Where you been?

Found these little distractions over at Mushy's place. Couldn't resist stealin' 'em.



Here are the States I've visited, so far as I can figure. There's a lot of cool ones left, fer sure. I'll get there eventually. Kinda looks like a shark, don't it, with big nasty lips?



...And countries I've visited. I'm prouder of this list. I had a LOT of fun fillin' it out. There's still some huge holes, but I've got time to fill 'em. Too bad this thing doesn't count all the coast lines I've seen. That would fill it up quick. I know, it's hard to tell one place from another. Here's a map just showing Europe.



I got my first passport when I was a little nipper, headed over with my family to be stationed in England in 1966. I had to get my second in 1983 so I could take a trip to Europe in the summer of my Junior year in college. I was still usin' that one when I started floating around with the Navy in 1990, teaching History and Government on deployed ships and bein' the biggest, fattest, hairiest tourist bastard in the planet.

It was a great time and it filled up that passport with stamps. When I took a trip to mainland China from Hong Kong in '91 or '92, the border dude's eyes went wide as he flipped through it, lookin' in vain for and empty page to put his stamp on. It was hilarious. I still have that passport, now canceled and replaced with a depressing one that's mostly empty.

Well, maybe I'll get another chance to get around. Who knows.

So, where you been? Go here and see what your map looks like. Have a great week. Cheers.