This was a year of lots of business and personal travel. As I get to posts about some of the individual trips (the personal ones), I will link them from this post.
The biggest travel news of the year is that I visited Hawaii and completed my 50 state quest. My original plan was to complete this trip by my 50th birthday, or even for my 50th birthday, but I only missed it by a year and a half. And in a lifetime of travel, that’s not too bad.
I went to the following new countries this year: Italy, Slovenia and Iceland. I also went on a business trip to England.
My US travel was mostly business travel, but there was some personal trips mixed in:
Savannah/Atlanta, GA
Toronto (2X)
Boston (3X)
San Francisco (4X)
New York (3X)
Salt Lake City
Portland OR
Las Vegas
Austin TX
Richmond VA
Cleveland OH
Nashville TN
Washington DC
Los Angeles
Charlotte NC
Winston-Salem NC
Estero FL
And during the 100th Anniversary Year of the US National Park Service, I visited 7 National Parks, bringing my total to 21 out of 59:
Death Valley
Zion
Bryce Canyon
Shenandoah
Joshua Tree
Hawaii Volcanoes
Haleakala
