Washington State

Arrived to Megan's cousins apartment in Seattle on Sunday.  He took us to the Space Needle and then we walked down to the sound and had snacks and drinks.  It was nice, sprinkled a tiny bit.  The edamame was to die for!  Then walked to Pike's Place, it was closed but we saw the piggy bank and the gum wall (ewww).

Found out that the soldier my class adopted (My mom and his mom work together) was coming home and the Fort was only an hour from Seattle.  His flight would come in at Midnight.

So we left Matt's house and headed to Fort Lewis around 10:30 p.m.

We arrived to Fort Lewis about 11:30, signed in and then were told that the flight was delayed to 1:00 am.  We went inside and I met his mom and dad for the first time.  We have been in contact for the last 9 months, but I have never met them.  It was pretty cool, we went into a gym and their was a huge screen and they were playing Madagascar 2 for the kids to watch.  A little after 1 am, they cut to a video of a plane on the ground.  The soldiers were finally back.  We watched them deplane and we cheered for our soldier, Tim.  Then they had to check in their belongings, so about 2 hours later, a musician sang a song, and at the end they raised the curtain and there they were.   It was really cool.  Then the Commander (??) thanked them for their hard work and then dismissed them.  The men ran to their families and friends.  It really was amazing.  I was finally able to meet Tim face to face.  It was all over about 4am so Megan and I decided to drive for as long as we could...which ended up being only an hour.  We pulled into a rest stop in Washington and passed out for about 4 hours.  At 9:30, we headed on our way.  Deciding to skip Crater Lake, OR.