Helen FieldsScience Writer

I’m on the road, people! Well, actually I’m on the ship, but I’m a few days behind on blogging. So can you just humor me and pretend like I’m on the road? You’ll hear so much about the ship you will get sick of it, I promise.

Lookit:

Doesn’t look like the Bering Sea, does it? That’s because it’s Seattle! Hello, Seattle! Seattle was green and lovely and 50 degrees. I stayed up til 2:15 Monday night getting ready for the trip – then got up at 4:45 to catch my flight – so I spent a good chunk of my time in Seattle asleep.

But don’t worry. After a few hours, I managed to rouse myself to walk to the local yarn store and buy some yarn. Because that’s what this expedition needs: more yarn. I stayed overnight with Chris the photographer’s family, which consists of a lovely wife, an adorable daughter, and a giant schnauzer who gets anxiety attacks when Chris gets out the suitcases.