Places I've been in North and Central America

Click on the links below (or the map) to see my impressions and advice.

Places I've lived

(Of course, I'm very familiar with these broad areas, not just the exact place I lived)

Silver Spring, Maryland and other places nearby (1966-1982)

D.C., Baltimore, Annapolis, Chesapeake Bay, etc.

Oberlin, Ohio; college (1982-1986)

Cleveland, Columbus

Lexington, Kentucky; grad school (1986-1992)

Red River Gorge, Louisville

Berkeley, California (1992-present)

San Francisco, Yosemite, Mendocino, Napa, Tahoe

Major vacations in North/Central America:

Hawaiian Islands (1994, 95, 96, and 99)

Costa Rica (1997)

Vancouver Island, British Columbia (1996)

San Juan Islands, Washington (1995)

Southern Baja California, Mexico, for a solar eclipse (1991)

Outer Banks, North Carolina (1989, 90)

Short visits:

Seattle, Washington; Vancouver, British Columbia; Chicago, Illinois; Boulder, Colorado; Salt Lake City, Utah; Montreal, Quebec; Boston, Massacusetts; New York, New York; North Haven, Maine.