Hopefully everyone who Joan told this story to asked for details and then after hearing them, walked away thinking she was a nutcase.

Take the victoria clipper north sometime and stand on the rear deck watching Mount Rainier. As you leave Seattle, you see the city recede into a dot, but the mountain behind it doesn't appear to get any smaller. It's wild.

I'm american and you can have my naps when you pry them from my warm, sleepy hands.