Sunday, January 4, 2015

My 2014 Travel Report Card

2014 was a really tremendous travel year for me. I owe a lot of that, of course, to the new job that I began in February. I was able to travel somewhere in every month of the year, which I certainly didn't anticipate happening last New Year's.  This post is a report card of my Year in Travel. I write this mainly to document where I went in 2014, but I also hope that any that read this will enjoy a refresher on where I went over the past year.

If you have any cool ideas on places I should visit in 2015, please let me know! I'm pretty much down for anywhere not named Syria, Iraq, Iran, or North Korea. Here's hoping to an equally blessed and incredible 2015 Travel Year!

Countries Visited -- 6: United States, Canada, Spain*, France*, Dutch Antilles*, South Korea*
States/Territories Visited -- 17: AK, HI, WA, OR, CA, AZ, ID, UT, CO, NM, TX, GA, NC, NY, MA, Guam, Puerto Rico*
Airlines Flown -- 8: Alaska, Delta, United, US Airways*, Hawaiian*, JetBlue*, Air France*, Korean Air*
Airports Visited -- 25
* = new

My 2014 Worldwide Travel Map
My 2014 USA Travel Map

A month-by-month summary of my travels (not including trips to UT, of which there were many):
JANUARY
Rexburg, ID: Family road-trip to see the BYU-Idaho campus
FEBRUARY
Atlanta, GA: Day-trip (SLC-ATL)
Seattle, WA: A road-trip to move my stuff from SLC to Seattle
MARCH
Los Angeles, CA: 1st Real Salt Lake game of the season, Cafe Rio on my birthday (SEA-LAX)
San Francisco, CA: Quick day-trip, China Town, Ghirardelli, very rainy (SEA-SFO)
APRIL
Vancouver, BC, Canada: Road-trip with my dad and brother, Sea-to-Sky highway, Malay food
MAY
Sitka, AK: Day-trip, incredible views (SEA-JNU-SIT)
JUNE
Europe Trip: Madrid, Barcelona, and Paris (SLC-JFK-MAD, BCN-CDG, CDG-SEA)
JULY
Albuquerque, NM: Flight to ABQ, July 4th w/ family, road-trip w/ aunt to SLC (SEA-DEN-ABQ)
Caribbean Trip: Visit friend on St Maarten, explore PR (SEA-CLT-SXM, SXM-SJU, SJU-BOS-SEA)
AUGUST
Kauai, HI: Trip to HI w/ my brother for his 50th state (SEA-LIH)
Portland, OR: Work trip (SEA-PDX)
SEPTEMBER
Austin, TX: BYU vs Texas football game in Austin, see Cowboys stadium in Dallas (SEA-DFW)
OCTOBER
San Diego, CA: Day-trip to get In-N-Out for lunch (SEA-SAN)
Phoenix, AZ: Weekend with my dad on his business trip (SEA-PHX)
NOVEMBER
Pacific Trip: Guam and Seoul (SEA-HNL-GUM, GUM-ICN, ICN-SEA)
DECEMBER
San Diego, CA: Day-trip with dad and siblings to get away (SLC-SAN)