The morning started off with a live radio interview on KBZY in Salem, OR for our show there on Saturday night. Ticket have been selling really well and this was a chance to do that last bit of marketing before the big event. Terry Sol, the DJ at the station, was GREAT! He was so full of excitement about the show and you could hear it in his voice. The interview lasted about 20 minutes but seemed like it was about 5 minutes! Terry had watched the ASIA DVD so he had some idea of what the show is like – that meant great conversation and a good interview! Now I’m really pumped about the show!
Big changes today in the terraine and the weather. We left out of Kennewick after the interview and the temperatures had already started dropping as the winds were picking up. By the time we got to Ellensburg, the wind was really gusting. We left I-82 for I-90, heading toward the Snoqualmie Pass. We came through rolling hills (BIG hills) with steep grades and winding turns. It was very beautiful – very different from any landscapes we have seen so far. As we started upward toward the Pass, we were once again speechless at the amazing mountains, lakes, streams, trees and more. Our videocamera was rolling but there’s no way to capture on tape the spectacular, overwhelming beauty of what we were seeing. If you had been sitting with us, all you would have heard were gasped and aahhs of amazement! Truly some of the most beautiful scenery we have every witnessed – America, the Beautiful!
We are staying the night in the Tacoma area, not far from our final destination of Bremerton. Our hotel is right across from a quaint little Asian marketplace, which we decided to visit. We bought lots of our favorite snacks – pocky sticks, milk tea, and strawberry moonpies – and some new things to try as well. Then we headed over to the Shin Sung Korean Cuisine for dinner! The featured menu item for the night? Black Goat Intestines – barbequed at your table! Who could pass that up? We opted for the sweet bbq beef and chicken in house sauce – both were delicious!