We depart for Minneapolis today. I’m going to try to update the blog more as I would for a vacation both to give a sense of my life in Minneapolis when I’m on business and to record the visit with Libby. So, expect daily posts for the next couple of days.
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- The goal was to visit 7 Continents, 100 Countries, 50 States by age 50.
- We completed it on June 28, 2016 @ age 39!
Travel Stats
- As of December, 2017:
- 7 continents
- 103 countries*
- 50 US states
- 15 US National Parks
- * = per TCC guidelines
Around the World Trips
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- Reflections on Southeastern Arabia
- Homeward bound...
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- Back in Tampa…
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- Stockholm, Sweden – Day 2
- Cruise Day #8 – Stockholm, Sweden
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- Cruise Day #5 -- At Sea
- Cruise Day #4 – Riga, Latvia
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- Outside the Casa Rosada...
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- Home... again.
- Cruise Day #8 -- Venice, Italy
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- Cruise Day #7 -- Trieste, Italy
- Cruise Day #6 -- Split, Croatia
- Cruise Day #5 -- Kotor, Montenegro
- Cruise Day #4 -- Corfu, Greece
- Cruise Day #3 -- Katakolon (Olympia), Greece
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- Some (don't) like it hot
- In Venice
- Upgrade! Upgrade!
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- HAL European Itineraries, 2011
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- A(nother) prediction for Summer 2011
- Reconsidering the Pearl…
- Going to the dogs in Moscow...
- The ethics of cruising to Haiti
- Pigging out in Spain, part deux
- More 2010 travel plans...
- JAL to join Delta in SkyTeam?
- Pigging out in Spain
- Haiti
- Traveling without trousers
- Castles in the sand…
- Alaska photos now online!
- ► 2009 (27)
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- What's a country?
- Travel Trifecta Stats: Updated
- At the airport...
- Day #7: Inside Passage (at Sea)
- Day #6 Ketchikan, AK
- Sea Day #2: Q&A – Submit Questions Now
- What, no London this summer?
- Day #5: Juneau, AK – More Glaciers & Fish
- Day #4: Haines, AK – Wildlife Experience
- Day #3: Glacier Bay National Park
- Sea Day #1 Q&A: Answers
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- Sea Day #1 Q&A: Submit Questions Now
- ms Veendam, Cabin 230
- Alaska Railroad: Anchorage to Seward
- Aboard Veendam
- Anchorage (Pre Cruise)
- In Anchorage
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