48 States in an 84 Scirocco
Today I visited Microsoft for the Streets and Trips team. They bought me lunch, and gave me the new version of Streets and Trips - the 2009 version. They also made me some “Powered by Streets and Trips 2009″ magnets for the sides of my car.
Cool!! The new version of Streets and Trips is really cool. It now reads the names of the streets you are on. It can trace the route you have been, so I’ll have a map of every place I drive from Redmond for the rest of the trip.
Mount Rainier as seen from Tacoma, WA
Mount Rainier
I’m staying with Jeff in Tacoma (lagomorph on VWVortex). He has a very cool 77 Rabbit with a TDI - turbo diesel engine from a newer VW. It is VERY fast and in VERY good shape.
I took Boeing’s factory Tour. Craig (OorsciroccO on Vortex) tagged along. He works for a Boeing contractor that specializes in the production tooling.
Unfortunately, Boeing does not allow cameras or any sort of electronics on the tour - so my camera was in a locker the entire time.
Here is the map so far:
Current Hood Decal
West Coast, yo!
The West Coast
And Craig (OorsciroccO on VWVortex) signing the hood…
OorsciroccO signing the hood
I drove to Kerry Park, just northwest of the Seattle. The skyline is pretty dang cool.
Part two was a much greater success. The Forrest service officer even checked up on us.
We went out to the Washington Mountians to go shooting… Then the Police showed up! :) They were cool though - they just told us that we couldn’t shoot so close to the high-tension power lines, and they told us a good area up the highway to go shooting.
This morning, Tom and I went to an Italian car show in Des Moines, Washington. There were many very cool cars there… use the continue reading link to see the gallery….
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Continue reading ‘Italian Concours in Des Moines, Washington’
I was very close to SeaTac airport when the GPS receiver.
Posting from Olympia, Washington.
I’m driving to Olympia, Washington, and we stopped at Mount St. Helens to take pictures. The volcano itself was covered with clouds, but there were still cool photos to be taken.
Drove from Vancouver, WA to Salem, OR for the capitol picture. It was too dark last night.
Yesterday was a day full of computer problems. That’s why there’s not many posts.
I’m leaving Vancouver for the Oregon state capitol in Salem right now…. Pictures soon!
