Driving to Washington (state), from California

[Trace]

I will be using this thread to post my progress on the way to and back from Washington, the state.

Left Sacramento around 2PM today, I drove to Medford, Oregon, about 300 miles. Did 80ish the whole way.
Picked up a new iPod Touch 32GB, no sales tax, 20% off, downloading new iTunes onto my netbook right now.

Plan to be in Spokane, WA by 9AM.
Currently, my mom is driving.

I love Washington. I will post pictures when it gets light out and when I get the chance.

Trace

[Cryptonic]

Good idea getting that ipod. Will make the time fly by.

If you brought a laptop with ya you should do some wardriving. Would also need a gps unit if you wanted to map the points on google earth. Would be interesting to see all the networks that you passed along the way...or it could be my my nerdy side getting out.

[Zephik]

Which car is yours? I'll be sure to be waiting with eggs up on an overpass somewhere. :p

[Trace]

It's a white 2006 Prius. Aim for it! :)

We made it into Spokane about 6:30AM this morning and immediately fell asleep.

Wardriving? If only I had brought my bluebox (http://linksysco.com).

[mDust]

Just a road trip?..at night?...at 80mph?...across state lines? Uh huh...


...or it could be my my nerdy side getting out./nod:D

[Trace]

Just a road trip?..at night?...at 80mph?...across state lines? Uh huh...

/nod:D

I'm running from the Police!

[d_stilgar]

You still in Spokane? I live about an hour from Spokane.

[Liquid_Scope_99]

hey pick me up some apples lol joking hope you have a good tme dang if i had the money i would have took a touch too nice score on that have fun

[Trace]

You still in Spokane? I live about an hour from Spokane.

Yep, still here. I'll be here through till tomorrow morning.
Then I'm taking I-90 over to Seattle.

[Locum51]

I wish i could live in Washington near Issaquah or Port Angeles. Illinois blows.

[Trace]

It just started snowing, I looked out onto the parking lot and the cars gave 3-4 inches on them

[d_stilgar]

Yeah same where I am. Have fun in Seattle. If you head back to Cali through the tri-cities (kennewick, richland, pasco) send me a pm. Do the same if you go through Spokane again as well. Maybe we can meed up.

[Trace]

Will do dude.

[Trace]

Heading for Seattle today. Just left Spokane.
Made the mom drive so I could surf the net and use pandora.
Hope to meet up with family in Seattle.

[Trace]

I'm on a ferry. I'l post pictures in a minute.

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii232/TraceHagan/IMAG0040.jpg
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View from hotel room last night ^^^^^^^

[artoodeeto]

dude....if you have the mulah and the time, go have dinner at the Space Needle. I did it years ago while visiting a friend in Seattle, and it was expensive (~$150 for 3 people) but so worth it. The view was amazing, and was made even better by a thunder and lightning storm off in the distance. Nothing like seeing lightning from about 500 feet up! Nice photo, hope you have a great holiday!

[Trace]

Unfortunately, the space needle was shrouded in clouds so we decided not to spend the money. I have had dinner at the space needle before.

[d_stilgar]

I had dinner a couple years ago up there. The chef used to work for the president. The cost of taking the elevator to the observation deck is like $15 a person. The cost of dinner is about $30 a person. That's a $15 dinner and nice place to sit and enjoy the view as the restaurant rotates. That's well worth it in my eyes. Also, I got salmon. I have never had better salmon in my life. It was out of control good. I've been disappointed with salmon ever since.

[Trace]

The hotel guy at our hotel said he wasnt particularly impressed with their food so maybe they changed their chef