06 Jan 2013 2 min read Travel

My Year of Travel: 2012

I started 2012 with a trip to Las Vegas and ended with a trip to Fort Myers Florida. In between I traveled over 82,000 miles to 36 different cities over 126 days. That’s about one-third of the year on the road and 86% of it was business travel. That’s not to say that I didn’t have a chance to see the sights in London and Paris, but they were primarily business trips.

In the state race, I picked up 3 more US states that I have never been to. This brings my total to 43. It has been six years since I have gotten a new state, and this year I got three new ones.

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NEBRASKA: Carhenge, Alliance

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NEBRASKA: Carhenge (detail), Alliance

IOWA: Surf Ballroom, Clear Lake

INDIANA: Welcome Sign

I also called this the year of the view from the top of things. I went to the top of four man-made structures and looked out over the city. Each one provided a new view for me, as I had never been on top of any of them before.

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St Paul’s Cathedral, London