2012 Travel Summary

It’s that time of year again. That time when every blogger on earth summarizes the past year. For travel bloggers it’s a time to see who flew the most, who visited the most countries, and who has the best stories. I spend a bit of time reading a fair amount of travel blogs and it dawned on me that I haven’t written my part yet. So without further interruption…

2012 Travel

2012 Travel Fact Sheet:
Total Flights: 62
Domestic: 52
International: 10
Miles Flown: 81,919
Time Spent in Flight: 22 2hours 20 minutes

2012 Travel in a few phrases:

United 787 Inaugural Flight – I have the photos here and wrote a bit more about it here but I’ll say it again – The inaugural United 787 flight was one of the biggest highlights of the year, if not THE biggest. It was a memorable flight and not only was it an incredible time experiencing a new aircraft but I met a lot of great people including Darren, Summer, Jack, and Chris.
Snowboarding in Vancouver
Visited the oldest pub in London
Attended MDT329
Bought and ate seafood at the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo
May have started a brawl in Las Vegas
Enjoyed a cup of coffee at the original Starbucks in Seattle
Definitely didn’t apply enough suntan lotion in Hawaii
Stumbled across Air Force One
Found an SR-71 Blackbird still leaking oil
Also found one of the space shuttles
Scaled the wall of a castle in Osaka
May have gotten sick from bad chorizo in Madrid
Discovered that Montreal has it made with underground shopping. Winter? What winter?
The Los Angeles Santa Monica boardwalk sells both Botox and Marijuana… right next to each other.