http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Everett/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Washington , Everett en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:49:33 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:49:33 BST I have been working hard these last few weeks to get ready for the trip and today it finally began To summarize my past few weeks I gradated with my mechanical engineering degree from Oregon State I participated in the Formula SAE West competition in LA with the OSU car and I moved out of the house in Corvallis and into my parentrsquos house. And in case nobody was aware my parents are a http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Everett/Everett/blog-297310.html Here's the scheduled route. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Everett/blog-200973.html Well we've got nearly 4 weeks until we leave but we're busily incorporating travel preparations into our daily routine. It's been a while since we've taken a real vacation. The last one was a road trip from Seattle to L.A. for Christmas in 2003 that was extended by a day when snow closures in the Siskiyou Mountains stopped our return journey in Redding California. I made one brief trip to L.A http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Everett/blog-200291.html