The Year in Cities: 2023

OK so normally with this I do a nice little five-by-five grid of cool photos from cities I visited in the past year. And I did do that! 

Top Row: Taking off for Greece on Condor Airlines | Washington Monument, Washington, DC | USATF Masters 12K National Championship, Sandy Hook, NJ | Harley Davidson Bar, Milwaukee, WI | Moran Face/Washakie Glade, Jackson Hole, WY. Second Row: Chicago Waterfront, Chicago, IL | Persian Gulf Dinner Cruise, UAE | Venetian Harbor, Xania, Crete | Choiropoiito Restaurant, Patras, Greece | Atlantis The Palm Hotel, The Point, Dubai, UAE. Third Row: L’Ecole Winemaker Dinner, Walla Walla, WA | Palisades Tahoe, Olympic Valley, CA | Pacific Electric Trail, Rancho Cucamonga, CA | Nafplio Old Town from the Fortress of Palamidi, Nafplio, Greece | USATF Masters 10K National Championship, Milford, CT.  Fourth Row: Venetian Harbor, Xania, Crete | L’Aventure Winery, Paso Robles, CA | Maluaka Beach, Wailea-Makena, Maui, HI | Kalama Park, Kihei, HI | The Parthenon, Athens, Greece. Fifth Row: Al Khayma Camp, Arabian Desert, UAE | Falasarna Beach, Crete, Greece | Burj Khalifa, Dubai, UAE | Samaria Gorge National Park, Sfakia, Crete, Greece | Lake Arlington, Arlington, TX 

But after I finished picking out and editing all the photos, I kind of thought, "You know what? I have iMovie. I know where to find free stock music. What if I stuck all these little guys in a movie file." And so I did:

The Year in Cities: 2022

It's been a minute since we've had a proper Year in Cities, amirite? But boy 2022 has been a DOOZY on the Road Warrioring front! Please enjoy this small subset of travel photos from the year:

Top Row: Golden Gate Bridge from the Marin Headlands Lookout | Facultad de Educación, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain | Robert's Western World, Nashville, TN | Big Ben, Westminster, London, UK | Feast of St. Anthony, Lisbon, Portugal. Second Row: Quinta do Noval, Duoro Superiore, Portugal | McWay Falls Overlook, Big Sur, CA | Feast of St. Anthony, Lisbon, Portugal | Ayuntamiento de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain | El Templo de Debod, Madrid, Spain. Third Row: Cooking lesson at Quinta da Pacheca, Lamego, Portugal | Rosaleda del Parque del Oeste, Madrid, Spain | L'Aventure Winery, Paso Robles, CA | USATF Masters 10 Mile National Championships, Sacramento, CA | Spokane, WA. Fourth Row: Paseo de la Explanada, Alicante, Spain | War Memorial Gardens, Oxford, UK | Partington Cove, Big Sur, CA | The Yeatman Hotel, Porto, Portugal | Downtown Los Angeles, CA. Fifth Row: Graham's Port Lodge, Porto, Portugal | Olympic Valley, Lake Tahoe, CA | Baiona, Galicia, Spain | Monastery San Vicento do Lemos, Monforte de Lemos, Spain | United Polaris, somewhere over the Atlantic

The Year In Cities: 2019

Drumrolllll please -- Apparently I spent 94 nights on the road this year in 29 cities (or National Parks) and three countries:

San Francisco, CA* (271 nights, apparently)

Ensenada, Mexico (4 nights)

San Diego, CA* (5 nights)

New York, NY* (4 nights)

Cypress, CA (2 nights)

Whistler, Canada (7 nights)

Corona, CA* (8 nights)

Pasadena, CA (3 nights)

Paso Robles, CA* (4 nights)

Seattle, WA (2 nights)

Tahoe, CA (6 nights)

Ontario, CA* (4 nights)

Campbell, CA (1 night)

Ft. Worth, TX (4 nights)

Portland, OR* (4 nights)

Weatherford, TX* (3 nights)

Las Vegas, NV* (2 nights)

Valley of Fire, NV (1 night)

Zion Canyon, UT (2 nights)

Bryce Canyon, UT (2 nights)

Page, UT (1 night)

Monument Valley, UT (2 nights)

Holbrook, AZ (1 night)

Sedona, AZ (2 nights)

Grand Canyon, AZ (2 nights)

St. Louis, MO (4 nights)

Spokane, WA (5 nights)

Dallas, TX (2 night)

Arlington, TX (7 nights)

There's no way I could include pictures of everywhere without making them too small to see (and to be honest not all are truly worthy) so please enjoy this small sampling. To more celebrations and adventures in 2020!

(All are places I slept at least 1 night in 2019; a * denotes multiple non-consecutive nights.)

2017: The Year in Cities

Kimra does this every year, so I figured hey! Why not! No international travel this year, but a HECK of a lot of schlepping around California. All in all 66 nights spent on the road for one reason or another & 299 in my own (sort of) bed.

San Francisco, CA* (299 nights, apparently)

Chino, CA (1 night)

Sacramento, CA* (2 nights)

Fort Worth, TX (3 nights)

Paso Robles, CA* (4 nights)

Irvine, CA (2 nights)

Tahoe City, CA* (6 nights)

San Antonio, TX (5 nights)

Cypress, CA (1 night)

Volcanoes, HI (3 nights)

Kona, HI (4 nights)

Honolulu, HI (3 nights)

Riverside, CA* (6 nights)

Shasta, CA (1 night)

Concord, CA (1 night)

San Jose, CA (1 night)

Palm Springs, CA (2 nights)

Tracy, CA* (4 nights)

Arlington, TX (6 nights)

Spokane, WA (8 nights)

Bodega Bay, CA (3 nights)

All listed cities are those in which I spent at least one night between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2017, with * denoting those cities in which I spent multiple non-consecutive nights.