I like to travel and go places. What else can a duck do?
Swimming about in the pool is only good for a cheap thrill, and the spa
is a little toasty on my tiny little duck... feet. So I go places.
I'm usually invited, but I have no problem with being a stowaway on an
exotic voyage to distant lands. (The only problem with that method
of travel is, of course, that the return trip home is never certain.) Naturally,
with the Bald One having purchased a digital camera (set him back four
bills), I also get to take lots of pictures on my trips, as well as have
many pictures taken of me.
Related Links and
Travel Resources (related to me, that
is):
Country-by-Country visits. Pick
a country , and click down to the regional/state/providence
level and into the cities -- unless you'd like to just use the
list of cities option, below.
City-by-City visits. Look
in here for a list of cities we've seen worldwide, listed,
well, by city.
Calendars . To see the what's ahead and what's
been done, try these...
Life is presently just too dull to require a full blown calendar, instead, I'm just plugging things into the calendar -- without the link -- for future trips.
Previous years calendars:
When I Went There
Where 'There' Is (Links
to the pictures and journey logs, if applicable)
2
0 1 2
May 23-June 1, 2011 ish
Alaskan Cruise
2
0 1 1
October 8, 2011
Madera, California
September 7-19, 2011
Germany (again!)
May 28-29, 2011
Moses Lake, Washington
2
0 1 0
August 27-September 8, 2010
Pacific Paradise Tour
2
0 0 9
July 26, 2009
Gilroy's Garlic
Festival
May 17, 2009
Wandering through Farmington
and Copperopolis ,
California
March 19-30, 2009
Bangkok
and Phuket , Thailand
2
0 0 8
Oct. 30-Nov. 7, 2008
Key
West, Florida for a lot of lounging around (mostly that of my
travel-mates)
Sept. 7, 2008
Eagle
Scout Court of Honor Ceremony
August 30-Sept 1, 2008
Hearst
Castle , Cambria , Harmony ,
San Luis Obisbo ,
Cayucos , San
Simeon , and Morro Bay ,
California
May 16-26, 2008
Sweden
April 24, 2008
Brittany
and Chris' Wedding
March
9-18, 2008
On tour
through Austria , Germany ,
Hungary and the Czech
Republic
February 27, 2008
My
21st birthday -- in Vegas, baby!
January 21, 2008
On location on Day
1 of filming the 2008 film, "Milk" (need
the spoiled ending? )
January
15-16, 2008
On location
for Days 2 and
3 of a Cable TV Commercial
2
0 0 7
November
26-27, 2007
On
location with a film crew on Treasure Island/San
Francisco, California
November 3, 2007
Noelle
and Emil's wedding in Cabo
San Lucas, Mexico
October
14, 2007
Stacy
& Bentley's Wedding
October 11-13, 2007
Avon ,
Gayville and Meckling ,
South Dakota
August
27-Sept 2, 2007
Burning
Man 2007
July 18-27, 2007
A San
Diego, California visit and Comic-Con
2007
July 14,
2007
Visit
the Kwik-e-Mart
in Mountain View, California
May 26-28, 2007
A wander to Nevada's Dayton ,
Fallon , Fernley ,
Silver Springs ,
Stagecoach , and Wadsworth
Februar
19-23, 2007
New
York and Pennsylvania
2
0 0 6
November
24-26, 2006
Road trip
from Chicago area, Illinois back to Wicktonville -- to move
a fire truck !
November 8, 2006
I wandered through a new community being
built yet: Mountain
House, California
October
20-22, 2006
A visit
to San Dimas, California
for Serena and Jon's
wedding .
Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2006
A run to Yakima County, Washington (seeing
Toppenish , Yakima ,
and Zillah )
September
26-28, 2006
San Jose,
California for a software
conference
August 30-Sept. 3, 2006
Burning
Man 2006
July 9-13,
2006
A southwestern
states wander, Four Corners + Grand
Canyon
April 16, 2006
Hoppy
Easter!
April
1, 2006
A brief
trip to Sutter Creek,
California
February 24-26, 2006
I snuck
out to see where Tubby goes without me. Legoland, apparently.
February
14, 2006
SAP
Open Tennis Match , San Jose, California
February 12, 2006
WonderCon ,
San Francisco, California
January
10, 2006
Rachel
& Theo's Wedding
2
0 0 5
December
16-23, 2005
Hang
out with Angel (again... but only to look at rocks and stuff)
October 29, 2005
California Independent Film Festival
in Livermore, California
October
15-29, 2005
Hang
out with Angel (trips to high school, band events, etc.)
October 9, 2005
Wine
& Cheese Festival in Riverbank,
California
October
8, 2005
Erinn
& Michael's Wedding
October 1, 2005
Manuel
& Cecci's Wedding
September
9-11, 2005
Monument
Valley, Navajo Nation (Arizona/Utah/Colorado/New Mexico)
August 29-Sept. 5, 2005
Burning
Man 2005
August
13, 2005
San
Francisco Cable Car Museum, California
July 31, 2005
Sausalito,
California
July 8-10,
2005
Back to
San Diego, California
to visit the San Diego
Zoo
June 26, 2005
35th Annual Pride
Parade in San Francisco, CA
June 25,
2005
Wander
though Dublin , Livermore ,
Pleasanton , Sunol
and Tracy , California
May 22, 2005
Strawberry
Pickin' Trip near Watsonville, CA
May 14,
2005
Scottish
Games in Livermore,
California
May 2-4, 2005
Palm Springs, California
May 1,
2005
A drive
along the California coastline along Highway
1
April 24, 2005
Empire ,
Gerlach , Nixon ,
and Black Rock Desert
in Nevada
April
9, 2005
Roaring
Camp Railroad visit (outside Felton, California)
March 16-20, 2005
Fairbanks, Alaska for a
wedding , the Ice
Art , and Fox, Alaska
Feb. 28-March
4, 2005
Hollywood,
Florida
February 27, 2005
My
18th birthday!
January
26-29, 2005
Reno,
Nevada (ooh, snow on the ground, too!)
2
0 0 4
December
31, 2004
New
Year's Eve party
November 6-8, 2004
Altus
and Lawton, Oklahoma . And
Blair , Granite ,
Martha and Victory ,
Oklahoma.
October
2-15, 2004
"Don't
Tread on Me" Tour
September 17-25, 2004
Tubby's annual company conference (welcome
party and closing
celebration )
September
10-12, 2004
A weekend
off to Yosemite
National Park .
September 4, 2004
I got to go to the sanitary
landfill . Big whoop.
August
14-22, 2004
I'm invading
western Canada -- whee!
August 7-8, 2004
Off to visit one o' them Indian
Casino places, passing by Esparto
and Capay , Calif.
July 28,
2004
An odd
crossing of paths led me to the hamlet of Riverbank,
California .
July 24-26, 2004
A trip to see Graceland ,
Jackson, TN ; West
Memphis, AR and Marion,
AR
July 20-22,
2004
Back to
Denver with Tubby -- but I didn't get to see or do anything neat
July 9-11, 2004
Disney's California Adventure to see
the new Tower
of Terror
July 3,
2004
Six
Flag's Magic Mountain in Valencia, California
May 21 - June 17, 2004
Kiwis
& Koalas Trip (New Zealand and Australia)
May 14-16,
2004
Wander
around Chester , Hamilton
Branch , Susanville
and Westwood , California
April 29-May 3, 2004
Midwestern office expansion - begin
move-in
April
24, 2004
Portland,
Oregon
April 9-11, 2004
Camping .
(Just to see if it's as hateful as that girl claims it is.)
April
2-4, 2004
Interstate
5 Corridor Trip (just added a bunch of cities to the places I've
visited)
March 27, 2004
Sacramento's
California State Railroad Museum
March
19-25
Midwestern
office expansion - site selection trip
March 14, 2004
St.
Patrick's Day Festival
February
20-26, 2004
Mardi
Gras 2004, New Orleans, Louisiana
January 31, 2004
Placerville,
California and Tahoe
City, California
January
17-25, 2004
Italy
holiday
January 10, 2004
South
Lake Tahoe, California (and a
wedding ) •
Reno, Nevada
January
3, 2004
Sacramento,
California
2
0 0 3
December
19-23, 2003
Visits
to Legoland and
Disneyland
December 6-7, 2003
Wander around Albany ,
Berkeley and UC
Berkeley , California
November
25-26, 2003
Santa
Barbara, California
November 23, 2003
Carson
City, Nevada
November
9, 2003
I lost
a bet and had got to go visit Castroville,
California
November 1, 2003
Wander about the California towns of
Escalon , Jamestown ,
Oakdale , and Sonora .
October
12-16, 2003
Denver,
Colorado for five days
October 10-12, 2003
Juggling
Festival in Lodi, California
October
1-7, 2003
Blazer
Bash 2003 in Moah, Utah
September 26-28, 2003
Weekend
at a Southern California ranch
September
11-19, 2003
Anaheim,
California and Disneyland
August 29-30, 2003
San
Diego, California and nearby cities
August
20-23, 2003
Grand
Canyon National Park • Flagstaff,
AZ and nearby cities
July 23, 2003
Fleetwood
Mac concert
June 18-24,
2003
The Carda
Family Reunion in South
Dakota
May 16-17, 2003
Calico
Ghost Town , near Yermo,
California
May 13-15,
2003
Central
Arizona and some other places
May 2-4, 2003
Death
Valley, California
March
28-31, 2003
Las
Vegas, Nevada
March 21-23, 2003
Monument
Valley and 4 Corners, Southwest US
March
3-7, 2003
2003
Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Louisiana
2
0 0 2
November 23, 2002
Hollywood,
Calfornia
October
5-17, 2002
"Central
America" Tour
September 2-22, 2002
New
South Wales, Australia (I'm going international again !!!)
August
22-Sept. 1, 2002
New
Orleans, Louisiana
July 26-28, 2002
Disneyland
with da Peeps (Iesha and Norm)
July
17-22, 2002
"Northern
Lights" Tour
July 5-8, 2002
Helena,
Montana (+ another
wedding )
June
26-July 1, 2002
Manila,
Philippines (I'm venturing into international lands!)
May 11-18, 2002
"Lewis
& Clark Expedition" Tour
March
9-21, 2002
"Remember
the Alamo" Tour
2
0 0 1
November 19-23, 2001
Cruise on the Viking
Serenade to Ensenada ,
San Diego , and Catalina
Sept.
30-Oct. 4, 2001
Georgia ,
S. Carolina , Florida
(and the newly opened Hooters
in Savannah)
September 14-16, 2001
Las
Vegas, Nevada (+ a
wedding! )
August
27-Sept. 3, 2001
Burning
Man (in Nevada)
August 3-5, 2001
Hot
August Nights, Reno, Nevada
July 21,
2001
Middle
of Nowhere, Nevada
July 6-8, 2001
Great
Pit Duck Race, Alturas, California
May 26-27,
2001
Oregon
and Washington state
April 7, 2001
Disneyland ,
but just for a few hours
March 16-18,
2001
Disneyland
and California Adventure