Viable Paradise, Day 0
Oct. 3rd, 2010 02:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nonionayMy travel was surprisingly smooth and perfect. No delays, no annoying people on the plane. Just the minor irritation that American Airlines makes you pay for food. There was a brief panic when I realized I hadn't printed out my bus ticket. (I wandered Logan airport trying to find a printer. I gave up, and then when I was talking to the guy standing beside me, he asked, "do you have any paper?" and I said, "Why, do you have a printer in your bag?" And lo! He did. But I didn't have any paper. It turns out, I was able to get it printed at the downtown bus station. So all was well.
The ferry ride was gorgeous. The water was smooth, and the sky clear (though just foggy enough that the ship's spotlight made a glowing fuzzy beam.) It wasn't too cold, either, so I sat on deck and stared at the Milky Way for 45 minutes. When I arrived, Steve Gould picked me up, using a lovely scrolling sign on his iPad. We went straight to the beach, where the others were looking at the stars and glowing jellyfish. It was even darker than the ferry, though the effect was spoiled by cars which frequently drove by. Still, I don't think I've seen the Milky Way since Writers Weekend 2008.
The lone picture of Day Zero, which I took as we flew over the Cascades at sunrise. It doesn't properly capture the feel of the mountains as islands poking through the clouds, but it's still pretty.
The ferry ride was gorgeous. The water was smooth, and the sky clear (though just foggy enough that the ship's spotlight made a glowing fuzzy beam.) It wasn't too cold, either, so I sat on deck and stared at the Milky Way for 45 minutes. When I arrived, Steve Gould picked me up, using a lovely scrolling sign on his iPad. We went straight to the beach, where the others were looking at the stars and glowing jellyfish. It was even darker than the ferry, though the effect was spoiled by cars which frequently drove by. Still, I don't think I've seen the Milky Way since Writers Weekend 2008.
The lone picture of Day Zero, which I took as we flew over the Cascades at sunrise. It doesn't properly capture the feel of the mountains as islands poking through the clouds, but it's still pretty.
