One-day extension

Our Seattle flight got canceled due to technical issues. We got bussed to a little town hotel nearby and got one more day to wander. It was a little disconcerting--until it wasn't. Once we settled into the inconvenience,  it was kind of fun to wander a town that has no mention in any tourist book..

The proprietor of the Vogar Hotel was pressed into a service he doesn't normally provide: dinner last night, breakfast and lunch today. Last night, with only an hour notice, he gave us pizza and sodas.  Dominoes, but so what! Hilarious. Today he made meatballs, fish, mashed potatoes, fried rice, and veggies.

Our temporary community of  people who got cancelled was interesting, a little odd. But good. There was art all around the hotel, clearly by the same artist and was in a 1920s-ish style, reminiscent of Miro and Calder. I asked who the artist was, expecting some local. The proprietor proudly said that he is the artist.

He also had a great library in his little hotel.

Now some random art shots in the airport.  Just because it was fun.

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