Landed in Seattle

How did we know it was Seattle? Casual west coast dress, casual west coast tattoos. And this:

We've been packing our panniers from our checked in boxes. 4 bags to hold out belongings for the next 3 weeks:

Gabe's friend has very generously let us use his apartment as a basecamp. We're close to the ferry over to Bremerton, where we'll start out biking. 

For dinner, we ate at a fairly excellent Mexican joint. Already a notch above anything in Boston.

8/31 pics: https://picasaweb.google.com/105909573807230408134/BikeTour831?authkey=Gv1sRgCJXRgvb8je2rjAE

Next day