m boppin’ along with my overnight bag on my shoulder, feeling like a capable world traveler again. You got to savor these moments of nominal physical functionality.
Codgerville 