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Less than one week and we'll have started what I hope will become one of the greatest journey's in my life.

Last night (the night of the 26th, Monday) we had a little 'party' here in this apt we live. I'd say it was mine but it's not in any shape or form. I paid two months rent so I'm not just... here, but the person on the lease has moved and my brother and I have been left here to do as we please more or less. There was, at its height, a total of seven people, so it wasn't anything huge but it was fun. I got pretty darn drunk and ended up sleeping in a bathtub for an hour or so, after which I puked and felt much better. Hahaha, a pal of mine ended up in much worse shape but he's not too bad right now.

At the moment I've finished packing everything but my computer and will close this up and stick it in a back pack shortly.

This will be my last post here for awhile I assume. Actually, I have no idea how long it'll be till my next post. I guess if there's wireless at the hotel I'm going to be at with my dad for the following couple of nights I could post there.

In about two hours, at 9am, a friend from my past job is going to come by and take my brother and I to the airport. Our flight to LAX leaves at 12:40pm and lands at 2:30pm. We'll spend the rest of today with my father and little (youngest) brother most likely. Then tomorrow, Wednesday, we'll go to Disneyland (for free I might add, yay!) Then Thursday we'll do... something. I think we may end up going for a hike, I'm not really sure.

Friday, at 6am, we fly from LAX to Portland, OR and then spend Friday and Saturday with a good friend of mine up there in northern Oregon. Sunday she'll take us to the coast, we'll (my brother Dean and I) spend the night somewhere there and on Monday we'll start the following:



#1 - Start [Netarts] to Idaho border [March 5th, start date]
-Netarts (yes, I know it said Tillamook before but it's really Netarts we're starting in.)
-Tillamook leaving along the 6
-Portland, Oregon (Our first major city.)
-Vancouver, Washington leaving along the 14
-Washougal
-The Dalles
-Plymouth, Umatilla, McNary Leaving on the 730
-Walla Walla
-Clarkson
-Washington border


#2 - Idaho to Helena, Montana
-Lewiston
-Orofino
-Kooskia
-Idaho border


#3 - Helena, Montana to Miles City, Montana
-Missoula leaving on the 200
-Greenough
-Ovando
-The 141 to Avon leaving on the 12
-Helena leaving on the 12 /287
-Townsend leaving on the 12
-Harlowton taking the 12
-Roundup leaving on the 12
-Forsyth
-Miles City


#4 - Miles City, Montana to Aberdeen, North Dakota
-Leaving Miles City on the 12
-Plevna
-Baker
-Marmarth
-Bowman
-Hettinger
-White Butte
-Watauga
-Mobridge continuing on the 12
-Ipswich
-Aberdeen


#5 - Aberdeen, North Dakota to Minneapolis, Minnesota
-Webster
-Milbank
-Ortonville, Minnesota
-Benson
-Murdock
-Willmar


#6 - Minneapolis, Minnesota to Milwaukee, Wisconsin
-Minneapolis and St. Paul
-Following the Mississippi River
-Prescott
-Red Wing
-Wabasha
-Winona
-La Crosse
-Cashton
-Hillsboro
-Wisconsin Dells
-Portage
-Columbus
-Milwaukee


#7 - Milwaukee to Detroit, Michigan (through Chicago)
-Going along the west coast of Lake Michigan
-Kenosha
-Lake Forest
-Wilmette
-Chicago
-Michigan City
-Benton Harbor
-Paw Paw
-Kalamazoo
-Battle Creek
-Marshall
-Jackson
-Ann Arbor
-Detroit
-Marine City into Canada


#8 - Canada [Toronto] to Niagra Falls (Canada side)
-Sarnia
-London
-Woodstock
-Cambridge
-Toronto
-Oakville
-Hamilton
-St. Catharines


#9 - Niagra Falls (New York side) to Massachusetts
-Back into the U.S. via the Niagra Falls
-Lockport
-Millville
-Rochester
-Clyde
-Syracuse
-Cazenovia
-to Albany taking the 43
-Stephentown into Massachusetts


#10 - New England (Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine
-Pittsfield, Mass
-Dalton, Mass
-Windsor, Mass -Stamford, VT
-Hallifax, VT
-Battleboro, VT
-Keene, New Hamp
-Amherst, New Hamp
-Manchester, New Hamp
-Rochester, New Hamp
-Stanford, MN
-Saco Biddeford
-Portland, Maine
-End of trek!