Last weekend we drove to Dayton, Ohio to visit friends who live in Pennsylvania. (Dayton is halfway, about a 6-hour drive for each of us.) We hadn't seen
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On Friday the 7th, bbwoof and I drove to Cincinatti for a Samhain get-together with a group of Mensan Wiccans, mostly old friends. I talked with one of them about a possible technical writing position. The job would require coming out to Cincinatti for a week's worth of training, then returning for a day every month or two. Otherwise, I'd work from home ( Read more... )

reannon has a great modification to the popular travel meme: Add a place you really want to go to, that's not on the list.

I would add the ancient city of Petra, carved out of desert cliffs in Jordan ( Read more... )

I just read Forbes magazine's article about the 50 Most Visited Tourist Attractions. I was surprised that I'd been to 15 of them, as I am not very well-traveled. But apparently I've managed to hit the big draws ( Read more... )

Do you like the icon? It's the symbol of Hell's Mensans, a subgroup of Mensa that's dedicated to making sure every party is enjoyable for everyone there ( Read more... )

Nine months ago I made several lists of things to do in 2006, including a list of trips I wanted to take this year.

This seems to be a good time to review those plans, and make sure I get everything done I'd wanted to do. ( So, what traveling lies before me? )

These are the trips I am planning and/or want to take in 2006:

Weekends
First weekend of January will be spent at Lake of the Ozarks with my family.
Visit Grandma Hanson in Fairfield Bay, Arkansas as soon as possible.
Can I get to Indianapolis to see the Lord of the Rings exhibit before it leaves?
Monmouth, Illinois to pick up josiosings and her Boy, then ( Read more... )