The great thing about Cross Fit is that you can fire up your own little scene without a lot of time or money. The CF website has exhaustive info about the exercises and programming. Relatively few tools are needed and many of those can be improvised.
There are individuals and small groups in very remote places on earth, living in difficult conditions, who do CF regularly. You can make your own success with CF. No need to wait on others.
If you can, look up CF Level Four Seattle ("CF Seattle") on the main CF site and contact Dave Werner. Ask him if you can come by the gym in Ballard and meet him, watch a workout, ask some questions. I can't speak for Dave but I bet he will be willing to help you see and understand the rudiments.