David Needham

I left Japan and landed in Seattle around 10am. The flight went really well for the most part. I sat next to a really attractive woman about my age that was obviously not Japanese, but spoke it really well. Unfortunately, we didn't really talk. :-p Oh well. I watched two movies on the way: The Chronicals of Narnia (2): Prince Caspian and 21 (the movie about the MIT student who learned to count cards in blackjack). After that I slept for a little while.

So Henry and Ben picked me up at the airport and brought me back to their condo. After that Henry needed to go to work for a little while, so I took a nap until it was time for Ben and I to meet him for supper. I basically just hung out online and watched the olympics all day the next day.

On Thursday I took the ferry to Bremerton to meet my roommate from the last two years, Nathan. The ferry took about 45 min. The weather was GREAT for a ferry ride, and I got a lot of great pictures which I may post someday later. Nathan works for the Navy, and his building is right next to the ferry terminal, so I just walked from there and met him just as he was getting off work. His apartment was nearby, so we walked there so he could show me around. His apartment was basically a small house just off the road behind some other houses (sort of like something someone would build for their aging parent or something). It was roomy, but not much bigger than our old apartment, but it's kitchen was much MUCH better. He even had a small guest room. After the tour, we had a bunch of time to kill before the ferry, so we decided to go see a movie. We saw Tropic Thunder, which was alright, but worth waiting to see on dvd. After the movie we went out to eat, then he took me back to the ferry. We were almost too late, and I had to run to make it on time.

On Friday (today), Henry and I went on a tour of underground Seattle. We learned a lot about the history of how Seattle was created and grew over the years. I thought it was really interesting to hear about all of the history, but the tour didn't seem a whole lot different than walking through Grandma and Grandpa's musty old basement. :-p

Tomorrow we leave for Victoria, Canada. I'll write more about that after we get back on Monday. I've been having a great time hanging out with one of my two most favorite brothers! ^_^