Travel - All Trips

NYC AAG 2012

The 2012 AAG was in NYC this year. Amy couldn't go with me this time. View trip

Indiana Xmas

Home to Indiana for Christmas, yet again. This time, since we live in Wisconsin, we were treated with a different route, I guess? View trip

Door County, Wisconsin

We took a one-day road trip to see the most talked about local tourist attraction around our new home, Door County, a peninsula of Niagara escarpment that reaches out into Lake Michigan. View trip

So Long, Ohio!

During our final few weeks in Ohio, we toured around and hit up things that we'd never gotten around to. Then, all the sudden, we moved to Wisconsin with an overnight stop in Indiana. View trip

Cincinnati-Indiana-Wisconsin

I spent about three weeks on the road in June 2011, first in Cincinnati to read AP exams, then to Indiana with Amy to visit family, then to Wisconsin to buy a home. View trip

Pittsburgh

We took a day trip to Pittsburgh with some folks from the Kent State Geography Department, for a day of tailgating and baseball. View trip

Amtrak-SanFran-Seattle AAG

We sorta went all out for AAG 2011. The conference was in Seattle, so we took Amtrak with a friend to San Francisco. Then, we met up with several more friends to drive up the coast to Seattle. And then, we took Amtrak back to Cleveland. It was one epic trip. View trip

Appleton/Menasha, Wisconsin

I flew up to Appleton on a solo trek, specifically to interview for the position at UWFox. I eventually got the job! View trip

Lexington DOPE

A paper of mine was accepted to the Dimensions of Political Ecology conference in Lexington, Kentucky. So, we went. View trip

Indiana Xmas

Home for Christmas. View trip

Lawrence, Kansas GPRMAAG

We took the regional AAG meeting held at KU as a good excuse to make a crazy road trip to visit Emily. View trip

Indiana Labor Day

Visited my parents in Muncie over the long Labor Day weekend. View trip

Southern Indiana

We took a quick week away with Amy's parents and extended family to a cabin in Union County near Liberty, Indiana. View trip

Pittsburgh Anniversary Weekend

We took a long weekend to Pittsburgh to celebrate our sixth anniversary. View trip

Cincinnati AP Reading

I went to Cincinnati for a week to grade AP Human Geography examinations. View trip

Washington DC AAG

AAG 2010 was held in Washington, DC. View trip

Roadtrip & Cruise

My parents took us all on a celebratory cruise to honor our various achievements. View trip

Baltimore

I was invited to give a presentation at a community college in Baltimore. View trip

Las Vegas AAG

AAG 2009 was held in Las Vegas. View trip

Kelleys Island

Amy and I took a much needed week of relaxation at Kelley's Island, Ohio. View trip

New Orleans

While in Mobile, Alabama giving a presentation, I snuck in a trip to New Orleans. View trip

Washington, DC

We met up with my parents for a quick extended weekend Spring Break trip to Washington, DC. View trip

Boston AAG

AAG 2008 was held in Boston, Massachusetts. View trip

FYC Fieldtrip Mammoth Cave

I took a field trip with a group of freshmen to Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. View trip

Summer Vacation

We took a variety of small trips throughout this summer. View trip

San Francisco AAG

AAG 2007 was held in San Francisco. We took Amtrak to get there. View trip

Cleveland Weekend

We took a quickie weekend to Cleveland for a little R&R. View trip

Cleveland "Orientation"

As part of a departmental "orientation," the KSU geography department took all graduate students on a trip to Cleveland. View trip

Chicago AAG

AAG 2006 was held in Chicago. View trip

Niagara Falls and Toronto

We took a weekend as part of our spring break to visit Niagara Falls and Toronto. View trip

Salt Fork State Park

Oddly enough, we won a stay at an Ohio State Park resort from NPR. So, we took a weekend on our spring break to cash that in, at Salt Fork. View trip

Pittsburgh Weekend

We took a little weekend excursion to Pittsburgh to check the city out. View trip

Atlanta

We accompanied one of my father's classes on a field trip to Atlanta as chaperones. View trip

Denver AAG

AAG 2005, my first AAG conference, was held in Denver, Colorado. View trip

Frankenmuth Oktoberfest

We took a trip to Frankenmuth, Michigan for Oktoberfest. View trip

Colorado-Utah-Vegas

We took a long road trip with my parents and brother to Colorado, Utah and Las Vegas. View trip

Honeymoon

Being poor as we were, we took our honeymoon at Brown County State Park in Indiana. Who cares if it was close, it was still a great time. View trip

Camping at Oubache State Park

Before our honeymoon, we wanted to take a stab at camping together, so we drove up to Oubache State Park near Huntington, Indiana. View trip

Caribbean Cruise

Our first major vacation together, my parents took us and my brother and his girlfriend on a Caribbean cruise for Spring Break. View trip