We then got lost trying to escape the meglopolis of Seattle and the crapfest that surrounds it and all American cities. We couldn't find the campground we wanted and ended up utterly exhausted at 2 AM at a trail head dirt parking lot. At 5:30 AM we were woken up by the first of many hikers. And then around 7 we got a much different wake up call when a VERY aggressive Department of Natural Resources Ranger angrily pointed out that we were camping right next to a big ol' NO CAMPING sign.
I doubt if murder or armed robbery could have pissed him off more than us pitching a tent in a dirt parking lot when it says no camping. What a dick. Apparently it would have been better for us to have kept driving until we fell asleep at the wheel. While he was hassling Nick I was singing just under my breath 'we all live in a military state' to the tune of the Beatles' Yellow Submarine'. While we were looking for ID's etc 'Uh Oh (Sounds like somebody pissed off jesus)' was qued on the cd player and he got so freaked out he let us off with a warning instead of the $99 fine he started to write. Some people clearly are not taking advantage of Washington state's legalization of getting baked.
We ended up that morning in North Bend, where Twin Peaks was filmed and we had breakfast at the diner as featured in the tv series and movie and had a damn fine cup of coffee.