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road trip

I’m taking a week off, and going on a road trip.

Somehow, I convinced Striker to go with me, and he hasn’t done anything on the west coast before.

Currently the road trip has 3 constraints:

  • Leave San Jose on Friday, May 11th.
  • Seattle Mariners vs. Angels Baseball -
    Safeco Field, Wednesday, May 16th, 7:05 PM
  • Back to San Jose by Sunday, May 20th.

I need your help. What should I do, what places should I visit, and what routes should I take to get there?

I have a couple things I’m considering right now:

  • Powell’s Books in Portland. Last time I was there, I left with 8 books — but I knew I had to fly home. With a Car, this could be a very expensive stop.
  • Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument - Never been there… Seems like it would be a good place to spend an afternoon, and maybe go on a short hike, depending on the weather.
  • Maybe head up to BC, and go to the Capilano Suspension Bridge
  • Other stuff around Vancouver? Victoria?
  • I want to fit in a couple days after the baseball game to head over to Spokane. On the way over, I was thinking I could do a tour of Columbia River Dans. There are 14 or so… Could make a nice flickr gallery.
  • General Seattle Stuff. Space Needle, Ferries, etc.

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5 Responses to “road trip”

  1. David Welton Says:
    May 4th, 2007 at 4:12 am

    You could go back down 58, in central Oregon - there’s lots of interesting stuff to see out there, if you dont mind some side trips. Crater Lake, Fort Rock, Newberry Crater, Bend, Oregon.

  2. Joshua Slive Says:
    May 4th, 2007 at 8:41 am

    Don’t do the Capilano Suspension Bridge.

    There are so many great things to do around Vancouver that there is no need to waste your time and money on a tourist-trap rip-off like that.

  3. chipmom Says:
    May 4th, 2007 at 11:31 am

    sounds like a rick querna itiniary :)

  4. Steve Jenson Says:
    May 4th, 2007 at 10:25 pm

    Oh man, I will be at Powell’s books (City and Techincal) the following week. I’m flying but plan to ship my books back home to San Francisco. I will have to buy a new bookshelf when I get back!

    Oh, and if you make it to Spokane, WA, try to eat at a place called “Top O’ China”. You can get mussels covered with colby jack cheese. Yummy! Oh, and speaking of bookstores, next door to ToC (as I call it), the bookstore has an entire wall dedicated to Bibles. Who needs Powells with their boring sections on Wittgenstein and Science Fiction? Bah, Spokane says.

  5. aj Says:
    May 5th, 2007 at 10:37 pm

    mt. saint helens impressed me. the bigness of it was indescribably big.

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