It has been more than a month since I last typed up a post, and I have decided to write about my more recent experiences in a multi-part blog series.

Graduation

As many may know, I was offered a position at Microsoft within the Windows Live team which I accepted.  Just after graduation I went home, and enjoyed my couple of weeks off to prepare for the long road trip ahead of me.  The plan was to leave Thursday, May 15th and arrive in Seattle on Saturday, May 17th.  On the agenda was visiting two friends and Mount Rushmore before arriving in Seattle.  The trip totaled around 2500 miles, and over 30 hours of driving.

Day 1

The first day I met up with two friends, Sarah and Dave before finally resting for the day in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.  Day 1 was probably the exciting due to it involved driving through Chicago and Minneapolis, but frustrating because I got a speeding ticket for going less than 10 over :-/

Day 2

Day two was long, and boring.  If you have never been to South Dakota, consider yourself blessed.  The land in South Dakota is completely flat with no tree’s.  During one point in my trip I found a structure and wondered how far it would take me to drive to it.  It ended up being a little over 15 miles away!  Near the end of the day it started to get interesting as my brother and I were starting to enter the Rocky Mountains.  At the end of the day we stayed in Butte, Montana.

Day 3

The third day seemed to by incredibly fast.  We were going through the beautiful Rocky Mountains, passed by Idaho, and flew through Washington on our way to Seattle.  In total, this was probably the most breathtaking day of the whole trip.

In my next blog post, I will talk about searching for my new apartment, (boring topic, won’t post) then I will finish with my experiences working at Microsoft.