• La Pine, Central Oregon – very scenic and close to many nature attractions
  • Cedarville, Northeast California – high elevation with wonderful stargazing
  • Cold Springs Station, Central Nevada – loneliest historic US Highway 50, stopping point for the long drive
  • Pahrump, Southwest Nevada – stopping point and gateway to Death Valley National Park and shelter from the desert heat and winds
  • St. George, Southwest Utah – gateway to Zion National Park
  • Circleville, Central Utah – a stopping point
  • Bryce Canyon City, Central Utah – gateway to Bryce National Park
  • Richfield, Central Utah – a scenic stopping point
  • Torrey, Central Utah – gateway to Capitol Reef National Park
  • Moab, Eastern Utah – gateway to Canyonlands and Arches National Park
  • Draper, Northern Utah – a stopping point suburb of Salt Lake City to fly out from for my high school reunion
  • Chicago and Elk Grove Village, Illinois – renewed my passport and visited a dear friend and his religious community
  • Hicksville and Antwerp, Northwestern Ohio – visited my exchange student days family and attended my high school reunion
  • Middlebury, Northern Indiana – visited the RV Museum and toured the assembly line at Coachmen RV, manufacturer of my motor home
  • Hailey and Sun Valley, South Central Idaho – I had dreamed of visiting this place since my teens!
  • Idaho Falls, Southeast Idaho – visited my daughter-in-law’s parents and a major stopping point for repairs, maintenance, and enhancements
  • Arco, Southeast Idaho – gateway to Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho National (Nuclear) Laboratories, and others
  • Rigby, Southeast Idaho – where television was invented, and a springboard to area attractions like the Idaho Potato Museum and western Yellowstone National Park, which just reopened after the flooding
  • Boulder, Southwest Wyoming – a scenic stopping point with the Mountain Man Museum
  • Jackson Hole, Southwest Wyoming – gateway to Grand Tetons National Park and southern Yellowstone National Park
  • Lander and Rawlins, South Central Wyoming – scenic stopping points and met a Filipino priest from my island
  • Nunn, Northern Colorado – stayed at an alpaca farm
  • Arvada and Denver, Central Colorado – visited friends from my student days and my cousin
  • Monument and Colorado Springs, Southern Colorado – stopping points and area attractions like Pike’s Peak, Cliff Dwellings, and Garden of the Gods
  • Loveland and Fort Collins, Northern Colorado – gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park
  • North Platte, Western Nebraska – a stopping point with many railroad attractions
  • Ashland, Eastern Nebraska – a stopping point and the Holy Family Shrine
  • Oelwein, Eastern Iowa – a stopping point with a lake and attractions en route
  • Ellendale, Southern Minnesota – a stopping point with a lake and proximity to the Spam Museum and St John Baptiste de la Salle Parish
  • Farmington, Southern Minnesota – visited my classmates from elementary and kindergarten
  • Ham Lake, East Central Minnesota – visited my mother, sister, and her family
  • Montclair, New Jersey – attended my cousin’s wedding and reunion with my mother’s side family
  • New York City, New York – attended Los Angeles Philharmonic concert at Carnegie Hall, mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, visited my supplier B&H Photo Video, and my cousin
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