MAJOR TRAVEL LIST
Including lifestyle-change landmarks
Compiled 2/28/95.
1936: Born in Akron, Ohio
1951: 298 days to California
1956: 50 days to ROTC Summer Camp in Fort Bragg, North Carolina
1956: 2 days first visit to New York City (last year at Akron University)
1957: Move to New York City: graduate work at Columbia University and IBM job
1958: 19 days to Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
1959: 16 days to New Orleans and San Francisco
1959: 11 days in seven northeastern states
1960: 21 days to Philadelphia, Washington, Los Angeles, and San Francisco
1961: 15 days to Ottawa and eastern Canada (first trip outside USA)
1961: 7 days to Montreal and Quebec (first jet)
1962: 10 days to Florida
1962: 19 days Escoffier dining tour to seven European countries
1962: 3 days to Seattle World's Fair
1963: 99 days Greyhound ($99) trip around forty states
1964: 30 days IBM employees' round-the-world tour
1965: 25 days six countries in South America
1966: 18 days in Canada on three LSD trips (well, it's travel!)
1966: 11 days to seven Caribbean islands
1967: 10 days to Montreal Expo
1967: 14 days to four provinces in eastern Canada
1968: 40 days of camper travel in western Canada and United States
1968: 27 days in Ohio for family reasons
1968: Quit IBM to travel and write; have written 53 volumes. Sold? Don't ask
1969: 85 days to France, Spain, Morocco, London, Amsterdam, other Europe
1969: 25 days in northeastern United States
1969: 5 days to Washington, D.C. for Vietnam Moratorium March
1970: First annual (continuing) visit to Adirondacks for autumn color-change
1971: 130 days around world: Japan/Taiwan/Thailand/Burma/India/Nepal/Ceylon/+
1972: 29 days to Florida, covering entire state
1973: 44 days to Europe from North Cape to Milan and west to Austria/Germany
1974: 12 days on Greek Islands cruise (do I want to be a cruise director?)
1975: 19 days on East Coast of South America cruise (decide against cruises)
1976: 35 days to various American destinations
1977: 10 days to Paris (for $150 on super-super saver)
1978: 22 days flying the Caribbean (on Eastern Airlines)
1978: 10 days to Venice (another super-super saver)
1980: 13 days to Guatemala: Tikal/Copan/Chichicastenango/Panajachel/Antigua
1980: 27 days to Canada/Alaska: see last Canadian provinces and NWT and Yukon
1980: 31 days in Mexico: Palenque/Oaxaca/Mitla/Uxmal/Chichen Itza/Tulum/Coba
1981: 60 days Russia/China RTW: +Philippines/Saipan/Guam/Koror/Ponape/Hawaii
1981: 37 days in Sicily, including southern Italy
1982: 21 days driving in southeastern United States
1982: 13 days in northwestern France
1982: 10 days in Florida, first visit to Epcot/Disneyworld
1983: 18 days in Hawaii and northern California
1983: 34 days in northern France and on Tanzanian safari (climb Kilimanjaro)
1984: 41 days in southern France and in Tunisia
1985: 31 days in southern France with prehistoric and Roman emphasis
1988: 59 days in Europe: Germany + Bayreuth Ring/Frankfurt-Istanbul tour
1991: 61 days to Australia, Antarctica (7th continent!), and New Zealand
1991: 22 days in Galapagos Islands and Quito
1992: 49 days in South Africa/Botswana/Zimbabwe/Zambia/Namibia/Lesotho/Congo
1992: 18 days in central Europe: France/Germany/Switzerland/Austria/Belgium
1995: Still paying off $25,000 South African trip: chartering planes is $$$$!
Four or five supplemental pages would be needed for minor trips unlisted here.
1995: Hope to join a September tour that enters Altamira and Lascaux caves!
Now that I've covered the world, I can return to places I enjoyed before.
Unseen? Angel Falls/Vienna/Antarctic Peninsula/Tibet/Great Zimbabwe/MORE