063 Cycle Touring the USA (2) - Part 1

(Leana) #1

(^74) San Francisco

I visited the computer shop to see if they could retrieve the lost
journal file. The weather in San Francisco was glorious, and it was a
good day to take the streetcar to the waterfront. Besides wondering
about and blending in, I obtained information regarding a train to
Seattle. The news was good, as a train departs San Francisco daily at
around 22h00 for the return trip to Seattle.
I still had to put the bicycle in a box, which was available at the
station for $15 plus a $10 handling fee. I further understood all I had
to do was go to the AM track office, where the bike and bags would
be loaded onto the train. Though the train was from Emeryville, the
ticket included a bus ride from the Amtrak office to the train station.
The plan was to return to Seattle and cycle from there, either across
Canada or east across the US. In the meantime, my new passport
was eventually ready, and my sister forwarded it to the hostel in
Seattle. Happy days!
San Francisco
With no phone call or email from the computer shop, I took a stroll
enquire what was going on. Regrettably, they couldn’t recover the
lost file, and a big blank remained in the journal.
Garmin never returned the email, and I sent them an additional
message; it didn’t make any difference as they never answered
emails—such poor service.

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