UPDATED: February 12, 2021
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.
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.]
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