http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Vancouver/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Washington , Vancouver en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:01:26 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:01:26 UTC OK. The photo of Mt. Hood is not really of the state of Washington itrsquos in Oregon just east of Portland but I did go to Washington for the first time shortly after this photo was taken. If yoursquore up on the national news you may have caught the fact that there have been a few fires out west this season. So far Oregon and Washington have not seen too much but northern Californi http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Vancouver/blog-305655.html So we leave a week from tomorrow I have bought pretty much everything I need probably MORE than I need for the trip..except for a few loose ends that I will get in the next week. It hasnt't really hit me yet that I am really going to Central America This has been a dream of mine for so long and I am so excited to experience everything that the area has to offer. Wish us luck http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Vancouver/blog-291020.html Hi everyone. I've been inspired by a friend of mine who is a blogging queen over her study abroad trips so we will see how this works and if I have freqent enough internet access. It is a little under a week before I leave for Italy so I thought I would set this up as means for you guys my darling family and select friends to be updated on my life while I am becoming culturedBarbara http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Vancouver/blog-235044.html I made it I finally arrived at 845 tonight not bad considering I left Fresno at 850 this morning. The drive wasn't as bad as one might imagine. I suppose the fact that I was so eager to get home might have helped a little bit. That and some mixed CDs I created a few years back.I made a few stops along the way for gas and food. The first stop was in Dunning California just north of Sacr http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Vancouver/blog-219476.html I was supposed to leave today September 11th but something unexpected happened at the ticket counter. When I went to get my boarding pass the lady asked me if I was in a real hurry to get to Madrid. I replied not really and asked why she wanted to know. She said that they had overbooked the flight and are looking for volunteers to fly out tomorrow the 12th instead of today. They were offerin http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Vancouver/blog-201280.html I'm getting behind on these entries so I'm just going to start tossing photos up here and let you figure it out for yourself.This Bachelor Party I organized from New Zealand. We had a poker dealer come in and entertain the guys for the night. No there were no dancers or crazy drinking at this party.Night went off without a hitch and was the last restful day of my time state side.ha http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Vancouver/blog-190514.html Ah First entry How excitingSo I leave in 35 hours give or take 22 minutes.WheeeeeSo how much have I packed for this trip I leave for the day after tomorrrow you ask Well if I had to give it on a scale of 110 10 being I could leave right this very second I would have to give my readiness a good 6.32. And about 4.6 of that came from just this evening. I work better under pressure.And http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Vancouver/blog-83570.html