Raven's Roads
Living an interesting life: the travels and musings
of motorcycling author Linda R. Moore

10th September

After such a lot of snarfing and travelling, we had a leisurely and long morning. I got a bunch of stuff done online by borrowing LV’s computer (mine only gives 10 hours of free dialup a month) and chatted and just generally had a quiet time, which was pretty much needed.

Later we went to Shelton for more snarfing. Our first stop was to see an absolutely gynormous wheel which was a rather fun setting for Penguin. At this stage I realised I was bursting for the loo, so when we got downtown the first quest was the great WC snarf.

I caused amusement at the historical museum by saying that I would definitely like to see the museum, but did they have a bathroom first? ;-) Much relieved, I enjoyed poking around the museum. Shelton is a logging town and there were many displays, not too much to read which suits me fine in a museum. LV gave them some bookmarks and they put them right there beside the books. I got a booklet about Mason County, and a postcard, and heard of one of the historical society members who had photographed all the California landmarks, plus the Oregon and Washington ones. Whee!

The museum was stop number one on the walking tour – there are actually two routes. We skipped some of the buildings, and did a kind of pick n mix which worked very well. It has a nice olde worlde feel and the landmarks are properly markered for the most part (not all buildings on the tour were part of Shelton’s heritage list). They had a nifty old engine and “caboose” - I need to find out what that means – in the high street. As we explored the old buildings, it began to rain a bit and we also found a few wildcards.

Towards the end I was feeling very weary, not surprising really. So, we headed back to the car and with one exception, went right home. The exception was a nice little bridge which is on the National Register – and has a geological point thingie on it. So this is my first one of those for Geocaching – fun! :-)

Benchmark! That’s the word.

At home, there was a bit of time to relax and unwind/take a shower. Ariel, the shy kitty, hopped up beside me and started to lick my hand – I have approval! :: beam ::

Then we were off to meet Tygaeyez (Tiger-Eyes, see?) from Ravensmeet. She’s a cool lady! We met at Denny’s and had a good long chat. Basically until everyone started yawning because we were all so knackered. ;-)

We took a detour through downtown “Olly” (Olympia) to see the capitol lit up, only it wasn’t. I guess they really are rewiring it. ;-) At home we finally tried out my pie, and verily was it nice. As it was a custom pie for two people with a less sweet tooth, it was a bit sour for me, but I still liked it. It was definitely approved of. LV and S had never had blackberry apple pie before.

I’m somewhat tired now, but at least I am finally up to date, and I think we are going to the zoo tomorrow.

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