North America
Tour Name | Days | Year | Remark |
298 |
1951 |
For my junior year in high school, my aunt and her husband drove his nephew and us to California, where I went to Salinas Union High School. Great ride out in August, 1951, and bus back to Akron in June, 1952. |
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50 |
1956 |
Summer camp in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, via Mammoth Cave, Cumberland State Forest, and Smoky Mountains National Park; 40 days training; return via Kitty Hawk, Yorktown, Williamsburg, Monticello, and Luray Caverns. |
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(first trip) |
2 |
1956 |
August 25th, first day in NYC: Empire State Building, "New Faces of 1956," Cinerama. August 26th, walk Wall Street, get picked up, Radio City Music Hall, bus back to Fort Meade for second week of reserve Summer Camp. |
3 |
1958 |
April 18-20, visiting Laird, meeting people, and seeing plays |
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9 |
1958 |
August 23-30, visiting college friends and seeing plays and relatives. |
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27 |
1959 |
"Visiting Akron again before arriving early for my Aberdeen Proving Grounds' six months in the US Army, so I spend time in Fort Meade and DC." |
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180 |
1959 |
US Army Active Duty January 19-July 20, at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, with included vacation weekends |
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16 |
1959 |
Two weeks' MATS flights to New Orleans for 2 days, Denver, San Francisco for seven days, San Antonio, and Bolling Air Force Base in DC. |
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11 |
1959 |
Road trip after six-months' active duty training: to New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine (Acadia National Park), and Vermont. |
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21 |
1960 |
Long Christmas vacation: 12/19/60: 2 days in Philly, 2 in DC, fly to LA for five days with Carl, back and forth to SF, more days with Carl, return to NYC 1/8/61. |
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15 |
1961 |
July 8-22 at Camp Drum, doing nothing at Ordnance Summer Camp; weekend sightseeing in Ottawa. |
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7 |
1961 |
October 18-24, my first jet flight, dining in Kerhulu, seeing the sights and museums and walking a lot. |
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10 |
1962 |
January 28-February 6: Miami Beach, Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Keys and Everglades, Vizcaya, boat and bus tours of town. |
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3 |
1962 |
August 17-20 for long lines at Seattle World's Fair with Mozelle, who misses plane after we get back from Mount Rainier. |
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99 |
1963 |
$99 for 99 days, hundreds of pages of notes, determined to see the United States before I indulge in European travel, which I find I adore! |
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18 |
1966 |
My three LSD trips, paid for by IBM, including airfare and Hollywood Hospital accommodation. A trip in more than one way. |
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11 |
1966 |
December 2-12: With Madge to Barbados, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Young's Island, and Antigua----must have counted Manhattan twice. |
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10 |
1967 |
Expo '67 June 9-18 with Larry: See practically every exhibit, including Marlene Dietrich and "Lulu." |
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14 |
1967 |
August 13-26 with Larry to Nova Scotia, ferry to Newfoundland, back to Sydney, Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island, and the Bay of Fundy; return via Boston. |
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9 |
1968 |
February 24-March 3 to Houston for an IBM convention, touring NASA, hearing Van Cliburn, and touring Galveston and dining. |
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40 |
1968 |
IBM gave me 40 days (July 27-September 4) to "get travel out of my system" and reconsider my decision to leave. North of Lake Superior with Avi, meet Cyndy in St. Paul, to Mt. Rushmore, Tetons, Yellowstone to meet Chuck, then Glacier Park, Banff, Jasper, Vancouver, Portland, Crater Lake, Bryce and Zion and Grand Canyons, the Jefferson Arch, Ohio, and NYC. I quit IBM September 20. |
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15 |
1968 |
December 12-26 for Rita's college graduation and visits to Dayton and many of my college friends from 1957. |
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12 |
1969 |
January 7-18: My father is in the hospital; spend time with his mother; he dies; paternal relatives come to visit. |
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25 |
1969 |
October 5-29: Drive to Bill's in Maine, then to Gaspé, Bangor, Campobello, Machais, Boston for Don and Hetch, and NYC by bus, losing a car somewhere along there. |
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5 |
1969 |
November 13-17: Participate in "March of the Dead" against the War in Vietnam, going to the Smithsonian with Bill's parchments. |
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7 |
1970 |
October 4-10 with John: Climb Ampersand Mountain, canoe Blue Mountain, Eagle, and Utowana Lakes, days at Elk Lake and Avalanche Lake and Cedar River Flow. |
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2 |
1971 |
May 1-2 in Wildmere Resort with John. | |
3 |
1971 |
May 21-23 with Arnie and Norma: Earthquake! Castle Rock, Chimney Mountain, Puffer Pond, and Cedar River Flow. |
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(Rochester night life) |
5 |
1972 |
SUNDAY, 5/21/72: Glad they close down the window service, because everyone seemed to come from miles around to sit on the picnic benches and talk from their cars |
(August 6-8 with John, to Paul K.'s.) |
3 |
1972 |
Disastrous DC trip August 6-8, Let me count the ways: 1 long drive down, then getting lost; 2 the Kreigsmans canceling out of the Sunday picnic; 3 my dissociation... |
6 |
1972 |
Further up the hill the leaves were entirely frosted, tiny dendrites of ice sticking out from the edges served to give a glittery halo to the leaf when it was held up to the sun. |
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29 |
1973 |
February 3-March 3: Drive with John to Biltmore, Atlanta, Cedar Key, Ringling Museum, Everglades, Palm Beach, Jekyll Island, Charleston, Bull's Island, Pawley's Island, Jacksonville, New Bern, Norfolk, NYC. |
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7 |
1973 |
September 29-October 5 with John and Ben and Lucy: Climb Mount Snowy, canoe Blue Mountain Lake, Buttermilk Falls, Vanderwacker Mountain, visit Ben and Lucy in Ithaca. |
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7 |
1974 |
September 29-October 5 with John: OK Slip, Indian Falls, Black Bug Pond for popcorn snow, Sawyer Mountain and mushrooms, Uncas Trail to Black Bear Mountain and Bug Pond. |
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8 |
1975 |
September 28-October 5 with John: Uncas Trail, Moose Pond past Santanoni Preserve, John's Pond, Upper Sargent Pond from Forked Lake Road, Goodnow Mountain, Catlin Bay on Long Lake. |
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6 |
1975 |
October 30-November 4: Visit dying grandmother and other family. |
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41 |
1976 to 1977 |
12 trips for 41 days: New York, New Jersey, Akron |
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9 |
1976 |
October 2-10 with John: Hour Pond, Cedar River Flow, Goodnow Mountain, Cliffhanger, Adirondack Museum, Silver Staircase. |
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22 |
1978 |
February 8-March 1: With Azak: Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. John, Martinique, Santo Domingo, St. Maarten, Saba, San Juan, Nassau, Freeport, Orlando, Bermuda---and again I guess I counted Manhattan and Brooklyn. |
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9 |
1979 |
September 29-October 7 with Dennis : Osprey Island, Chimney Mountain, Cascade Pond, Lake Lila and Nehasane, Goodnow Mountain, Adirondack Museum, Warrensburg, Tirrell Pond. |
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27 |
1980 |
June 12-July 8: Fly and bus and boat to Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Alberta, British Columbia, and Alaska. |
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31 |
1980 |
December 9, 1979-January 8, 1980: Palenque, Oaxaca, Mitla, Uxmal, Chicken Itza, Merida, many other ruin sites. |
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21 |
1982 |
June 16-July 6: Visit aunt and uncle in Norfolk, friend in Winter Park, and sister and brother-in-law and nephew in Satellite Beach, FL. |
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5 |
1982 |
September 28-October 2 with John: Cliffhanger, Minnow Pond, Blue Mountain, Upper Saranac, Ely's Chapel, Lake Lila. |
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4 |
1982 |
Actualism students drive for two sessions. |
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7 |
1982 |
With Avi to Midge's and Gatorland |
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13 |
1983 |
Into Joe's at 11:55 and three JUMBO crab legs for $30 and I pack remains of mine and LOVE fish. |
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28 |
1983 |
Los Angeles for two days; followed by campers on three islands: Hawaii to the top of Mauna Kea; Maui to Hana and Haleakala; Kauai to Waimea and NaPali; followed by six more days in Los Angeles. |
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14 |
1989 |
Monorail to Victoria and Albert $80 menu at Grand Floridian at 11:30, then to MGM/Disney preview at 12, and Flight to Mars at 1 (disappointed that Space Mountain is CLOSED). |
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5 |
1992 |
Wake at 5:30 and watch sunrise from 6 AM, then shower at 7:10 and down to eat early, told that ferries across the lake for the Peaked Mountain climb will be just before 10 AM. |
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5 |
1993 |
Out to wander the town and I pick up a magazine that has an article on the Lake Minnewaska Hotels that I think Mohonk Mountain House is one of, but it isn't. |
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7 |
1995 |
June 7-13 with Charles: Kennywood Park and Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Geauga Lake Park in Ohio, photograph childhood sites. |
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6 |
1995 |
September 29-October 4 with Susie: Catskill Game Farm, Watch Hill, Sugar House, Mount Snowy, Balm of Gilead. |
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8 |
1996 |
July 16-23 with Charles: Dorney Park in Allentown and Knoebel's Amusement Park in Elysburg, PA; Akron 4 days; Fallingwater; Lakemont Amusement Park in Altoona, PA. |
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3 |
1996 |
August 2-4: Visit Edgardo and Marina and kids; Isabella Gardner Museum. |
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4 |
1998 |
May 19-22: With Susie and Griswolds to many diners and parts of park and falls and Wolf Creek, and Corning Glass Center. |
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7 |
1998 |
Breakfast 8AM, 10AM to Wright houses in Oak Park, hot fudge at Peterson's Ice Cream, Grand Plaisance, Richardson House, and "home" at 5:05 for Le Francais. |
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7 |
1998 |
July 16-22 with Charles: Knoebel's Amusement Park, Rock-N-Roll Museum (Pei), St. Mary's 45th reunion, Cedar Point for 8 roller coasters, other attractions. |
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8 |
2000 |
July 29-August 5 with Fred: Santa Fe Opera for "Rigoletto," "Marriage of Figaro," "Ermione," and "Elektra." Visit Los Alamos. |
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16 |
2001 |
March 29-April 13: With Fred to Tucson and Biosphere 2, Hermosillo, Guaymas, El Fuerte, Pacific-Chihuahua train, bus to Creel, Chihuahua, Bisbee, plane lands in Dulles, train to NYC. |
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9 |
2002 |
September 1-9: With Fred: Boston Aquarium, Acadia National Park, Halifax Maritime Museum, Saguenay River, Quebec City, Montreal, train to NYC. |
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12 |
2002 |
11:11AM. Crocodiles, herons, egrets on boat 11:35-1:10: Mawamba Lodge. Buffet lunch, Nature Trail, Gulf Coast, Jesus Christ lizard, Tortuguero Village and drinks, dinner with wine, bed 9:15 |
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29 |
2003 |
October 31-November 28: Paul's in DC and North Beach, auto-train to Orlando, visit Laird and Avi; Homestead, Flamingo, Miami, Islamorada, Satellite Beach. |
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1 |
2005 |
Take cursory notes as we go through with the floor plan: Warhol "shadows," Flavin "neon," LeWitt "gray squares." |
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15 |
2005 |
August 2-16: With Ken, tour park, then ambulance to Idaho Falls and taxi return, then continue tour of park. |
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2 |
2006 |
Up next morning to a good breakfast from Porches, and to Mass MoCA for a rather disappointing set. |
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8 |
2006 |
November 9-16: Invited by the Isensteins, we stayed in their house in Highland Park and enjoyed Chicago museums, sights, and restaurants. |
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12 |
2006 |
THU,2/16/06: Ocho Rios, Jamaica: walk to "Ruins" and Crane Ridge Resort, and buy Rum Cream at Rum, Roast & Royales. 4x4 jeep tour. |
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18 |
2007 |
Much changed in revisiting Tikal and Copan. Panama and El Salvador good additions to countries seen. |
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6 |
2007 |
Hilarious error-ridden trip to satisfy a whim to see the ABCs by my own lack of planning. Just barely worked. |
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16 |
2009 |
Two days in Ottawa; then flight to Kuujjuak; and ship to Killiniq Island in Nunavut; see aurora borealis for an hour; then to Nachvak Fjord, Saglek Bay, Hopedale, Gros Morne National Park, La Poile, St. Pierre and Miquelon, and land in Halifax. Train to Montreal for great La Toqué dinner; train to NYC. |
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8 |
2010 |
July 19-26. Ken and I visit the Isensteins in their wonderful home; with our rented car we travel all over the island. Bob |