Travel

My wife and I have a goal of taking at least one international trip together every year. We started by going to Montreal and Holland in 2004. In 2005 we went to Fiji, 2006 was Finland, and 2007 was the UK and Croatia.

Last year broke the streak as the economy began its historic nosedive. We went to New York for free, thanks to Twitter, JetBlue, and a friend who lives in Brooklyn. In October we went to Santa Fe to celebrate our 3rd anniversary.

This year we vowed to return to our out-of-country exploits, but damned if the economy didn't just get worse. And worse. Instead we went to Hawaii (thanks to 6 years of hoarding airline miles) and finally to Illinois and Maine. Illinois was a trip to visit my parents and a good friend of mine got married in Maine.

We came close this year. We went to the southwestern-most state in the Union and the northeastern-most. Perhaps next year we will make it beyond our borders. South America and Africa are at the top of our list, but we'll just have to wait and see.

Here are a few more pictures from our most recent excursion.