  My sarcasm never ceases to amuse me. So today was the second day in lovely Washington. The weather here is very nice and temperate. It got up to the high eighties I would say. But with a light to strong breeze and such a dry atmosphere it is very comfortable at all times. I bet even on the real hot days it's still nice.
It is the first time I've been nearly on a desert. Speaking of which, I saw my very own real-life tumbleweed. I was very impressed. I took a nice long 3 hour walk around the area. Everything is so wide open. The landscape is very flat with small mountains scattered about.
Each mountain doesn't have any trees on it. The Columbia River is 500 yards or so away. Everything out here is very clean. The river, the roads, the air, its all very clean. I wish I had a digital camera so I could take pictures for all to see, but alas, I do not have one yet. We'll see....
Since PNNL is located on somewhat of the outskirts of town, the closest store is a 7-Eleven about 2 miles or so away, or 45 minutes of walking each way. I played Frisbee with a couple of other guys on site. We played right in the middle of the desert. Sand, wind and all. It was quite a sight. I dove to make a catch and landed in some sort of tumbleweed, pricker plant.
That was fun. It took immense skill to throw the Frisbee in that strong of wind. We really mastered it by the end. On site here is really surreal. It's like out of the "matrix" or "the Truman show". Every blade of grass is the same height and is green.
Every tree is evenly planted and grown to the same height. They must have good landscapers out here. I'm a little too fascinated with the landscaping. It's freaking me out. Well, that's day two. Tomorrow is Monday, and that means that the bus transit is up and running again.
(Closed Sundays) I may take a trip down to Kennawick and do some shopping for stuff I need. We will see. As for everything else, it is good. Ciao 
