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Places I Visited in 2025

  • Atlanta, Georgia (Peach Bowl)
  • Wilmore, Kentucky (staff recruiting fair at Asbury University)
  • Davenport, Iowa (family, and Love For L’Allemand trivia night)
  • Marion, Indiana (staff recruiting fair at Indiana Weslyan)
  • Moline, Illinois (Cirque de Soleil)
  • Greenville, South Carolina (visiting family)
  • Westboro, Wisconsin (CCCA Wisconsin sectional at Camp Forest Springs)
  • Ocho Rios, Jamaica (cruise)
  • Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (cruise)
  • Cozumel, Mexico (cruise)
  • Washburn, Illinois (Eagle Crest Camp)
  • Davenport, Iowa (family, RFK trivia night)
  • Evansville, Wisconsin (graduation party)
  • Colgate, Wisconsin (Bobrowitz Spectacular Sculptures)
  • Hubertus, Wisconsin (Holy Hill, and Ice Age Trail/Loew Lake Segment)
  • Milwaukee, Wisconsin (lots of times, but this time specifically to see Wicked on stage)
  • Mt. Horeb & Madison, Wisconsin (visiting KB)
  • DePere, Wisconsin (road trip around Lake Michigan)
  • Escanaba, Michigan (road trip around Lake Michigan, ate pasties)
  • Upper Peninsula/Mackinac Bridge, Michigan (road trip around Lake Michigan)
  • Traverse City, Michigan (road trip around Lake Michigan, visit to Wendi’s Sunset Lavender)
  • Grand Haven, Michigan (road trip around Lake Michigan, Rosy Mound Sand Dunes beach — AMAZING!)
  • Miami, Florida (cruise)
  • Bahamas (cruise)
  • East Troy, Wisconsin (Camp Timber-lee)
  • Moline, Illinois (Love For L’Allemand fundraiser)
  • New Orleans, Louisiana (National CCCA Conference)
  • Davenport, Iowa (grandbaby’s 3rd birthday!)
  • Greenville, South Carolina (Christmas with the family)
Rose Mound Natural Area – sand dunes & beach – Grand Haven, Michigan
Wendi’s Sunset Lavender, LLC – Traverse City, Michigan
Gram’s Pasties – Escanaba, Michigan

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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Places I Visited On My Road Trip of Awesomeness Earlier This Summer

  • Mount Rushmore
  • Wall Drug (Wall, South Dakota)
  • Gillette, Wyoming
  • Missoula, Montana (including dinner with 2 college roommates)
  • Spokane, Washington
  • Idaho (a gas station somewhere along I-90)
  • Columbia River Gorge
  • Horsetail & Multnomah Falls (Hood River, Oregon)
  • Portland, Oregon
  • Crescent City, California
  • Redwoods National Forest
  • A beach somewhere along the California coast
  • Trinidad Bay & Memorial Lighthouse (Trinidad, California)
  • Redding, California
  • Reno, Nevada (visit with the Lewis family)
  • Virginia City, Nevada
  • Lake Tahoe Overlook
  • Bonneville Salt Flats (Utah)
  • Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Casa Bonita (Denver, Colorado, with another college friend)
  • State Capitol Building, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Huxley, Iowa (Aunt & Uncle’s house)

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Columbia River Gorge

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Multnomah Falls

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State Line

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Wyoming

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Salt Flats

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Casa Bonita

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