tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104141554191672231.post5584007224321448873..comments2023-04-16T04:16:49.668-04:00Comments on Maiden Aunt: The Friday Five: Virtual TravelKate Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03555660993363611776noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104141554191672231.post-40214353585497221802009-04-01T23:59:00.000-04:002009-04-01T23:59:00.000-04:00Dave--aw, I knew it was you! It's true; I am so f...Dave--aw, I knew it was you! It's true; I am so far east that I do need to go west. :)<BR/><BR/>'Fly--you are totally geeking out with the Google maps there! You're right that east and west don't work as well with NJ ("rump"--hahahaha). Of course, I use only three directions for it: "North Jersey," "the Shore," and "over the bridge."<BR/><BR/>Cullen--three years in another country, wow. And one that's very different from the U.S. I couldn't imagine that!Kate Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03555660993363611776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104141554191672231.post-86285767327460030582009-04-01T19:04:00.000-04:002009-04-01T19:04:00.000-04:00I'd go back to Japan in a heartbeat. I was station...I'd go back to Japan in a heartbeat. I was stationed on Okinawa for three years ('95-'98). LUH-UH-UHved it.Cullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11668947039713922916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104141554191672231.post-8365163972256152592009-04-01T11:53:00.000-04:002009-04-01T11:53:00.000-04:001 & 2 - Farthest from home: the same answer - ...<B>1 & 2 - Farthest from home:</B> the same answer - Paradise Island, the Bahamas, for my honeymoon. It is just about 1,067 miles as the crow flies. (Or, 341,425 rods; 8535 2/5 furlongs; or 34,341 Olympic swimming pools. That should take Mike Phelps about twenty-seven minutes.)<BR/><BR/>Why yes, I have been geeking out with Google Maps. Entirely unrelated!<BR/><BR/><B>3 - Farthest west in my own country:</B> trick question! I've been to Cleveland but the correct answer is Tampa, Florida, by less than one degree of longitude. (82° 27' 31" W vs. 81° 40' 11" W.) Well, I guess technically that makes it a "trick answer" because the question was really straightforward.<BR/><BR/><B>4 - Farthest south in my own country:</B> Miami, Florida.<BR/><BR/><B>5 - Farthest west in my own state:</B> New Jersey is more of a North/South state, so this is tricky. Trenton is actually half-way between the farthest points east and west, and Salem County (the "rump" of New Jersey) is the utter West of the state. I would guess that the one time I was in Camden would be correct, unless my visit to the Delaware Water Gap took me into the tip of Warren County.nightflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04666773766092187348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104141554191672231.post-61401691121379601902009-03-31T16:09:00.000-04:002009-03-31T16:09:00.000-04:00Ooops, that was me before. I was just teasing abou...Ooops, that was me before. I was just teasing about the "Go West". I'm the last person to rag on anyone about travel. I would like to see all of the states at some point, but it's not a life goal or anything like that.Dave E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07432598467203071394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104141554191672231.post-80686885771857026912009-03-30T23:19:00.000-04:002009-03-30T23:19:00.000-04:00Dave--well, I never really had a reason to go west...Dave--well, I never really had a reason to go west before! And it costs more to get out there and back, so. . . it just hasn't happened. Yet. I know a few more people out there so it's becoming more attractive. So do you have a goal of seeing every state?<BR/><BR/>Cullen--look at all those countries! Would you want to go back to visit any of them again?Kate Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03555660993363611776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104141554191672231.post-1472407069418710482009-03-30T16:55:00.000-04:002009-03-30T16:55:00.000-04:001. The farthest away I've ever been from home? Eit...<B>1. The farthest away I've ever been from home?</B> Either Japan or Afghanistan, I'm too lazy to Google at the moment.<BR/><BR/><B>2. Foreign countries I've visited:</B> Does a layover count? I'll say no and just count the one's I spent time in intentionally. Mexico, Canada, Japan, Australia, Taiwan, Philippines, Korea, Turkey, Germany, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan<BR/><BR/><B>3. Farthest west I've been in my home country:</B> Seattle, I imagine. I can't remember if I had a layover in Hawaii or not so I'll stick with that.<BR/><BR/><B>4. Farthest south I've been in my home country:</B> Key West<BR/><BR/>5. Farthest west I've been in my home state: Home as in where I was born or where I live now? If now, well, I live in Memphis and you don't get any further west in this state. I was born in Louisiana and I've driven through the state at all points north, south, east and west.Cullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11668947039713922916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104141554191672231.post-56446778382342482792009-03-30T15:25:00.000-04:002009-03-30T15:25:00.000-04:00Never been west of Ohio? I say, "Go West, young wo...Never been west of Ohio? I say, "Go West, young woman". There are a couple of states in the northeast/northwest that I haven't been to, but that's it. I love traveling this country and will take any opportunity to do so by car that I can get. International is a different story for me. It's kind of sad to say, but Canada is my only foreign travel. I'll have to change that someday.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808277732295798481noreply@blogger.com