Maps and what to do with them...

If it's Wednesday it must Seattle....

A big part of the trip to America is to see the right people and to set up contacts. To this end the trip has been great but as well we have to deal with some important practical issue, like which route do we take and how do we sort that out?

So today we went to the AAA, this for readers from the UK is a sort of AA but for the US, and very good and very helpful they were as well, they supplied us with great maps covering all the states we are to visit with all the detail we need.

And this is one thing that is so evident with the people so far met in regard to the endeavour, people want to help and want to assist in what ever way they can.

So having got our maps then to meet Ian Masek, he is employed by the State of Washington dept of Transportation as a cycle coordinator, a really helpful man who was able to pinpoint our route through the state.  We met in another IHOP, and for those that are aware this stands for International House of  Pancakes, and I have to say the food is good, not small in size but very good, and again for the Brits reading this when you order eggs its expected that you will have three of them. Fantastic.

So here we have a picture of Tom and Ian pouring over the AAA maps.

A good day.