Seattle via Utah and Canada
April 7 to 13, 1999
At Matt's Wedding. From left to right: Me, Joker, Crack, Carina, Cindy, Anna
The Adventure: Trip up to Seattle for a friends wedding
The Adventurers: Me
Time Frame: 7 days in April
Circumstances: A normal trip to Seattle would not normal justify a place under "Adventures" but this trip was not normal and the total cost came to less than $100, including airfare.
Getting to LAX: Bus from N. Hollywood to Downtown, Red Line to Green Line, Green Line to Blue Line, Blue Line to shuttle bus, shuttle bus to LAX. (total = 2 busses, 3 trains, and 3 hours) |
Ariving at LAX knowing that I have will have to spend the night in Salt Lake City and have no place to stay |
Flying from LAX to Fresno |
Finding out while in Fresno that my buddy Greg has hooked me up with a place to stay in Salt Lake |
Flying to Salt Lake |
Arriving in Salt Lake, being picked up by totally cool, complete stranger, friend of a friend, Aubrey. |
Being completely welcomed into the Astill home, fed, and entertained |
Doing Tae Bo, and getting my butt kicked |
Flying from Salt Lake to Vancouver |
Spending an hour in Hell (ie Canada) going through a maze of customes just so I can get on a connecting flight to Seattle |
Being told by the Airline that I was not dressed appropriately and that I would have to change my clothes in order to get on the flight |
Finally arriving in Seattle after 2 busses, 3 trains, 4 planes, and 2 days of travel |
Hanging out with friends and going to Matt's wedding |
Making a fantastic call with respect to the placement of a bucket |
Being completely slammed by some 50 year old woman |
Using a log splitter and splitting wood with Jared |
Walking from Seatac to Jareds house (approx 10 miles) with my luggage |
Reversing the order and getting back to CA |
The Kick Butt Astills
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Created 5/2/1999