More Travel and Settling In
Day 2 was fantastic. After a grueling day of driving, I got some sleep in the little mountain town of Livingston, MT. I woke up with the sun and hopped on the bike. It was a chilly morning and it looked like rain so I bundled up a little. I ended up at the Chico Hot Springs resort. After maxing out with a coffee and a good book (Illusion of Life), I got a wild hare and decided to hike up the big hill that overlooks the town. I’m not sure how high I got, but it topped off my workout nicely. Mountains are going to get me in trouble. It was a really nice bike ride, about 30 miles in all.
I got back on the road around noon. I stopped in Missoula, had a coffee and looked at some Apartment listings. It seems like a really cool college town. I’m going to call it Montana’s Brookings. After a bit more driving, I decided to hit some Spokane hay.
Day 3, I jumped back on the road and made it to Seattle by 10am. Naturally, I was welcomed with heavy traffic and rain. I made it in to Freemont neighborhood in time for an apartment showing. Little did I know, the Solstice Festival was happening and traffic was terrible. It was taking me about 5 minutes per block. When I got to this apartment, there was no parking available within five blocks and I wasn’t going to get my car towed on my first hour in town, so I had to bail on the poor girl.
I’m still looking at apartments and exploring the city. It has a great feel. It really exhausts a guy after a couple laps around town on the bike going from hill to hill. It looks like two sunny days in a row now. Maybe this place wont be as gloomy as I feared. School starts up on the 27th, so I hope I can get something set up this weekend. A huge thanks goes out to Abby, Alex, Jasmine and Kyle for letting me crash at their place during the hunt!
