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Upcoming travels
Sunday, May 17th, 2009Okay. I lied. I said last week that I probably wouldn’t write another blog post until after June 13th. I’m wrong a lot.
Not that anyone really cares, but I just felt like mentioning some of my upcoming travels for the summer.
Boston: May 21 – 26
I’ll be working out of the Cambridge Google office for a day and then probably wandering aimlessly the rest of the time. I might have mentioned this a few times before, but Boston is by far my favorite U.S. city. In a perfect world I would be living there, working at Google and have my own personal robot butler. Alas, the world is not perfect.
I’m not exactly sure what I’ll be doing in Boston this year, but it most likely include an assortment of the activites listed below:
- Red Sox game(s)
- NCAA lacrosse championship tournament
- Consumption of Dunkin’ Donuts beverages and breakfast sandwiches
- Consumption of delicious foods
- Consumption of delicious beers
- Meeting up with friends
- Meeting up with my older brother
- Meeting new random people
- Wandering aimlessly
- Not checking my email
That’s probably a good list to work from.
San Diego: June 6 – 7
Southwest Airlines was having a one-day half-off sale a few weeks ago. I couldn’t resist a $70 roundtrip flight to a place that I’ve never visited before. I have no idea what I’ll be doing, but that’s fine with me. If you have any suggestions I’d love to hear them.
Syracuse, NY / Fulton, NY: July 1 -7
Central New York may not be the ideal getaway location, but it’s my old stomping ground. I wasn’t planning on being there for a whole week, but I had an award flight voucher from jetBlue and those were the only dates I could use it for around the July 4th weekend. I’ll do whatever it takes to save a few hundred bucks.
I’m really looking forward to it. The whole reason I’m making the trip is because my maternal grandparents are both turning 90 this year and the Irish side of my family has decided to celebrate. There’s no way in hell I’d miss it. My grandfather’s health has also hit some rocky times as of late. So I really want to capitalize on every opportunity I can get to travel home. It’s not easy living 3000 miles away.
As always, visit mikeleotta.com/location to find me anytime.
100,000 miles!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009I already tweeted about this, but I think this accomplishment deserves an entire blog post dedicated to it.
Today, February 17, 2009 my stylin’ 2000 Pontiac Grand Am reached 100,000 miles as I drove past a Yahoo! building in Santa Clara. Here’s the proof:
I think it’s pretty safe to say that this is the greatest accomplishment of my life. Well, this and when my last car reached 100,000 miles.
Now where do I go from here? 200,000 miles?? 300,000 miles??? 88mph back in time???? Do you think the “Service Engine Soon” light would interfere with a flux capacitor?
Two year California anniversary
Monday, January 19th, 2009Tomorrow, January 20th 2009, marks my two year California anniversary. That’s right, exactly two years ago I coasted into California with no money, no place to live, and no clue what I was getting myself into. I started in NY and had driven clear across the country in just under four days, dodging three winter storms in the process.
So what do I have to show for myself two years later? Well, I do have a place to live, but I still don’t have any money. I think I’ve figured out the whole California life style thing, but I’m pretty sure that it’s not really for me. I think I’ve been clear about this in the past.
I’ve been thinking about my cross country drive a lot lately. I recall during the actual drive it was rather boring and I’m pretty sure I recall having many unhealthy conversations with myself, yet I really want to do it again – but in reverse this. I want to take the time to actually see what’s out, talk to a few strangers, and get lost a bit. I want an adventure this time.
This was my route last time:
It was pretty much a straight shot on route 80, except for a short detour to Boulder, CO. I needed to get to California as soon as possible, so I took the most direct route. On the way back I want to try something different. Maybe something like this:
[UPDATE: Just found out that a good friend of mine will be living in Wichita, KS after he returns from serving in Afghanistan. I've adjusted the travel route accordingly. Note to Reid: This means I get to drive through St. Louis and Kansas City now. The BBQ better be good!]
It would be a significantly longer drive (something like 15 23 hours longer), but I would get to drive through a few areas that I’d really like to see. New Mexico has always fascinated me and Nashville, TN has always been a city that I’ve wanted to visit. Other random stops in there (San Diego, Myrtle Beach, Philadelphia, Oklahoma City Wichita, Denver) would be to visit friends and family.
You may also notice that the end point of the above map is Boston. I would really like for Boston to my final destination. Sighhh…maybe someday.
So, who wants to go on a road trip?
