Category Archives: Travel

States I have been to but mostly Before I bought Christmas Ornaments in Each one so Now I still Need these Ornaments And Yes I keep a list of this on my phone

  • Arizona
  • Colorado
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Hawaii
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Massachusetts
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Ohio
  • Oklahoma
  • Tennessee
  • Utah
  • Washington
  • Wisconsin

Awesome Things About My Birthday

  • Birthday Party Game Night celebrating with family & friends
  • Road Trip to Colorado
  • Birthday Balloon Breakfast at my friend’s house with her son/my birthday twin
  • Saw bison, deer, and ground hogs at a nature reserve
  • Visit to the candy factory
  • Shopped Manitou Springs
  • Traipsed around Red Rocks
  • Birthday dinner on the patio in Denver
  • Pleasant conversation for hours
  • Free sopapillas for dessert
  • Co-worker luncheon at Candlelight Inn

Coming This June

  • Yard Sale for Haiti
  • Condo HOA meeting
  • Felix Adler Fest at Children’s Discovery Center, Clinton, Iowa
  • Father’s Day
  • Graduations
  • Road Trip
  • Birthday parties
  • Multiple doctor’s appointments
  • Women’s Club luncheon at George Curtis Mansion
  • 149th Annual Chamber of Commerce meeting & awards, Clinton, Iowa
  • New washing machine
  • RAGBRAI meetings & route inspection
  • My sister’s birthday
  • My birthday
Our birthday – June 18, 1982

Places To Go In Clinton, Iowa (Depending on the Season)

  • Eagle Point Park
  • Riverfront walkway
  • Sawmill Museum
  • Discovery Center Children’s Museum
  • Discovery Trail
  • Lyon’s Farmer Market
  • Showboat Theater
  • Candlelight Inn
  • Downtown Shopping District
  • Clinton County Historical Museum
  • Riverfront Park
  • Wide River Winery
  • Lock & Dam 13
  • River Arts Center
  • Valley Oaks Golf Course
  • Bickelhaupt Arboretum
  • Pickleball & Tennis Courts
  • Clinton County Courthouse
  • Visitor Center Kiosk on the River

Surprising Things I’ve Accomplished This Year (specifically given that it’s been a corona-year)

  • Checked two new states (North Carolina, Mississippi) off my list
  • Missions trip to Haiti
    • Three “airports” in one day
    • Landing & taking off on a dirt runway
    • Attending/walking in a Haitian funeral processional
    • Ate goat for the first time
  • Iguanas in the wild (in Miami… they chased me away from my lunch)
  • Finished unpacking all boxes from moving end of 2019
  • Started packing up to move again
  • Attended nephew’s high school graduation
  • Vacation to San Diego
    • Lodging at the fabulous beachfront Tower23
    • Riding bicycles to Mission Beach
  • Completed “Visual Communications” course through Sophia Learning
  • Put more than 10,000 miles on my car
  • Ran three trivia nights before the world shut down
  • Read 29 books
  • Successfully began intermittent fasting (lost 8 pounds and dropped my A1C from 6.1 to 5.4!)
  • Watched multiple full series on Hulu and Amazon Prime
  • Achieved level 40 and then level 41 on Pokemon Go
  • Applied for 66 jobs
  • Got hired for exciting new position with city of Clinton, Iowa!
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