OLYMPIA, WA – We arrived in Seattle (photos & video) on the evening of the 14th. Seattle was an area that I was excited about visiting from previous experiences but this time was even better. We parked near the KOMO News Radio since we had an interview with anchor Brian Calvert the next day. We parked just a couple of blocks from the station under the shadow of the Space Needle where we slept. We were all antsy to see Seattle so we each went forth and explored the Emerald City.

Thursday morning, the 15th, we worked from a coffee shop that excitingly wasn’t Starbucks until our 11AM interview. Even though we showed up at the station punctually, Brian wanted to see MARV and interview us there. Gladly we replied and here is his coverage that made it on the air. This is the video he published on the KOMO website:

We then met up with our Seattle meetup point-person and all-around good guy Chip Barron for at lunch at and then a fantastic driving tour of Seattle (Photos & Videos). And before we parted ways with Chip he handed us a fresh-baked loaf of banana bread his mom Dana made for us. Needless to say it’s all gone now:)

As has been our routine, we left around 8AM before the meter maids (video) could harass us. On the morning of the 15th we parked a few blocks away from Jillian’s Billiards, the location of our 7PM meetup that night. We woke up, not necessarily hung over, but we all knew we had drank 151 proof the night before. When Jillian’s opened at 11AM we set up shop and worked there for the rest of the day (after they granted us permission to do so. I had a nice chicken sandwich there. Despite the rain, which Settle residents must be well familiar with, Seattle area libertarians came out to join us for subversive conversations. We ended a bit early to take everyone to MARV when a few folks from Young Americans for Liberty showed up and couldn’t get into the bar because the state deemed them underage. We all packed into MARV and talked for a while longer. The folks were very generous, buying t-shirts and donating enough money to get us to our next meetup in Olympia tonight. Rachel Hawkridge, the Chairwoman of the Washington State Libertarian Party, even assembled a care package we’ve been enjoying ever since we left.

For the final night we slept on the streets of Seattle as the rain beat down on MARV.

After the Anarchist Book Fair (that Pete previously covered) on the morning of Saturday the 16th we started our drive south and began the last two weeks our “search for freedom in America.”