Some Past Exploits!

Here's where we've been in years past:

2005
Finally, after years of thinking about it and lots of planning, we headed off to hawaii in february. This was our big trip of the year. We even stopped off in los angeles to break things up on the way to and from the islands.

In may we made our initial trip to a few more states: tennessee, kentucky, and arkansas. We saw graceland, the kentucky derby and more over five days and four nights.

In april we took a one day excursion down to washington, DC for the annual cherry blossom festival. And in july we visited the new indian museum and took in a nationals baseball game.

And we just had to make the trek north to boston now that the red sox were world series champs! We got up to fenway over the labor day weekend.

2004
For the first time in over 30 years, we headed down south to the lone star state: texas. This was a yee haw good time!

On june 9, I attended the funeral procession for president ronald reagan in our nation's capital, washington, DC. Then in august, I visited the new world war II memorial, plus arlington cemetery and the FDR memorial.

In july, I witnessed a reenactment of the infamous burr - hamilton duel in weehawken, nj.

In august, I revisited a favorite vacation spot from my childhood: wildwood, nj. (Pictures coming soon!)

Then for thanksgiving, we headed down to virginia for dinner at mount vernon, a quick tour of some lesser known sites around DC, and also a stop in annapolis for a tour of the naval academy.

2003
In february, we continued on our caribbean exploration, hitting puerto rico this time. It was a big island to explore and a lot of fun.

In march was our 4th edition of our annual sports trip, this time including orlando's bay hill golf tournament in 4 sports in 4 days.

In the summer, we hit the outer banks in north carolina, and then niagara falls and toronto (our first trip to canada in over 30 years).

Then it was our big trip of the year, featuring the northwest cities of seattle, vancouver, and victoria, canada. What a beautiful area of the country.

2002
In february, I finally made it to the cayman islands! I've heard a lot about this place over the years, and it's all true. Just an incredible place, with a very relaxed pace. Drinks at the pool, then great seafood dinners at night. If you ever have a chance to go, go!

In march, we headed for florida for our third sports trip in four years, this time hitting 5 sports in 4 days!

And in may, I finally made it out to northern california. I hadn't been to california since I was in college, but that trip was somewhat limited. And before that, I had been there when I was 10 years old. So this trip was going to cover a lot of ground. It was great! We even managed to stop in las vegas on our way our there and back, and spent a day up in western nevada.

We also made our first trip up to maine for fall foliage and another stop in mystic, ct.

Following up the california spring trip, we finished off the year with a trip to southern california in december. Wow! Besides los angeles and surrounding areas, we managed to fit in san diego and a number of national parks.

2001
In april, we made first time visits to both savannah and charleston and sampled the charms (and food!) of the old south. In july, we visited for the first time ocean city and annapolis.

Over the thanksgiving weekend, we went to plymouth, ma. for turkey dinner, and then made a quick tour of new england with stops in new hampshire, vermont, mystic, ct., and newport, r.i.

We made it to florida again for christmas, which included miami beach, key west, orlando, and a side trip over to the bahamas.

2000
In february, we traveled to new orleans, which is famous for its food, parties and swamps. As you may know, this is the home of MartyGras! In march was the second annual sports trip to florida.

Then for a week around memorial day, we went west to arizona and las vegas. Finally, we took a christmas holiday trip to florida.

1999
In march, we initiated what will hopefully become an annual event: 5 sports in 5 days in florida!

frequent travel
We also travel to baltimore and boston (and as mentioned above, florida) on almost an annual basis.

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