It is high time that I redo my list of places to go as I've done a lot since I've created it and added even more! The good news is by the end of the year, as the list currently stands, I'll have done more then 1/2 of my list. If I end up getting the job I'm looking into it may mean a trip out to Colorado, and hopefully some time off for exploring!
Places I Have To Go.
This is my list of places I have to go in my lifetime also with places that I have been - this way I don't seem like an untraveled fool. This blog I will take the time to add to this list and talk about my other travels.
1.Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2.Iceland
3.Newfoundland, Canada
4.French Rivera/Nice, France
5.Paris, France
6.Calais, France
7.Versailles, France
8.Milan, Italy
9.Venice, Italy
10. Rome, Italy
11. Palermo, Sicily, Italy
12. Bordeaux, France
13. Athens, Greece
14. Boston, Massachusetts, USA
15. Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
16. Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA (to be seen June 2009)
17. Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
18. Prince Edward Island, Canada
19. Halifax, Canada
20. Lisbon, Portugal
21. Moscow, Russia
22. Prague, Czech Republic
23. Tahiti
24. Fiji
25. Hanoi, Vietnam
26. Montreal, Quebec, Canada (to be seen May 2009)
27. Quebec City, Quebec, Canada (to be seen May 2009) 28. Burlington, Vermont, USA 29. Bennington, Vermont, USA
30. San Francisco, California, USA
31. Napa Valley, California, USA
32. Finger Lakes Region, New York, USA
33. Munich, Germany
34. Aruba
35. Alaska, USA
36. Seattle, Washington, USA
37. Portland, Oregon, USA
38. Crater Lake, Oregon, USA
39. Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA
40. Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
41. Sedona, Arizona, USA 42. Cancun, Mexico
43. Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
44. Key West, Florida, USA
45. Miami, Florida, USA
46. Savannah, Georgia, USA
47. Charleston, South Carolina, USA
48. Williamsburg, Virginia, USA 49. Salem, Massachusetts, USA 50. Oslo, Norway
51. San Antonio, Texas, USA
52. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 53. Stockholm, Sweden
54. Dublin, Ireland 55. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA 56. Washington DC, USA 57. Sanibel Island, Florida, USA
58. West Virginia, USA 59. Acadia National Park, Maine, USA
60. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA 61. New York City, New York, USA
62. Montauk, New York, USA
63. The Hamptons, New York, USA 64. Newport, Rhode Island, USA 65. St. Petersburg, Russia 66. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
67. Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA 68. Hershey Park, Pennsylvania, USA 69. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA 70. Toronto, Ontario, Canada 71. Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
72. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
73. Assateague Island, Maryland, USA 74. St. John, New Brunswick, Canada
75. Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, USA (to be done May 2008) 76. Tallinn, Estonia 77. Frankfurt, Germany 78. Helsinki, Finland 79. London, England
80. Edinburgh, Scotland
81. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
82. Bozeman, Montana, USA
83. Calgary, Alberta, Canada
84. Glacier National Park, Montana, USA
85. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
86. Bryce National Park, Utah, USA
87. Lake Powell, Arizona, USA
88. Zion National Park, USA
89. Denver, Colorado, USA
90. Aspen, Colorado, USA
91. Pikes Peak, Colorado, USA
92. St. Louis, Missouri, USA
93. Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
94. Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
95. Montgomery, Alabama, USA
96. Nashville, Tennessee, USA
97. Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, USA
98. Memphis, Tennessee, USA
99. Louisville, Kentucky, USA 100. Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
101. Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire, USA
102. Bermuda, UK (tentatively set for Summer 2010) 103. Old Man in the Mountain, New Hampshire, USA
104. South Africa
105. Costa Rica
106. Panama
107. Galapagos Islands 108. Cape May, New Jersey, USA 109. New Hope, Pennsylvania, USA
110. Lewes, Delaware, USA 111. San Juan, Puerto Rico 112. El Yunque, Puerto Rico 113. Amherst, Massachusetts, USA 114. Pocono’s, Pennsylvania, USA
115. Hyde Park, New York, USA
116. Washington’s House, Mt. Vernon, Virginia, USA 117. Newfoundland, New Jersey, USA 118. Waterbury, Vermont, USA (For Ben & Jerry’s – DUH!) 119. Mystic, Connecticut, USA 120. Tulum, Mexico 130. Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada 131. Lehigh Valley Region, Pennsylvania, USA 132. Hartford, Connecticut, USA (it was for a Dave Matthews Concert) 133. Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA 134. The Berkshire Mountains, Massachusetts, USA
135. Fire Island, Connecticut, USA
136. Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA (to be done June 2009)
137. Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA (To be done June 2009)
138. Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA (to be done June 2009)
139. Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (to be done June 2009)
140. Fundy National Park, New Brunswick, Canada
141. Mexico City, Mexico
142. Puerta Vallarta, Mexico
40 Done.
8 Pending
85 To Go. (If I don’t add more, but you all know I will.)
13 Things on this list have been completed 2008
8 Things on this list have been completed in 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
The List... Updated!
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Sunday, February 15, 2009
Cancun Mexico: Day Four (part one)
On the fourth and last day of our Mexican vacation we went for about a three mile walk along the hotel zone. I made sure I picked a coconut. Don't know what it is about coconuts, they just make me so happy.
We also saw some lizards along our way.
We got back to Aunt Mary's condo after our walk and figured we'd spend some time on the beach before going off on our days trip - back to Miguels restaurant and then to Walmart. (yes, a Mexican Walmart.)
I did enjoy my beach time.
When Aunt Mary was ready to go, we left for Miguel's restaurant.
We had a good lunch, it was a pounded down piece of steak that was breaded and fried. It had a white sauce on it, also very good and some black beans. It doesn't look appetizing, but it was good. Meat was very hard to avoid in Mexico, and I basically gave up the second day of trying not to eat any. If you can't beat them join them.
Now... from here we went to Walmart, this will be a second blog. Why? My camera decided to crap out right before we got to Walmart. I thought it was the batteries, bought some in Walmart and the camera still wouldn't turn on. I ended up buying a disposable camera and used it up all in Walmart. It was also after Walmart that I got horribly sick to my stomach - Montuzuma had me, so it'll be the last part of the trip, you wouldn't want to have seen me after that!
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Friday, February 13, 2009
Cancun Mexico: Day Three
The weather was still very windy when we woke up on Friday, our third day in Mexico.
It was obviously much more condusive to wind surfing the laying on a beach...
We started out at the Embacadero - we should have just lived there, and started having a traditional Mexican breakfast, some eggs with either chorizo or ham, and some black beans along with tortillas.
We got in the car after that and drove...
And hit many topays - little Mexican speedbumps.
It took a few hours but soon we found ourselves our in Tulum, a wonderful example of Mayan ruins that are right on the coast. Since we couldn't afford the trip to Chichen Itza, this was the next best bet, and in my eyes, it ended up being even better...
We were greeted by these guys in traditional Mayan costume...
And I saw a mini jaguar ;-)
And lots of beautiful scenery.
When we were getting into the park, we saw a tehone!
We also took the liberty of a photo op.
Then it was time to enter the park - and we couldn't have even imagined what we were about to see... (I'm not going to caption each picture after this point, I just want you to enjoy them)
Walking around in Tulum was a once in a lifetime experience, and I still can't believe I was there, and that I got to be so close to something that old!
After we were done, we made our way back to the parking lot and got side tracked for some coco frio.
It was so good I had two!
We were also lucky enough to see a traditional performance from Vera Cruz done on the grounds near Tulum. It's a form of pole dancing ;-)
So these guys climb on the top of this pole...
AND SWING DOWN UPSIDE DOWN! Kinda crazy if you ask me.
From Tulum we had a late lunch and went back on the long drive to Cancun. But our day wasn't done there. Aunt Mary wanted to take us for a night out on the town.
We started out at a dinner dance show in Cancun where they do all the different types of dances from Mexico -
The costumes are really beautiful.
I was dragged up there to do the "old man dance". He just thought I was hot, I can't blame him. I know I am.
At the end we were all invited up to dance!
And after there we went to a great Cuban place and had mannnnnyyyyy Mojitos.
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