States Visited

Over the years I have found that there are some things that I like to collect, one being the number of states and placed I have visited.  A few years back I sat down with a map and reflected on all of the places I have been and came up with a list of states, countries and airports that I have visited.  I was surprised that it was longer than I thought it would be initially.  I guess that means I have traveled more than I had thought when I first came up with the idea of making a list. Below is my table of states visited:

State Visited	State Only been to the Airport	States Haven't Visited	Upcoming Visits
Alaska	Texas	Alabama	Alabama
Arizona		Arkansas	Arkansas
California		Kansas	Tennessee
Colorado		North Carolina
Connecticut		Oklahoma
Delaware		Oregon
Florida		South Carolina
Georgia		Tennessee
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Dakota
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Utah
Virginia
Vermont
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

41 states visited

14 countries visited

63 airports

This fall I will be road tripping to graduation ceremony in Orange Beach, Alabama and will be going to three more states (Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee).  It should be great trip!

Graniteman Triathlon

On This past Sunday I completed the Graniteman Big Lake sprint triathlon.  This is my fourth year for the event and it is my favorite triathlon.  Thankfully, this year I was able to train more and I felt much better on the bike and run.  This resulted in a two minute increase from last.  The sample packet of http://www.hylandslegcramps.com/ worked great as well.  They worked immediately when I started to feel my leg tightening up.

Completed my last class

This morning I finished my last assignment and submitted it one day before the class officially was set to end.  This was my last class for my MBA.  What a relief to be done after three and a half years of taking classes at Columbia Southern.  I can only imagine what I will do with my free time.  Here is a picture I took the other day as I was working in my paper.  

Fall colors

This year it has taken a while for the leaves to change but they are really popping now.  The other day at Como Lake there were some great bright red maples.  There was one that was so bright we decided to take our picture in front of it. 

Costa Rica

The Costa Rican weather really helping us thaw out.    Everyday has been fantastic, 93F with a 15 mph breeze off the ocean.  The water is great and we have really improved our surfing ability.  

We have loved our hotel, Hotel Diria.  The highlight of each day is watching the sunset from our patio.  

January 2nd

Sue had the day day off i unfortunately had to work.  One good thing was no traffic on the roads.  Sue did some house cleaning.  Look how organized our kitchen drawer is now.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!  2015 promises to be a good one.  

Today was a relaxing day and now we are enjoying a nice fire.