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Tacoma to Seattle, WA

Thursday July 30, 2009

     6:31am  I woke up about five minutes ago. 6.41 hours of sleep, that's enough. I'll get up and take pictures after we pack up and stuff.

     6:47am  181molly.JPG

     6:48pm  182church.JPG, 183welcome.JPG
                  
     7:02am  We woke up and crossed the street so I could get some fresh ice. We got some projects. I have the free clinic paper I got from the closed down clinic in Lacey. I've got the name of the place in Tacoma.

                   44th and Portland Avenue, 41 bus.

     8:16am  184dtown.JPG

                   Molly and I walked up the hill to Tacoma Avenue. We're waiting for the library to open at nine, over an hour away. Molly wants to find a puppy on Craigslist. Wups, I keep reading how long I slept as the time.

     8:43am  I am having a great presentation with Sally in front of the government building, I think. She let me have a rolling paper earlier. I appreciate it, Sally. Everybody gets credit.

     9:30am  I went to the library and did some typing. I am already back in Portland in my typing. I spent an hour typing and also renewing my domain name. I'm going to walk down the hill. This town is steep. I'll walk all the way to Tacoma Avenue to the library again. I don't know where Molly went. I hope she gets her dog. I love Molly. I'm going to walk to the bus stop and catch the 41 to the neighborhood clinic.

                   I had an awesome guestbook signature on my website.

Date: 2009-07-30 02:14:35
Name: duane
Email: duane_dy@msn.com
Number: 506

A friend gave me you ticket/site he seen you in Portland and after seeing what your about.....it changed me forever.......for the good

mad love brother


     10:35am  The nice 41 driver let me on fifty cents short. Welcome to Tacoma.
                      
     11:00am  Oh yeah, I got off on 44th and Portland. I saw a big community health care place. I asked the driver if he knew where the Tacoma Neighborhood Clinic was and he said we just passed it. I went in there and it wasn't the place, they charged there. They gave me the correct address on Yakima. I walked outside to wait for the bus to come again and what do I see, a Tienda and Taqueria. Sweet, I'm going to go score some breakfast.

     11:05am  The nice people at Taqueria Zamora are hooking me up.

     11:22am  Sweet, I got hooked up at the taqueria with a couple tacos. The bus came again, the 41 and I'm going to go back to Commerce and catch the 45 to Hilltop and Yakima Avenue. The nice driver gave me a transfer last time so I got back on the 41 for free.

     11:47am  I just got off on Commerce Street at the 45 stop.

     12:29pm  I missed the eleven thirty bus, so I have to wait till 12:30. My transfer is fifteen minutes late now, so I hope I get a ride. Please, Love. Mobilize me.

                     Some guy gave me a flyer for Hemp Fest in Seattle on the 15th. I'll be there, for sure.

     1:15pm  187quote.JPG

     1:38pm  The bus dropped me off in front of Community Services place.

     2:10pm  Damnit, they have this urgent care thing that opens at five. I doubt they'll do blood screenings there. It's a first-come-first-serve basis place. So I'm not going to get tested here. I'll do it in Seattle. It's three dollars bus fare to get to Seattle, but I'm going to try and get a courtesy ride. You know me. I'm on Yakima Avenue and I am walking back to the buses on Commerce. Oh yeah, at that clinic behind it they had a food bank place and I scored me some traveling snacks. 

     2:13pm  188dude.JPG

     2:15pm  The greedy ass driver won't give me a ride. Nobody wants world peace! Ha.

     2:19pm  The next driver told me no too.

                   Good little slaves!

                   Before the next bus came this kid walked by and I hit him up for my story. When I get to the part, "like every cigarette I bum..." he volunteered me a cigarette. I then asked him, "Think you can spare any change for bus fare to Seattle in case I don't get a courtesy ride?" He gave me a dollar. Then right before the bus was about to leave for me only having a dollar, this girl getting on volunteered me another dollar, but the tight ass driver still wouldn't let me on. When I hit him up he asked me, "Go to a grocery store and try that line." I told him, "At a grocery store I would go over their heads and ask to speak to a manager." Then Jim walked by wearing a Dallas Stars shirt, a fellow Texan he hooked me up with a bus ticket worth $1.75. I appreciate it, brother.

     2:53pm  I am on the bus to Seattle.

     3:59pm  Downtown Seattle.

     4:03pm  I just got to town and John was nice enough to let me have half of his cigarette. I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit.

     4:23pm  Three minutes late. Clinton and Charlie came up to me and volunteered me some food. I appreciate it, guys. Everybody gets credit, thanks a lot.

     5:21pm  Tina is nice enough to give me a cigarette on whatever street I am on. Thank you, Tina. Everybody gets credit.

     6:25pm  190freehugsandor.JPG, 191me.JPG

     6:40pm  Andrea is being nice enough to give me a cigarette. I appreciate it, Andrea. Everybody gets credit.

     8:14pm  It's still light outside. Man, I've been here at 4th and Pine passing out my website like crazy. My FREE HUGS AND/OR BREAST EXAMS is a total hit in this town! People are loving it, doing double-takes and cracking up.

                   A policeman just came up to me and told me, "Nice sign."   Yeah!

     9:28pm  I'm telling Chris my story and he hooked me up with a cigarette. I appreciate it, brother.

     9:46pm  Great presentation with Chris. I told him the important part and the note from the rich and everything.

     10:03pm  I should recap already. I got smoked out finally. Some guy gave me a couple hits. I forgot his name.

     10:59pm  I should make an update by now. Not that far away from where I was I found these bushes to crash behind. Around one 'o clock the sprinklers came on in the field behind the bushes and I got a little wet. I only got two hours of sleep. I don't know what I'm going to do. Maybe I'll have to find a park somewhere to take a nap in. I'm just going to keep walking randomly.

                     About ten of fifteen minutes ago I wandered over to this squat next to this building. I was walking towards I5. I'll take pictures in the morning. I'm going to try and get a couple hours more of sleep.

Next day..