Today we drove to Yellowstone.  The trip was interesting.  We went through a strip-mine (not pretty); It actually was on both sides of the highway.  I saw some of those huge trucks they always have shows about on the Discovery Channel, but it was really an ugly place.  We went through some mountains and the RV had trouble, and got pretty hot so we had to crawl up.  It really doesn’t help that we’re towing a 4 door Jeep Wrangler (I think it’s about 4,200 lbs).

The country out here is really beautiful.  There is a lot of open area and ranch land.  It seems like a great spot for hunting and fishing.  I can’t wait to do some fly fishing around the park.  I’ve heard it’s amazing.  We’re also planning on doing some whitewater rafting tomorrow.  I haven’t gone in a while, but hopefully the river will be decent.  If it’s really going, I’ll try to rent a kayak.

Every half an hour or so we would pass an Indian Reservation.  These were really depressing; they were in much worse shape than most in the southwest.  These were HUGE.  Many had casinos and truck stops, but nobody really went.  There weren’t enough people out here to generate much income from the slots.  The Native Americans really got a raw deal, I felt pretty depressed as we drove through their land.

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We got up and headed to Seattle.  We crossed a floating bridge, which I looked up on my phone and found out the old bridge sank not too long ago.  Ethan programmed some stuff into the GPS, so we went out.  First we got breakfast at Beth’s.  They have these huge omelets with 16 eggs or something like that, and unlimited hash browns.  I split a big one, and it was really good.  The hash browns weren’t great though.  Afterwards, we went and saw a random troll under a bridge, but it wasn’t that cool.  Then we went out and got some South Lake Union Trolley shirts (Ride the SLUT).  They were ok, so I picked one up, although I’m not sure when I’ll really wear it.

We went to the fish market and saw them throw the fish.  It was OK, but wasn’t spectacular.  I saw a guy playing the piano on the side of the road and he was pretty good.  Next we went to the Space Needle afterwards; it was much smaller than I thought it would be and the fake in Vegas might actually be taller.  Ethan and Larissa wanted to go up, so they waited in line.  The rest of us wandered the grounds of the Worlds Fair.  My dad told me he was there for it, so insisted that I check it out.  There was a carnival permanently stationed there, and it was pretty terrible.  They had the worst mini golf I’d ever seen.  I tried to negotiate with one of the operators for a better prize, I wanted to make it a cash game and reverse the odds.  I wanted him to play, and I’d pay cash.  He refused so I figured the odds they were giving weren’t too good.  I love statistics and figuring out expected payouts on the fly.

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