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Old Dec 26, 2025 | 4:02 pm
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lamphs
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15 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 2,992
75,495 miles
Total Countries: 20 (in some cases territories)
Total US States (spent significant time): DMV, OH, NM, AZ, CA, CO, AK, DE
Total Flights: 44
Total Air Miles: 75,495 miles
Shortest Flight: SPN-TIQ – 11 miles
Longest Flight: JFK-HND – 6,772 miles

Other Notes: ferry Portsmouth-Caen; drive through much of Normandy; Eurostar Paris-London; train Vientiane <->Luang Prabang; drive US Rt. 66 Albuquerque-San Bernadino (US Rt. 66 is basically non-existent from San Bernadino to Santa Monica); Alaska Railroad between Fairbanks and Anchorage with 3 days at Denali National Park); reached 100 countries (98 UN + 2) after finishing Estonia, Latvia, and Vilnius via a driving trip; Manchester/Glasgow/Edinburgh at Christmas time via train

New Countries/Territories (10): Japan, Taiwan, Saipan, Tinian, Guam, Palau, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Scotland (I count when spending at least 48 hours and/or doing something significant like Tinian; I don't count countries that I had a layover)
New US States: AK (the 49th state is my 49th state – not specifically planned that way)
New Airports (12): TPE, VTE, SPN, TIQ, GUM, ROR, ABQ, FAI, ANC, TLL, MAN, EDI
New Airlines (1): Star Marians (S2)

Airline highlights: NH JFK-HND J in the ‘Room’ ; LH PEK-MUC Allegris J (with an inadvertent upgrade to a ‘suite’); ET OSL-ARN J with just time for a drink – the FA insisted that she provide some service to me as dinner wasn’t starting until the ARN-ADD leg); S2 in a Piper Cherokee; LX ZRH-IAD J – while the in air service was not great, the ZRH SEN E lounge with the whiskey bar was a good experience

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