
Maybe you were expecting the first picture of the challenge to be a landscape. Something awe-inspiring or interesting. Instead, I'm sharing a normal ticket to the Portland light rail, the Max.
I left the house on the morning of September 24 for a trip to Alaska. It involved a short flight to Seattle, which involved a short ride on the Max to the airport. The ticket machine would not read my credit card. As I was running out of time and the train was about to leave, a man (who had also been having trouble with the machine) said "this ticket was left in the other machine. Will a 2 hour ticket work for you?" And so my trip began on an auspicious note.
And that's why I have not been on-time with posts. Currently I'm sailing the open seas, paying a small fortune for spotty internet service. I am already losing the challenge, but I can say with certainty that so far it's worth every penny.