![]() ![]() ![]() Awesome fellow.a highlight of my Seattle visit for sure! He was busy with Halo Fest preparations so he couldn't stay long, but we'd been looking forward to meeting in person since before working on the Visual Guide even. Vociferous (Jeremy), formerly of the Ascendant Justice site, and now a go-to Halo lore guy at 343 Industries. Got to see my partner in crime on the Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, Mr. We knew Halo Fest was going to be glorious as we could already see the life-size Jorge-052 statue in the window! We walked up from the Westgate terminal about two blocks to the Washington State Convention Center to see where PAX and Halo Fest would take place. We took the motel shuttle (the one thing the inn DID provide) to the Sea-Tac Airport and boarded the Sound Transit light rail into downtown Seattle. (Our motel didn't provide a continental breakfast I believe due to the word "value" in its name.) We were joined late for breakfast by FINALPostMortem (Isaac). The nice and sunny day started with Brad, Jeff, Matt, and myself walking up to IHOP for a great breakfast. International House of Pancakes #1747, Seattle-Tacoma, WA, USAĭay 2, Thursday. Halo, duh) until it was time to rest up for a full day on the town in Seattle. ![]() Just kept talking Halo into the evening, until Grimbrothers One and IV (Jeff and Matt, respectively) showed up at the same motel. We talked about our trip and about Halo and the fact that "international" in IHOP must refer to the food and not the franchise.īack at the motel, we decided what to do with the late afternoon/evening but were too tired to see Seattle. I had been to an IHOP back in '85 but we don't have them in Canada (in my area anyway) so for me it was a treat. Both of us were pretty tired from the trip, so we walked up to the IHOP which was fortunately handy to the motel. Ah well, meeting Kermit7 made him the second HBOer I'd met in person (the first being DEEP NNN). It was a big airport and we ended up at the same security checkpoint, but were on opposite sides of security and didn't know it. Through texting, calling and just short of yelling, we managed to find one another after 2 hours at the terminal! I was still gate-side while he had exited to the public area of baggage claim. His flight arrived a little early so we ended up at the airport at the same time. I was to be rooming with Kermit7 (Brad) at the Airport Value Inn not far from the airport. Arrived at 12:30pm local time at the Seattle-Tacoma Airport to a beautiful and atypical-for-Seattle hot, cloudless day. Sea-Tac Airport, Gate N, Seattle-Tacoma, WA, USAĭay 1, Wednesday. ![]()
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