The hotel vouchers Kim Ahern was counting on weren’t available when she arrived in Seattle, so she reluctantly moved with Jack, above, and Tom, 19, into Nickelsville, one of Seattle’s tent cities. It was a backup plan. They stayed at Nickelsville’s Central District location for two weeks. Then, they traveled with the encampment when it moved to Skyway. “It was so far away from Seattle, I had no idea how we could get back and forth,” Kim said, about the move to Skyway. “I was a sobbing freaking mess. Where are the schools? Where are the stores? I didn’t know where anything was. That was just a horrible feeling.”