1 post tagged “travel”
For no particular reason, I'm posting everywhere I've been, sorted by places I've lived followed by places I've been at least overnight but not resided.
Lived:
Bellefonte, PA - born there
State College, PA - lived there while my Dad finished his education. Joe Paterno was a new assistant coach.
Orange County, CA - lived there while my Dad worked for GE in a multi-location apprentice program... I don't remember it.
Bowling Green, KY - lived there while my Dad worked for GE in a multi-location apprentice program... I don't remember it.
Erie, PA - grew up there - grade school, middle and high school, first two years of college
State College, PA - lived there for my last two years of undergraduate study, and while obtaining my masters degree. Joe Paterno was coach all this time.
Fort Worth, TX - lived there in the early years of my first professional job with General Dynamics.
Bedford, TX - lived there for a few years.
Weatherford, TX - have been here for something like 9 years.
Visited (to qualify, must include overnight stay):
Coal Center, PA - lots of childhood trips - where my paternal grandparents lived
Charleroi, PA - lots of childhood trips - where an aunt and uncle and some cousins lived
Pittsburgh, PA - several Pirates games, to see Willie Stargel, Roberto Clemente, Mannie Sanguine, etc.
Raleigh, NC - interviewed with IBM there - they made an offer, I turned it down
Boca Raton, FL - interviewed with IBM there - they didn't make an offer
Fort Lauderdale, FL - interviewed with Harris Corp there - I can't remember if they made an offer
Owego, NY - interviewed with IBM - I think they made an offer - can't remember, but I must have turned it down if they did
Seattle, WA - lots and lots of business trips, working with Boeing
Boston, MA - interviewed with Raytheon there - they made an offer, I turned it down
Fort Meade, MD - interviewed with the NSA - can't talk about it
Burbank, CA - business trips when Lockheed had a facility there
Huntsville, AL - some business trips to a Boeing facility there
Niagara Falls, NY - a visit to the falls with my dear Andrea and our family
Whiteman AFB, MO - meetings with the Air Force
Leavenworth, WA - romantic visit with my dear Andrea
Victoria, BC - romantic visit with my dear Andrea
Pharr, TX - couple of visits to see friends at St. George Orthodox Church
Reynosa, Mexico - visit to orphanage there
Panama City, FL - Air Force meetings
Langley, VA - Air Force meetings
State College, PA - business trip to Raytheon. Got to visit my old haunts. Joe Paterno is still the coach.
Las Vegas, NV - brief stay on our way to San Francisco this year - didn't like it (sorry), but Lake Mead was cool
Death Valley, CA - not overnight, but any trip there merits a mention
Vasalia, CA - overnight on the way to San Francisco
Seqouia National Park - not overnight, but any trip there merits a mention
San Francisco, CA - staging area for cruise to Alaska - highlight was this
Alcatraz, CA - the account
Victoria, BC - another visit - account here
Sitka, AK - account here
Juneau, AK - account here
Skagway, AK - account here
Oakland, CA - went to this cool restauraunt
Well - I'm tired of this - there are a number of other places, but it doesn't matter.
My next post will be the exhaustive list of every place that I have NOT been, each place with a reason why not.
