Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

First we bake, then we steam. They're predicting Thunderstorms (and pretty heavy ones) today. I'll believe it when I see it.

Today's Roadtrip: Vistas (2/2)

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Today's Roadtrip: Vistas (1/2)

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Today's Roadtrip: ART! ^ .^

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One of my other destinations was the ghost town of Skagit City, and after seeing Park, Florence and Bow, and seeing satellite views of where Skagit City was, I'd hoped there might be SOMETHING there. But nothing doing. Most of the houses aren't old at all, likely 1960s and up. But I did see a few farm houses here and there in the area, so I'll toss it here, along with the one building left of "Milltown" on the old Pacific Highway.

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After talking some history with a lawn-mowing resident of Bow, he suggested I visit Edison just down the way "they got buildings and everything." Edison, as it turns out, is a happening little town. A sign says "The Kindness Town," a pride flag greeted me coming into down, the tiny downtown was BUSY and I even saw a few artsy painted pro-choice signs in driveways. I could get to like this place.... (2/2)

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After talking some history with a lawn-mowing resident of Bow, he suggested I visit Edison just down the way "they got buildings and everything." Edison, as it turns out, is a happening little town. A sign says "The Kindness Town," a pride flag greeted me coming into down, the tiny downtown was BUSY and I even saw a few artsy painted pro-choice signs in driveways. I could get to like this place.... (1/2)

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The Not-Really-A-Ghost-Town-But-It's-Certainly-Not-The-Bustling-Town-It-Once-Was of Bow, WA.

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Awesome driftwood yard art in Bow, WA. (2/2)

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Awesome driftwood yard art in Bow, WA. (1/2)

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You can't fool me, that's a TARDIS. This is TOTALLY a TARDIS. Maybe it's my TARDIS. It's my TARDIS now.

Stay classy Snohomish County.

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It's hot. In AND out of doors.

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Where I am now.

My first death...choosing Gerudo Town for my first was way way way above my health level. The fact that this was my first death was SUPER surprising. I am eating my way to victory, though....

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Yay! Jules is now a permanent resident of Gerudo Town. My personal head canon for Breath of the Wild was that Jules is trans, and now in Tears of the Kingdom, she's a resident.

❤

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More cleaning the freezer out. Barbacoa! Or outside of Texas, tacos de cabeza.

Also, here's my new griddle. I've retired the comal until I get the crack repaired and...well...I learn better how to take care of cast iron.

Thirdly, I love flour tortillas. I like the 50/50 flour/corn tortillas. I cannot STAND pure corn tortillas. EXCEPT in barbacoa tacos. Only way to eat them.

When the trailers for the game came out, showing off some of the story, I had an inking that the story was going into a dark place. The more I play this, the more I think this Princess Zelda story is going into a very very very dark place.

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MAH PEOPLE

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So I knew I was gonna go see the Gerudo today, and I was gonna power through somehow, which is why I ended running through all 25 Zelda amiibo to stock up. Went up the lighthouse in Kara Kara Oasis, and flew straight for Gerudo town.

When I didn't make it the whole way, I took off all my clothes for heat resistance (which didn't 100% work as I still took damage), ate a meal that gave me extra hearts (ate a meal which gave me some heat resistance), and straight up dead reckoned through the sand shroud (which wasn't easy as they put a rift in there now to keep you from, well, dead reckoning).

AND I MADE IT. Nothing's gonna keep me out of Gerudo Town. :)

Tears of the Kingdom isn't easy at all, but it is easier if you remember all your Breath of the Wild knowledge to keep you alive (eat eat eat).

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