They let me in, just about.

Finally arrived in Seattle after a bit of a delay with the flight, the nice officers in customs decided to hold me up for 3 hours as they didn't believe i would leave a job to cycle across the US. I have to admit the saturday morning i woke up at 3.45 am to be in Shannon for the flight at 7, the same thought almost ran across my mind. Eventually, after much wandering around Seattle, I made it out to Vashon island in the Puget sound to stay in the youth hostel there(http://www.vashonhostel.com/). Seems to be a very relaxed pace to life out there, eventhough it's only a 25min ferry journey from downtown Seattle. Bought the Surly 'Long Haul Trucker' i had ordered this morning and went into the greatest outdoor store i have ever seen in the REI headquarters for a few bits and pieces for the journey. All stocked up and ready to go.