Age Range: 40-49 | Joined: September 2000
Milton, Florida
"I am a gypsy at heart. Home is where I hang my toothbrush and where the cats have their commode."--Jim Qwilleran from Lillian Jackson Braun's The Cat Who Saw Ghosts.
About Me: I was born and raised in Rhode Island but lived in Idaho for 16 years. During the summer of 2008, my mother and I along with a very old dog and two protesting cats relocated to the Pensacola, Florida area to be near my sister, a Navy wife, whose husband was deployed overseas and will be again in 2010.
I love to travel and explore new places and meet new people when I am not working part-time at Home Depot. I try to make one big trip a year and hope to go to Germany and France next year to celebrate my 25th anniversary of my first trip to Europe in 1985. Since childhood, I have had the travel bug in me, and after seeing 45/50 US States and five trips to Europe since 1985, I am always up for a new adventure.
Writing on Igougo since 2000 has allowed me to share my travel and life's experiences with many friends in an on-line scrapbook of sorts!
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I travel because...
I love to learn about different places, histories, and cultures. I hate spending my days off in front of the TV getting fat stuffing myself with Cheetos, and traveling either on day trips or full-blown vacations allows me to spread my wings and get some exercise in the process. I have come home from many vacations 10 lbs. lighter from all of the walking I do on a trip.
I love to travel to...
I loved traveling to Slovakia, Austria, Germany, France, Norway, and all over the USA, and I would love to travel to Germany to see parts of the former DDR along with Scotland to see where my Scottish ancestors came from. Another dream trip would be to go back to New England, rent a car, and explore all of my childhood haunts in Maine, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and then move on into Quebec to see where the French-Canadian side of the family came from.
I never forget to pack...
a couple of good long books to pass the time on the plane if I am travelling by plane, and I never forget my camera. In fact, I keep my camera in my purse at all times in case I see something travel related on the way to work or errands.
My weirdest travel habit is...
probably keeping my camera in my lap in the car and taking travel related pics at red lights or pulling over spontaneously to get that great shot! Drives Mom nuts when she is in the car with me!
It's my dream to travel to...
Italy, Krakow, Dresden, Copenhagen, Berlin, Alaska, Budapest, Boston, Scotland
When I'm not traveling...
I am spending time with my family or friends, knitting, and satisfying my baseball addiction by watching my beloved Boston Red Sox or other baseball teams on TV. I also love spoiling my cats Zoe and Xena, 10, and my fur nieces Mocha and Dakota, 3. Right now with the help of a few co-workers, we are in the process of knitting and crocheting hats, scarves, and blankets for a dear friend who has been stricken with cancer and is receiving treatment in St. Louis.