home is where the heart is ...

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... and i'd left it and my racksack in seattle with charles. so i made the 26 hour bus journey back up to seattle. i got there in time to ride the deadbaby downhill bicycle race. its a short, steep downhill race that ends in a massive party. there was plenty of kegs, tall bike jausting (which charles entered and and managed to knock out a spectator ... oops!), mini-bike derbys, bikergirl dance troops, clown bikes (bikes cut and welded so they're as hard as possible to ride eg. backwards steering etc) and some amazing pedal-powered showrides.

spent ages trying to organise a new passport, but eventually my old one was handed in in LA.

went to a rollergirl derby (tough, hot, rock'n roll girls roller-skating around a central point, elbowing, pushing and doing everything they can to knock eachother down). was a big match, rat city (seattle) v's rose city (portland), very cool!

charles took a week off work and we went to new york. stayed a few days house-sitting in brooklyn and then with a friend in queens. we caught the staton island ferry, got lost on the subway a few times, fell asleep in a park (much to the disgust of all the business people passing by - maybe the finanial district is not the place for), drunk a lot of coffee and ate pleanty of good greek food.

charles flew back home to seattle and i stayed a bit longer in manhattan with my friend michael. wandered around the east village and lower east side, hung out in central park and lazed about.

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[Cuzin P.]

PS - Yukon
Forgot to mention I am up in the yukon again. You'd love it here! If you come up, be sure to let me know. There is a great Tasmanian here who employs compatriots! Cheers P

[Ella]

Awsome!
Makes me think about the quiet little bike shed at ceres. They made a double decker a few weeks back with one bike frame welded on top of the other, I think you need a step ladder to get on . xxx