distance meme
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Longest distance ever traveled?
Farthest North? - Probably when I drove around central Skye in September 2005. Knott is the most northerly village on that portion of the A850, but I prefer to refer the reader to the village of Flashadder. :-)
Farthest South? - An anchorage off Norman Island, British Virgin Islands in December 2006, where I went snorkeling withshy_kat and redactrice
Farthest East? - Tilbury Fort, Essex, where I attended a 1985 drill session with a UK Napoleonic French reenacting group, my first introduction to close-order drill.
Farthest West? - Portland, Oregon, for a friend's wedding.
Highest Mountain - Seen? Probably Longs Peak, Colorado. Climbed?
Hottest Place - Almost certainly the bloody awful Tidewater, Virginia, where I grew up. I recall summers it went over 100*F multiple times, of course with the added benefit of high humidity (and, when I was a kid, no A/C). Second place would be DC, where I've spent the last 20 years. Given that I *hate* being hot, I've been bloody stupid about where I've lived.
Coldest Place - Not sure, but probably either Fort Drum, NY (where I went to do some work for the Army) or Williamstown, MA (where I spent several winters during college).
Personal Notes: Historic forts (or fortified places) that I've been reenacting at include Fort de l'Île Sainte-Hélène, Montreal, PQ (twice); the stockade of Sainte Marie among the Iroquois, Syracuse, NY; Ft Ticonderoga, NY; Ft Niagara, NY; Ft Pitt, PA; Ft Ligonier, PA; Ft Frederick, MD; Tilbury Fort, Essex (as mentioned above); the Magazine, Williamsburg, VA...can't think of any others right off.
Places I've been kayaking, canoeing, or rowing include Lakes Washining and Washinee, CT; Lake Onota, MA; Grand Lake, CO; Cape Henlopen, DE; Mabou River, Cape Breton Island, NS; Grasmere, Cumbria; Sound of Raasay, Highland.
Places I've been sailing include Mobjack Bay, VA; Hampton Roads, VA; Potomac River, DC; Penobscot Bay, ME; Bahamas; Virgin Islands; Bay St Lawrence; Loch Leven, Loch Linnhe, and the Sound of Mull
skill_grlLongest distance ever traveled?
Farthest North? - Probably when I drove around central Skye in September 2005. Knott is the most northerly village on that portion of the A850, but I prefer to refer the reader to the village of Flashadder. :-)
Farthest South? - An anchorage off Norman Island, British Virgin Islands in December 2006, where I went snorkeling with
shy_kat and redactriceFarthest East? - Tilbury Fort, Essex, where I attended a 1985 drill session with a UK Napoleonic French reenacting group, my first introduction to close-order drill.
Farthest West? - Portland, Oregon, for a friend's wedding.
Highest Mountain - Seen? Probably Longs Peak, Colorado. Climbed?
Hottest Place - Almost certainly the bloody awful Tidewater, Virginia, where I grew up. I recall summers it went over 100*F multiple times, of course with the added benefit of high humidity (and, when I was a kid, no A/C). Second place would be DC, where I've spent the last 20 years. Given that I *hate* being hot, I've been bloody stupid about where I've lived.
Coldest Place - Not sure, but probably either Fort Drum, NY (where I went to do some work for the Army) or Williamstown, MA (where I spent several winters during college).
Personal Notes: Historic forts (or fortified places) that I've been reenacting at include Fort de l'Île Sainte-Hélène, Montreal, PQ (twice); the stockade of Sainte Marie among the Iroquois, Syracuse, NY; Ft Ticonderoga, NY; Ft Niagara, NY; Ft Pitt, PA; Ft Ligonier, PA; Ft Frederick, MD; Tilbury Fort, Essex (as mentioned above); the Magazine, Williamsburg, VA...can't think of any others right off.
Places I've been kayaking, canoeing, or rowing include Lakes Washining and Washinee, CT; Lake Onota, MA; Grand Lake, CO; Cape Henlopen, DE; Mabou River, Cape Breton Island, NS; Grasmere, Cumbria; Sound of Raasay, Highland.
Places I've been sailing include Mobjack Bay, VA; Hampton Roads, VA; Potomac River, DC; Penobscot Bay, ME; Bahamas; Virgin Islands; Bay St Lawrence; Loch Leven, Loch Linnhe, and the Sound of Mull
