Day 2: Seattle

We have our bikes! Rather pleasingly both started first time once we put new batteries in. They seem none the worse for wear having spent a year in storage, and my, did that year go quickly. The day was spent doing trip preparation such as getting US sim cards, shopping, remembering how to pack the bikes etc. Its interesting how a mundane mission to the shops can turn into quite an intense experience. Everybody here drives on the wrong side of the road. Traffic lights hang in the air where you don't see them. What does an orange flashing arrow mean? Can you do a U turn or not? What does the reverse V for victory sign mean?
City riding sucks but despite that it was awesome to be back on the KTM.
Tomorrows departure will be delayed meaning we won't have the time to catch the ferry from Port Angeles to Vancouver Island. We still have to arrange to send my favourite box in the world down to LA to meet us at the end of the trip and sorting that will delay us too much.
Instead we are going to visit Rick, who we met at a layby in the Sierra Nevadas a year ago. He lives just South of here and has recently ridden his KLR to Alaska so it will be nice to catch up and hear his stories.
I'd like to be able to report on what it's like sharing a bed with Dave but words create pictures and you just can't unsee some things so I'll spare you.
Just a few pics of getting the bikes going. Check out the oil smoke from having sprayed the internals with oil last year.
Had a lovely Thai dinner with Brian who looked after our bikes for the last year and is now, once again, looking after us. Much, much appreciated.