Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Alabama

Slept in this state

Gulf Shores State Park and spending everyday at the ocean.  Loved Loved it.

Alaska

Slept in this state

Flew in from Seattle

Cruise to Alaska - Princess Cruise - Coral Princess

Alaska rail to Denali National Park was vert scenic.  Enjoyed the glass cars.

Husky Homestead tour with Jeff King - I did not like.  It seemed cruel to the dogs


In Denali - Wilderness Tour  on a motor-bus up mountains.  It started snowing and they had to turn back before we got to the end. We saw some bears.  Beautiful country.  Never saw the top of Denali

Denali Princess Lodge in National Park Lodge was absolutely beautiful and the town was cute.

Island Windgs Air Service - Flew over alaska. Land near water and saw bears.

Cruise was wonderful
Great food
Naturalist
College Fjord, scenic cruise.
Glacier Bay - Calving of the large glaciers.
Wildlife on floating glaciers

Skagway ALaska - Glacier Discovery by Helicopter

Juneau Alaska - Rainforest Canopy and Zip Line

Ketchikan Alaska - Salmon fishery;  Live salmon are gigantic and seeing ones that died after their long journey home was sobering.

We went home via Vancouver British Columbia


Arizona

Slept in this state

Grand Canyon National Park

Sedona in 2013 - Pink Jeep Tour, Chapel of the Holy Cross - sweet/petite

Sunset a Crescent moon picnic area.  Buddha beach.

Sunrise a upper Red Rock Loop Road.

Arkansa

California

Slept in this state

San Diego for work and pleasure to see my Grandmother
Disneyland
Seaworld (Yuk)
Universal Studios
Queen Mary Ship
Grauman's Chinese Theatre . and walk of the stars

RoseBowl Parade

Yosemite National Park
SanFransico
Muir Wood National Forest 

Colorado

Slept in this state

Estes in Rocky Mountain National Park in 1997
Denver
Denver Mint

Mesa Verde National Park in 2013

Monument Valley National Park in 2013 - Hotel in park is amazing.




Our 1997 Trip started in Denver where we statyed at Estes Park Colorado.  We then drove to Scotts Bluff National Mounment and then to Chimney ROck National Historic Monument. We then went to Mammoth Site South Dakota and Crazy Horse memorial in South Dakota and Mount Rushmore National Memorial and then Borglum Historical Center and  Rushmore Aerial Tramway and then Cody Wyoming and then Old Faithful Wyoming and then Grand Teton Wyoming and then Jackson Wyoming.

Connecticut

Slept in this State

Lived in Hartford Ct.
Got our dog cassie in Greenwich

Danbury Mall many times as it is right across the NY border 30 minutes from my house

Mystic Aquarium

Deleware

Slept in this state

Rehoboth Beach

Florida

Slept in this state


Disney World many times
In I think the 90s there was a place called Pleasure Island in Disney World that had different bars you could go to.  It was a fun time but ended up not being popular and Disney closed it down.  I remember a Disco and Country bar and an Explorers club.  I like the Explorers club the best.

Universal Stadium
Seaworld (yuk)

Kennedy Space Center

Miami

St Peterburg

Bush Gardens

Boyton Beach scuba diving and water skiin

On our Honeymoon in May of 1985 we left Miami Florida Port for a Honeymoon Cruise On the Norwegian Caribbean Line M/S Skyward Cruise. One of the Excursions we did was a trip to Chichen Itza to see Maya Runs.   The cruise went to Cancun, Cozumel, and Grand Cayman.  We went Scuba Diving in the Caymans.

Georgi

Illinois

 IBM Class in March 1989


I remember the lake looked like an ocean

I went to the top of Sears tower in Chicago and had drinks with the team

Hawaii

 We went on a cruise to the various Hawaiian Islands in October of 1996.  It was one of the last IBM Country Club trips.


The cruise went to Honolulu Oahu.  There we visited the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor and the Polynesian Culture Center.  I had read Michener book Hawaii so I was very interested in the culture.  We also went to the big Island of Hawaii.  We visited Kilauea Volcano.  We went to the ports of Hilo and Kona. We also went to Maui and visited Haleakala and beaches.  We also rented a car and rode on the famous



Hana HIghway.  We also went to Kauai and enjoyed the towering green sea cliffs at Kauai's Na Pali Coast and the Waimea Canyon, known as the Grand Canyon of the Pacific.  We also went to the Fern Grotto which I found to be a bit of a tourist trap.

Idaho

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachutes

Slept in this state

Boston
CapeCode
Marth's Vineyard

Many Basketball Tournaments

Many Crew Regattas in Boston

Looked at Boston College and University of Boston and a Pharmacy College

Basketball Hall of Fame

Michigan

Minnosota

Mississippi

Missori

Montana

Nebraska

 We visited
Chimney Rock National Historic Site 


We also went for a Wagon Ride and cookout on the Oregon trail in Scotts Bluff.

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

Albuquerque - Breaking Bad Tour

Cross Roads Hotel --> Rebel Donuts --> Octopus Car Wash --> White's House

Sante Fe - Cute Restaurant

Georegia O'Keefe Museum

Loretto Chapel

Los Alamos - similar to West Virginia satellites

Socorro - Bosque del Apache for a bird festival



New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Okalahoma

I slept in this state.

Went to Oklahoma city and visited the Oklahoma city national memorial

Oregon

I don't think I slept in this state.

As I baby I traveled according to my parents I traveled through this state but I am not sure what I saw.

Pennsylvania

Slept in this state many times.

Visited Amish Country in Lancaster Pennsylvania on the same trip that we went to Hershey Park with the twins.

Attended a number of Basketball and Vollyball and Soccer tournaments with Heather and Derek at PENN STATE and in Philadelphia and at Hershey and a South Williams-port.

Rafting with Heather's Soccer team

Saw the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia and visited the Philadelphia Museum of Art and saw the Rocky Balboa statue.

Ate a cheese steak.

Watched Derek row races on the Schuylkill in Philadelphia

Visited Colleges in Philadelphia.

Hershey Park with only Allen and then at least twice with the twins.

2011 went to Craig Marone's Wedding in Philadelphia.

In 2001 we went to Civil War reenactment at Gettysburg.  We rode a very interesting hop on hop off bus learning a lot about the area.  We saw lots of monuments.  We dressed up in old time gear and got our picture taken.  We ate a dinner at a restaurant that was in an colonial building that made us feel like civil war times 

Rhode Island

Slept in this state

Did my Scuba Diving Open Water test

Went to a few Basketball Tournaments with Derek.

South Carolina

Did not sleep in this state

Drove through on my way to Florida.

South Dakota

We stayed at Palmer Gulch Resort KOA 






Mammoth site of Hot Springs, South Dakota

Mount Rushmore National Park
Crazy Horse Memorial
Borglum Historical Center


Tennesse

Spent at least one night in this state.

Ate great ribs in Nashville.
Went to the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville and stayed at the Grand Gaylord hotel
Visited Elvis's home in Graceland.

Texas

Spent at least one night in this state. 

Many time to Austin to visit my Dad and Linda.

San Antonio

Galveston

Dallas for a work conference and to where Kennedy was shot.





Dallas to watch a football game at the Stadium

Ate at the best Vegan Diner called the Spiral Diner

Utah

Spent at least one night in this state. 

Zion and Bryce National Park on the trip that also included Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon.

Arches National Park in Utah in 2013

Tour of Mormon and listen to tabernacle choir

Vermont

Went Skiing in Stowe Vermont before the twins were born with Deb and Gary,  Kathy and Art.
I went to Burlington Vermont for work at IBM at number of times.
Once I enjoyed the Lake Shore walk in the town of Burlington.

Virginia

I don't think I spent at least one night in this state.

Traveled through Virginia on my way to North Carolina and to Florida.

Washington

Spent at least one night in this state. 

I was born in Soap Lake Washington.   I lived here for about a year.   I hope to come back sometime to see it again.






And Washington DC

* Visited before kids with Allen

*Visted with my mom and went to Miriam's shower

* Visted with Heather and I remember running 10k in prep for my marathon

* Visted with Derek and Allen and ate at a restaurant that Barak Obama ate at.

* Visted with Heather and Derek for a Basketball Tournament

* Visted to run the 5K Cherry Blossom with Ginny

Loved the Indian Museaum and the food court
Vistied the African American Museum, Space and Air Museum, National History, National Art, Aquarium and petted sting rays


*Visited US mint and watch how money is made

Saw the Washington Monument, Jefferson Monument, Vietname Monument, Lincoln Monument, 
Ate in Georgetown

Kayaking with Heather and then hiking an island in the potomoc with cool statures

Ate Ethopian food for the first time.

Georgetown

Newseum -  Paid museum reaaly cool
Spy Museum - ok

Holocost Museum - Amazing

West Virginia

Spent at least one night in this state.

When I was very young I remember visiting my Aunt DeDe in West Virginia and riding in my Uncle John's convertible.   I am pretty sure Dawn was born and I remember thinking her name was very unique.

Later around 2011 my Dad moved to West Virginia.   Derek,  Heather and I visited in 2012 and went skiing at SnowShoe Mountain and visited the National Radio Astronomy Center.

In 2013 I went with my sister Deb and her husband Gary to visit my Dad again.  We met up with my other sister Linda as well as my Sister Ginny, her husband Alan and son Jonathan.    We visited SnowShoe Mountain (no skiing just visiting) and National Radio Astronomy Center again.

Wisconsin

Did not Spent at least one night in this state.

We rode a train through Wisconsin on our way to Glacier National Park Montana.

Wyoming

Spent at least one night in this state.

This was mostly a driving vacation.  We flew into Denver Colorado and drove into Wyoming visiting the following places and flying back home from Jackson Hole.    Yellowstone is probably my favorite National Park.  Nothing beats a geyser.


Cody  -  We went to the Buffalo Bill Historical Center and watched a rodeo and I think we slept in a hotel in Cody.
YellowStone National Park - We stayed at a Old Faithful lodge and Yellowstone lodge in the park.
Jackson Hole and Grand Teton - We stayed in a Alpenhof Lodge

in Jackson Hole

August 29 1997 we stayed a Signal Mountain Lodge and went for a float trip at Grand Teton National Park.