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Monday
October 28,
2024
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with prius fob lost, doors locked, and the spare in tahuya, i needed to find a way to get there from seattle by public transit. it's possible! light rail to pioneer square, short walk to downtown terminal, fast passenger ferry to bremerton, #3 bus to belfair, where i arranged last minute to be picked up by mason county transit dial-a-ride. with an hour to spare, i bought essentials, ate lunch, then waited in the sun at the small park that doubles as a bus stop. usually i just drive by, but now i got up close to it, a moment of rest and reflection, down to ground level to look up at a mushroom's underside to check if it was the desirable kind. i can't tell but its delicate heart-shaped gills called my name. just kidding, that was my ride, arrived right on time. i boarded the empty short bus with shoulder bag and two sacks of groceries. the driver apologized; we were making an unscheduled detour to pick up another passenger. fine by me, i said, i'm all for efficiency. we sidetracked to bear creek store to pick up a woman whose cat, she proclaimed, broke all her plates; nonetheless she was on her way to qfc for a case of fancy feast on sale. 25 minutes after we left, she got off right back where we'd started. but now at last we were ready for the final push home. i was glad the driver opted for the scenic route, a 35 mph half hour drive along hood canal, the sun flickering through half naked flaming autumn trees, the high tide flat and inviting, as our convo turned cosmic.... |