Through September 16, 2008

My Family Travels

Places we have traveled to uncover knowledge, discover books, or recover ourselves

I have traveled to the following places, mostly in search of rare books and artifacts. When I travel internationally, I have always taken my children or family. All of my children have been to at least 13 countries with me, and my eldest daughter has been on a graduation trip to Italy. In the past three years, I have been to the Caribbean nine times and Europe twice. We last visited Mexico and Italy, both in August 2008.

Countries

Unites States (43 states and District of Columbia), Canada (Ontario from Thunder Bay to Toronto), Mexico (Cancun twice, Yucatan three times, Cozumel three times), the Cayman Islands (four times), the Bahamas (twice), Belize, England (London only), Hungary (extensively), Slovakia, the Ukraine, Romania, Jamaica, Haiti (beach only), St. Martin, St. Maarten, Italy (Rome and Pompei), and the Vatican.

States

Alabama: Birmingham, Mobile. Arkansas: Bentonville, Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Conway, Little Rock, Hot Springs. Arizona: Colorado City, Mesa, Phoenix, Safford, Scottsdale.  California: Anaheim, Berkeley, Beverley Hills, Burbank, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Los Angeles, Menlo Park, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Monica, Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks. Colorado: Denver, Fort Collins, Grand Junction, Rocky Mountain National Park (Estes Park), Vail. Connecticut: Bridgeport, New London, New Haven, Stamford. District of Columbia: Washington. Florida: Cape Canaveral, Clearwater, Daytona Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Gainesville, Gasparilla Island, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Panama City, Pensacola, Pinellas Park, Sanibel Island, Sarasota, St. Petersburg, Tallahassee, Tampa, Temple Terrace, West Palm Beach. Georgia: Atlanta, Macon, Savannah, Valdosta. Idaho: Boise, Idaho Falls, Pocatello, Rexburg, Yellowstone. Illinois: Antioch, Aurora, Bloomington, Carthage, Champaign, Chicago, East St. Louis, Evanston, Galesburg, Macomb, Moline, Mt. Vernon, Nauvoo, Ottawa, Plano, Quincy, Rockford, Springfield, Urbana, Warsaw, Waukegan. Indiana: Chesterton, Columbus, Fort Wayne, Gary, Indianapolis, Lafayette, Michigan City, Richmond, South Bend, Terre Haute, Valparaiso. Iowa: Ames, Burlington, Cedar Rapids, Clear Lake, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Des Moines, Fort Madison, Iowa City, Keokuk, Lamoni, Manti, Shenandoah. Kansas: Fort Scott, Hays, Lawrence, Leawood, Lenexa, Kansas City, Manhattan, Olathe, Overland Park, Salina, Shawnee, Topeka, Wichita. Kentucky: Bowling Green, Lexington, Louisville. Louisiana: Baton Rouge, Shreveport. Massachusetts: Cambridge, Boston, Springfield, Worcester. Michigan: Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Bay City, Boyne City, Charlevoix, Coldwater, Detroit, Escanaba, Flint, Grand Rapids, Holland, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Lapeer, Mackinac Island, Mackinaw City, Mt. Pleasant, Menominee, Petoskey, Saginaw, Saint James [Beaver Island], Sault Ste. Marie. Minnesota: Albert Lea, Alexandria, Bemidji, Bloomington, Boundary Waters Canoe Area, Cambridge, Clitherall, Coon Rapids, Dassel, Duluth, Fergus Falls, Grand Portage, Hutchinson, Itasca, Minneapolis, Minnetonka, Sauk Centre, St. Cloud, St. Croix, St. Paul, Taylors Falls, Tofte, Virginia, Watertown. Mississippi: Biloxi. Missouri: Adam-ondi-Ahman, Blue Springs, Branson, Cedar Gap, Clinton, Columbia, Dunnegan, Eagleville, Far West, Gallatin, Independence, Joplin, Kansas City, Kingdom City, Lake of the Ozarks, Lee’s Summit, Liberty, Macon, Mexico, Moberly, Nevada, Rolla, St. Joseph, St. Louis, Springfield, Warrensburg. Montana: Yellowstone. Nebraska: Florence, Grand Island, Kearney, Lincoln, North Platte, Omaha. Nevada: Las Vegas. New Hampshire: Manchester. New Jersey: Newark, Princeton, Trenton. New Mexico: Artesia, Albuquerque. New York: Black River, Buffalo, Chautauqua, New York, Niagara Falls, Palmyra, Rochester, Syracuse, Watertown. North Carolina: Charlotte. Ohio: Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Kirtland, Oxford, Toledo, Youngstown. Oklahoma: Norman, Oklahoma City, Tulsa. Oregon: Eugene, Hood River, Mt. Hood, Pendleton, Portland, The Dalles, Salem, Tillamook. Pennsylvania: Elizabeth, Erie, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Monongahela, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh. Rhode Island: Providence. South Carolina: Columbia, Rock Hill. Tennessee: Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis, Murfreesboro, Nashville. Texas: Amarillo, Dallas, Houston, Lubbock, Midland. Utah: Alpine, American Fork, Bluffdale, Bountiful, Brigham City, Cedar City, Clearfield, Ephraim, Heber City, Hildale, Kaysville, Layton, Logan, Manti, Nephi, Ogden, Orem, Park City, Provo, Richfield, Salt Lake City, Sandy, Smithfield, Springville, St. George, Tremonton, West Jordan. Vermont: Burlington. Virginia: Appalachian Mountains. Washington: Mt. St. Helens, Spokane, Vancouver, Walla Walla, White Salmon. West Virginia: Charleston, Parkersburg. Wisconsin: Alma Center, Beloit, Black River Falls, Burlington, Eau Claire, Fort Atkinson, Green Bay, Hixton, Janesville, Kenosha, Lake Geneva, Madison, Marinette, Menomonee Falls, Milwaukee, Racine, St. Croix Falls, Sheboygan, Stevens Point, Superior, Tomah, Waukesha, Wausau, Whitewater, Wisconsin Dells, Wrightsville. Wyoming: Cheyenne, Evanston, Green River, Laramie, Rock Springs, Yellowstone. (43 states and District of Columbia, lacking only Maine, Delaware, Maryland, North Dakota, South Dakota, Alaska, and Hawaii.)

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