On the way to my next stop I was driving along the i90 through Forrest land when I nearly jumped out of my skin as a deer was about to run across the road in front of the van. Then it stopped and stood staring at me as I sped past. It was just like the photo here (borrowed from the web) What a magnificent beast. I'm now safely ensconced,for the next 5nights, in the Alpine View campsite opposite a Safeway store. I just nipped over for Alaskan Amber beer and Chine...

Today I visited the 'Future of Flight' museum in Seattle along with a 90 minute tour of the Boeing assembly plant, which is the largest single space building in the world! Cameras weren't allowed in the plant where we were given guided tours of the 747, 767, 777 and 787 Dreamliner assembly lines. Some amazing facts:- The 747 has over 8 million parts The 787 has approx 1.5 million and is made mainly of carbon fibre composites which are stronger than steel and ...

By the magic of photo wizardry Boeing have put me on the shop floor of the 787 Dreamliner!!! Who said the camera can't lie!

Paid a visit to geocaching HQ today and completed the HQ challenge and got the coin. Nice to meet some of the chaps there. Signed the log etc and saw the travel bug which had been up in the ISS. There were some great containers on the HQ circuit. I especially liked the phoney phonebox. The troll under the bridge was magnificent.

Full of a cold today so stayed in all day except for doing my laundry. Bed at 8 pm. Had a lovely 1 hour+ FaceTime with Vicci and grandkids. Well visiting Groundspeak HQ tomorrow so better get the day nurse tablets etc.