The following list contains all of the awesome places I’ve been since about 1997. Although there are places on this list that I go all of the time (like my hometown, Vermillion, SD), if I’ve included it on this list, it means something tourist-y or important was going on.
2011
- (October) Washington DC
Cigna Champions event with Jason and a full day of sightseeing around the National Mall - (June) San Francisco
City sightseeing and a bus tour to Muir Woods and Sonoma with Jason
2010
- (September) New England
Road trip through four New England states (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine) with Jason - (August) National Balloon Classic
Annual hot air balloon festival in Indianola, Iowa - (June) Las Vegas
Attended Cisco Live as an employee between an adventure into the desert of Arizona and an additional personal day to relax and wander the southern end of the strip - (June) Minnesota Winery Tour (Part 1)
Began the Three Rivers Wine Trail of Minnesota by visiting Saint Croix Vineyards, Northern Vineyards Winery, Alexis Bailly Vineyard (not on the formal tour), and Cannon Rivery Winery - (February) Orlando
Attended the 2010 ATP Innovations in Testing conference, but made a little time for Disney when I could
2009
- (November) Oahu
For my 28th birthday, I gave myself a trip to Oahu to visit my friend, Jen - (October) Los Angeles
Attended Adobe MAX and added a couple personal days to explore Hollywood, Santa Monica and some of the Pacific Coast Highway - (September) Hastings
Day trip with Jason to the Alexis Bailly Vineyard and a classic car show - (August) Vermillion Sesquicentennial
An informal class reunion and a parade — that’s just how Vermillion likes to party - (July) Hart Lake
Johanna invited me and a couple other friends to her family’s cabin for a weekend - (May) Red Wing
Day trip with my mom to admire antiques and sight-see
2008
- (November) San Francisco
Attended Adobe MAX and made additional time for sight-seeing and a road trip through San Jose and Monterey - (July 25–27) North Shore / Finnish Festival
2007
- (July) Pacific Northwest
Attended Image Explorations in Victoria, BC, followed by some time visiting my friend, Jen, in Washington - (June) Mille Lacs
Day trip with Rebecca to find a beach on the second largest lake in Minnesota
2005
- (October) Boston
Weekend with my sister, Karyn, and our friend, Lynn - (September) Madison, WI
Visiting friends, Bridget and Lindy
2004
- (April) Washington DC
Bus trip from Minneapolis to DC to attend the March for Choice rally with very little time for sight-seeing (and a lack of working batteries in my camera) - (January) Deutschland
Visiting my friend, Kristi, in München with day trips scheduled to Füssen, Stuttgart, Nürnberg and Salzburg, Austria
2003
- (May) Backpacking in the Black Hills
May session course through the University of Minnesota with my friend, Jen - (March) Thunder Bay
Spring break road trip with friends, Jen, Kristi and Cameron — we shoulda gone south, ’eh?
2001
- (October) Worchester/Boston
A very quick weekend trip (and my first commercial airline flight) to visit my friend, Jess
2000
- (March) Greeley, Colorado
Spring break road trip with friends, Kelsey and Jess, to visit Kelsey’s friend, Jenny, and her school, get tattoos in Boulder, and visit Denver for an evening
1997
- Oklahoma
Family road trip to visit my brother at basic training
