Places I’ve been to (not including Ontario camping trips and trips and cottages belong to family and friends):
- Drove from Portland to San Francisco in May 2023:
- Rented a cottage in the Eastern Townships near where I went to university in July 2022
- Went to Colorado in May of 2022:
- Rented a cottage outside of Fenelon Falls in August of 2021
- Moved my in-laws in Melville Saskatchewan in September 2020
- Stayed at a private park outside of Alban Ontario in July 2020
- Went to North Carolina in February 2020
- Went to Vietnam and Cambodia in September and October 2019:
- Day 1
- Day 2: Saigon
- Day 3: Saigon
- Day 4: Saigon
- Day 5: Mekong Delta
- Day 6: Cambodia
- Day 7: Angkor Wat
- Day 8: Back to Vietnam
- Day 9: Hoi An
- Day 10: Hoi An
- Day 11: The Central Coast
- Day 12: Hue
- Day 13: Ninh Binh
- Day 14: Ninh Binh and Hanoi
- Day 15: Ha Long Bay
- Day 16: Ha Long Bay
- Day 17: Ha Long Bay
- Day 18: Hanoi
- Day 19: Hanoi
- Day 20: Hanoi
- Day 11: Coming Home
- Went to Killington, Vermont in March 2019
- Went to Mexico City in October 2018
- Went to Auburn, New York in July 2018
- Rented a cottage near Peterborough in July 2018
- Went to Memphis, Tennessee in 2018
- Skied at Panorama in February 2018
- Went to the European Continent for the first time in 2017
- Went to Erie, Pennsylvania in August 2017
- Went to Saskatchewan and Manitoba in June 2017
- Went to Colombia in 2016
- Went to Turkey in 2014
- Skied at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in 2013
- Went to Wales and England in 2012
- Went to Seattle in 2012
- Went to Delaware and Maryland in 2011
- Went to Gaspe in 2010
- Visited Florida for three consecutive springs in 2007, 2008 and 2009 – in 2008 and 2009 we drove to Florida from Oakville
- Climbed Mount Algonquin in 2007
- Drove Across Canada for 9 weeks in 2006
Additionally to these trips I have
- Lived in Australia for 6 months in 2003
- Been to Florida more times than I can count, the most recent being 2008
- Driven down the eastern seaboard of the United States many times, including twice all the way to Florida
- Gone to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and southern California in my teens
Minor League Baseball Trips
Every summer we try to go see a minor league baseball team somewhere in the US:
- The Toledo Mud Hens (AAA) and the Fort Wayne TinCaps (High A) in July 2023
- The Lansing Lug Nuts (High A) in July 2019
- The Auburn Doubledays (A Short Season at the time) in July 2018
- The Erie SeaWolves (AA) in August 2017
- The Rochester Red Wings (AAA) at least twice
- The Buffalo Bisons (AAA) in 2013???
Where I’ve Been in North America
Canada
I’ve been to every province in Canada but none of the territories:
Ontario
I have lived nearly 3/4s of my life in Toronto, Ontario. However, since I was 6, my father has lived in Oakville so I have spent an untold amount of time there as well.
I lived in Hamilton, Ontario for 1 year for Grad School and then 5 years due to poverty.
I have spent an untold amount of time in the Collingwood-Thornbury era, mostly in the winter.
I have spent an untold amount of time around Kingston.
I have visited Guelph an unknown number of times.
I have visited Ottawa three times.
I have stayed in London a couple of times.
I have been to Niagara Falls many times and stayed overnight at least once.
I have been to many of the major cities in southern Ontario, including Kitchener-Waterloo, Windsor, St. Catherines and more. I’ve also been to many small towns.
I have stayed in cottages and camped in the northern part of southern Ontario many times.
I have camped in northern Ontario, near Cochrane, near Thunder Bay, near Kenora and near the Sault, and I also stayed in Dryden. This was part of driving the entire breadth of the province, both ways, in 2006.
Quebec
I lived in Lennoxville, Quebec for parts of four years.
I have been to Montreal many times, including on the way to or from Lennoxville.
I drove through Quebec to Labrador: to Lennoxville, to Quebec City, to Saguenay, to Baie Comeau to Labrador City.
Saskatchewan
I drove through Saskatchewan both ways when I drove across Canada in 2006, the first time staying outside of Moose Jaw and the second time staying in Hudson Bay. (I drove through Regina and PA on these trips.)
Since meeting Jenn I have been to Saskatchewan at least five times. I’ve been to Regina, Yorkton and Melville on every visit and I’ve been to Saskatoon once. We drive from the airport so we usually drive from Regina to Melville though one time it was Saskatoon.
Alberta
I drove from Calgary to Edmonton to Vancouver when I was in my teens.
I drove through Alberta, spending 5 days in Calgary, on my way to the West Coast in 2006.
I drove through northern Alberta, through Grand Prairie to Edmonton to Cold Lake, on my way home in 2006.
I flew into and out of Calgary to visit Panorama in 2018.
British Columbia
I visited British Columbia as a child.
We drove from the Alberta border to Vancouver in my teens. We also visited Vancouver Island.
We went to Vancouver and Whistler in, I believe, December 2000.
I stopped in Vancouver on my way to Australia in February 2003.
I drove along the southern “Crow’s Nest” highway from the Alberta border to the Okanagan in 2006. I then drove from there to Whistler and then down into Vancouver. I spent some time in Vancouver and on the Island. I then drove from Vancouver to Fort Saint John and then I headed back to Alberta.
I went to Panorama in 2018.
Manitoba
I drove through Winnipeg and stayed in a wonderful provincial park in 2006. A month or so later, I drove down from central Saskatchewan and this time stayed in Winnipeg.
I spent a night in Manitoba in June 2017 and re-entered the province a day later for an hour or two.
The United States of America:
New York
I cannot count the number of times I’ve been to the state of New York. Specifically, I’ve been to Rochester (many times), Buffalo (a bunch of times) and Lewiston (many times), as well as the Finger Lakes (a few times). I’ve also been to the Adirondacks twice.
Somehow I’ve been to New York City only once though I’ve also been to what you might call the outskirts of NYC one other time.
Florida
When my biological parents were still together, we went to Florida every spring (Tampa and Orlando). After they separated, se still often wen to Florida – mostly with my father but at least once with my mother. At some point, we started going skiing instead of going to Florida for March Break. I have only been to Florida three times as an adult, driving down there twice, and haven’t been back since 2009. The last three trips were to the Fort Myers area instead of the Tampa are.