My Big Trip

* Lots of cute pics below, use icons to navigate to them.

This summer I went on the trip of my life. I am finally back in Florida. It was truly an amazing, experience. I have met some really awesome people, visited some of the most beautiful places on earth, and had a fun time. I went to a lot of new cities as well.

Following is the itenerary that I followed, you can browse through hundreds of pics from each place. All of the thumbnails enlarge to a full size pic.

Click the icon in the table below for pics for a specific day. Also, check out the funky sign gallery.

Date	Log	Pics?
May 21	After a long day of packing and selling off most of my possessions at a yard sale, I left my home in Boca Raton, FL.
May 21-25	Arrived in Gainesville, FL about 3:00 a.m. Monday, and just spent a few days with old friends.
May 25	Departed for Pensacola, stopping off at The Florida Caverns
May 26	Bill bought a new digital camera today and we sat arount the Pool at The Pensacola Grand Hotel taking pics of guys there (and me).
May 26	This is a seperate little section of me in the Outdoor Shower at The Grand.
May 26	Friday night we went to a gathering at David Magee's and a party called Bounce.
May 27	Saturday was the best day at Pensacola Beach.
May 28	Sunday was an okay day at the beach, and we had a nice time hanging out in the Hotel Room.
May 29	We took a lot of neat pics of these Old Bridges in Louisiana.
May 29 -31	New Orleans, LA
June 1	Baton Rouge, LA
June 1	Houston, TX
June 2-3	San Antonio, Texas. Went to The Alamo, Natural Bridge Caverns, Riverwalk, and The Saint.
June 4	Crossed over into New Mexico. Visited Carlsbad Caverns
June 4	Continued on to White Sands National Monument. Spent the night in Las Cruces, NM.
June 5	Westward to some hot springs (clothing optional), and up into the Gila National Forest to observe the Gila Cliff Dwellings.
June 6	North to the National Radio Astronomy Site and then slept over in Albuquerque, NM. We went out to a club called The Albuquerque Mining Company which was pretty kewl.
June 7	Left Albuquerque after sleeping really late, and drove to Shiprock and Four Corners. Four corners is a monument where New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado come together. Arrived at the lodge in Mesa Verde National Park in time for dinner (I had Elk!).
June 8-9	Hung around in Salt Lake City, Utah. Went to the Mormon stuff, they tried to tell us about Jesus and all that. WARNING: there are some semi-nude pics of me here.
June 9	Spending the night in Carson City, NV before arriving in Yosemite Park.
June 10	Yosemite Park, then San Francisco
June 11	San Francisco
June 12	Drove through Santa Cruz on the way to Monterey, and visited The Monterey Aquarium.
June 13	Went Whale Watching in Monterey. We did see some whales, there are a few pics of them here.
June 13-15	San Francisco, nothing at all really exciting happened Used this time to catch up on computer work, paying bills, sleeping, etc.
June 15	Drove up through Napa Valley and checked into a quaint guesthouse called End of Money Road in Oakville. The guesthouse is operated by this nice old lady who studied photography under Ansel Adams. Not really a shitload of pics here.
June 16	Rode on the Wine Train (in the private snooty dome car) through Napa Valley. Bill and family drank a lot of wine, but since I no longer drink, it was grape juice stuff and diet Cokes for me.
June 17	We were scheduled to go on a Hot Air Balloon Trip over Napa Valley, but the fog was too bad so we went in a van to the Central California Valley and went hot air ballooning from there.
June 18	Departed from the guesthouse and went to a town called Calistoga. This is where all of the famous mud baths are as well as a geyser and lots more wineries.
June 19	Bill and I both had a mud bath today before departing for Ft. Bragg. We checked into the most beautiful home I've ever stayed in. Bill's brother Jack arranged for this 5 bedroom house on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean on one side, and Caspar Bay on the other.
June 20	Rode on the Skunk Train through a redwood forest. There are some kind of neat pics of the train and kids playing around on the train.
June 21	Chilling out in Ft. Bragg
June 22	San Francisco
June 22	Marriott, San Francisco
June 24 - July 17	All over San Francisco
July 17	More S.F. Pics
July 17	Redwood National Park
July 18	Mt. Ranier, Washington
July 20-22	Vancouver, BC; Ketchican, AK; and Juneau, AK.
July 23-26	Cruising the Inside Passage, AK
July 27	Denali National Park, AK
July 27	Anchorage, AK
July 28	Vancouver, BC
July 29	Seattle, WA
July 30	This page is dedicated to the finest boy in Seattle, Shohn Cruz.
July 31	Missoula, MT
August 1	Yellowstone NP
August 2	Mt. Rushmore & Devil's Tower
August 3	Minniapolis, MN - sucks so far, look for updates soon
August 4-7	Chicago, IL
August 5	Halsted Market Days in Chicago
August 7	Drove all night long! Stopped off in Indianapolis and Lousiville
Aug. 8-12	Gainesville, FL
August 12	Boca Raton & South Beach, FL
August 13 to 20	Key West, FL
August 21	Return home to Boca Raton, FL!!!

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