Last post from left coast

Its been an amazing trip. Michelle and I have learned a lot and have gotten to know each other a lot more. At the beginning of the trip I wasn't sure if I would go back east or stay out on the west coast, but no way do I want to be away from her for to long. Tomorrow she is flying to Virginia and will be there for a week and I'm going back to Canton.
We are now at my friend Rachelle's apartment. I met Rachel in Americorps. She is the nicest person ever, she is the grand final e of the trip. We left Bainbridge Island on Friday and then went to Rachel's. She took us to volunteer park and showed us the water tower. Normally from the tower you can see a view of the city, but Seattle is a very overcast city and it rains a lot.
The second day here we all walked downtown and had lunch with food not bombs. Potatoes, kale, soup, apples. . . then we got some fish at pikes place market to eat the next day. After the market Shelly and I went to Emma Goldman finishing school. They invited us to dinner. We ate bean burritos. Emma Goldman is a community in the middle of the city. After EGFS we met Rachel at molly moos ice cream and had delicious home made ice cream. I had a scoop of salted caramel and a scoop of vanilla bean. so good. then we sat in the park , ate our ice cream then played hacky sac.
Yesterday was my bday. 25!!! started off the day with eggs and a body massage. Michelle bought me a box of dandelion tea which I really like Rachel cooked the fish we bought at the market. She made a marinade of ginger, olive oil, mustard and honey. It was some of the best fish I've ever had, then Beth, another Americorps friend showed up. She just moved into Rachels apartment. She came from Arizona. We helped her move all her stuff in, then we at pizza. Later in the day we made black bean brownies that came out so good. We put in banana to replace some of the eggs.
Today I went to REI and returned the shoes I got there a while ago. They were falling apart. I tried on shoes for an hour and couldn't find anything comfortable so I didn't get anything. I walked back to the apartment and Michelle had lunch waiting for me. After lunch we took the bus to Theo's Chocolate. Theo's chocolate is a fair trade equal exchange chocolate shop. They make it all there. they had lots and lots of free samples.

Dinner is ready.