Where I’ve Been/Where I Wish to Go

I discovered this really cool, yet potentially dangerous to my focus, tool on Google Drive the other day. You can create a “My Maps” and put pins in places and do all sorts of color coding and cool things.

I started playing around with it and decided to make note of all the places I have traveled (using green pins); I’m guessing I’ve missed some, but I think I got most of them in there. I only counted places I’ve actually spent time in, not including driving or flying through when I just saw the airport.

Once I did that I started the monumental task of putting red colored pins in the places that I wish to one day travel to. Now this I’m sure I’ve missed some of, but I tried to cover as large of a portion of them as I could. There are so many things that I hope to one day see – the red pins mark the places that would be entirely new to me, but I also want to note that of the places I have been there are many things that I have yet to experience that I would also one day like to.

My big picture travel bucket list includes going to every continent (yes, including Antarctica) and all 50 US States. So far I’m at 3 continents and 19 US States, so not a bad start, but definitely a lot left to get to.

Combined with this and my love for color coding one day I may even prioritize these pins for where I want to get to most all the way down to if I do great, but if not I’d be the least upset.

On this note I’ll probably get started on some of my travel posts soon – I have a backlog of stories and photos from my trips to San Francisco, Vegas, Phoenix, and Quito at a minimum that I’d love to share.

I'm always itching for new adventures and am a shutter bug, so I look forward to what other places I can explore in the future!

Until then - TTFN