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Travel

Growing up, my family loved to go on long Sunday drives. As a young teenager, these drives did became a boring, until I was of the age to drive....wanting to drive up and down the east coast. Before turning around and head back home, we would end up at some restaurant in some distant town or city. The drives would usually be off the beaten path...rural roads up and down the mountains of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.

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The summers of 1991 and 1992 while touring with The Cavaliers, even though we traveled majorly within the Midwest, we did see a lot of the Country. Whether rehearsing in small towns with huge corn fields, or large metropolitan cities practicing on AstroTurf, some nights we were able to see the cities we were competing in on 'free days'.

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In 1995, while in the Air Force, I had my first taste being out of the Country traveling to Mildenhall England, then on to Riyadh Saudi Arabia. Shortly after getting back to our home, we were then redeployed to the South of France, just outside of Marsaille/Martigues.

It wasn't until 2000 when I really started traveling all over the United States, as well as several locations through-out Europe, South America, and Asia.  From Boston to San Diego, Alaska to Miami, and Montreal Canada to Santa Cruz Bolivia. Once I started working International trips, I have been to London England, Shanghai China, Tokyo Japan, Zurich Switzerland, and Rome Italy.

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In 2008, I went on my first 'Crossing' across the Atlantic Ocean on Cunard's Queen Mary 2. It was such an awesome experience, I couldn't wait to try it again. Sadly, it took me nine years to get back on a ship. Not that I didn't want to, just didn't have anyone to go with until some friends invited me to go on a Holland America Alaskan Cruise in August 2017. I had so much fun, I went on two more cruises, both in the Caribbean; one in November 2017 and the other in February 2018. A few ports were still closed from the multiple Hurricanes from 2017, so we went to different locations. One stop we couldn't 'tender' to port, as the waters were unsafe for passengers to go ashore, we ended up spending a whole day at sea.

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February 2019, went on a 10 day South America cruise with friends. First time on Celebrity cruises. There were a few hiccups with embarkation, drinks, and a few other items, however, the staff on the ship were great! First time in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and we had an awesome day visit in Rio de Janeiro. Our tour guide was tremendous, and I would love to go on another one of our guides tours someday!