{"id":332,"date":"2018-08-24T22:01:34","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T22:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.carleton.edu\/mbaylor\/?page_id=332"},"modified":"2025-12-20T20:57:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T01:57:43","slug":"travel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mbaylor.people.sites.carleton.edu\/index.php\/travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My dad was a long distance bus driver when I was growing up. He is also a professional photographer. So as a kid, I got to see amazing pictures of the places he got to see. I admire the fact that he has been to 46 of the 50 United States. He’s still missing Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Hawaii. (Update: As of 2022, dad has added Washington and Oregon, so he is up to 48!) . Since my family didn’t have much money, we didn’t travel too far from home — mostly up and down the east coast. We went as far North as Toronto and as far south as Florida. That was cool, but I was determined to see the world when I got a chance! My dad is jealous that I have spent time in Washington, Oregon, and Alaska, but I still have a long way to go to catch up to him. Below are pics from a couple of the places I have been as well as a list of states and countries I have been to. (You can hover over the images to see the location!) Let me clarify. When I say I have been to a place, it means I spent some time engaging with the state — not just driven through and stopped at a restaurant. I went to a museum or a park. I took a tour of a city or spent some time with a friend in their home town, etc. Something more substantial than just looking at it through the window of a car or making a pit stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Arthur's
Arthur’s Seat, Scotland, Summer 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Tennessee
Tennessee Road Trip, Summer 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Badlands,
Badlands, South Dakota, Summer 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

States<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Alaska (Rafting)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Arizona<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Arkansas<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. California<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Colorado (Lived in)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Delaware<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Florida<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Georgia (Rafting)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Idaho (Rafting)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Illinois<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. Indiana (Watched the 2024 eclipse!)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. Iowa<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. Kansas<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. Louisiana<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. Maine (Rafting)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  16. Maryland (From, Rafting)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  17. Massachusetts<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  18. Michigan<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  19. Minnesota (Currently living in)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  20. Missouri<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  21. Montana (Rafting)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  22. Nebraska<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  23. Nevada<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  24. New Hampshire<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  25. New York<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  26. North Carolina<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  27. North Dakota<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  28. Ohio (Lived In)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  29. Oregon (Rafting)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  30. Pennsylvania (Rafting)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  31. Tennessee (Rafting)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  32. Texas<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  33. South Carolina<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  34. South Dakota<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  35. Utah<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  36. Virginia<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  37. Washington (Summer Research)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  38. Washington, DC <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  39. West Virginia (Rafting)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  40. Wisconsin<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  41. Wyoming<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Countries<\/h3>\n\n\n\n