This is the 16th of a series of posts
dealing with my 2017 trip to Portland, Seattle, and vicinity. I’ve made minor
corrections to these reports (typos, bits I don’t feel like making public).
Also, I’ve added additional thoughts with the hindsight of two years later or
to add further clarification. These are
indicated by “NOW”.
Overlooked a couple nights ago: a woman pointed
out as I was leaving the Torchlight Parade upon its end that I had nearly left
behind my camera case. I thanked her and told her my house keys were in the
case.
I had partial insomnia during the left. Getting up
before 5, I checked out of City Hostel Seattle and took an E Rapidride bus
(King County Metro Transit) to near Seattle Ferry Terminal, where I bought a
ticket to Bainbridge (it's free coming over but not on the way back). After
some shots leaving Seattle the blackness covering most of the lens reappeared.
I finally gave up and bought a breakfast sandwich on board the ferry.
[NOW: City Hostel Seattle appears to have closed.
I got off the ferry and boarded the 90 bus (Kitsap
Transit; no charge due to the Orca card transfer from the E bus). My camera
went back to showing full image and I took the bus to North Viking Transit
Center in Poulsbo. I got on a 7 Bus (Jefferson Transit), getting a daypass. In
Port Hadlock the blackness reappeared. I got off the bus in Haines Park &
Ride in Port Townsend. The full camera frame reappeared briefly as the bus left
Port Townsend.
[NOW: Most of what I thought was full image did
have some overexposure to the right. The camera proved to be irreparable, though due to warranty got it replaced for free.]
Sometime between Four Corners Park & Ride and
Discovery Bay Village I figured out that each time the blackness appeared, I
could turn my camera off, lightly whack it, and turn it back on and the image
would usually be corrected for a bit. Sometimes more than one try needed. I did
this for much of the rest of the trip. I got off at Sequim Transit Center in
Sequim and transferred to a 30 Commuter bus (Clallam Transit) which I took to
Gateway Transit Center, Port Angeles.
I got a couple Blu-rays at E-Z Pawn, partly because
two years ago I was allowed to keep my bags behind the counter for a while. I
asked and got permission to do this again. I walked up to 2nd Ave
for the view, then walked to Jack in the Box for lunch, the same one at had
lunch at the start of the trip. I visited the Rocktopus and visited the Visitor
Info Center to use their computer and convert the current of my newer
purchases. I recovered the bags from E-Z Pawn (they suggested I head out the
back which was close to my next destination) and walked to the Black Ball Ferry
Terminal. As I arrived, the camera blacking out happened one last time. No
further issue. I took Black Ball's Coho ferry back to Victoria, clearing
Customs & Immigration. I dropped my stuff off at my place and got caught up
on a few things such as visiting my volunteer place, Pacific Peoples'
Partnership and getting a couple things from Legends Comics.
[NOW: The images on the ferry ride back proved to
be fairly badly exposed at right.]
I did toy with the idea of making this my last
trip as I'm pretty burnt out by this one. But it's kind of like asking a James Bond
actor right after making a movie: ask again after there's been time to recover.
I don't have a huge desire to do one of these kinds of trips right now, but
will I be working on another such trip next April-June, location unknown? Yeah,
probably. Check back in a few months and see how I feel then.
[NOW: I did indeed do another Seattle and area
trip in July 2018 and another in 2022. I'm hoping to revisit Seattle again at some point but trips to the US, save maybe a quick visit to Niagara Falls NY at some point, are on indefinite pause for now.]
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