Purposes of this trip:
1. Get two campuses visited -- AirForce Academy and University of Denver
2. Visit the new headquarters of Toastmasters International -- they moved in 2017 to Englewood
3. Do my first ever trip that is flying to and from a city in the same day

COLORADO: Denver metro and Air Force Academy just north of Colorado Springs

MISSED VISITING:
--(none)

OBSERVATIONS: Some observations made while traveling in this area:

1. Colorado mountains are possibly the most beautiful ones in the 48 states
2. Colorado drivers tend to go under the speed limit on interstates -- unusual for the country
3. Denver International Airport comes just behind Dulles International as the most difficult to get around in -- all airport terminals should be like Kansas City -- ONE LEVEL!!!
4. The highway system of the Denver metro area is nice plus easy to get around in -- but watch out for their sneaky toll roads which have no toll booths/gates, just cameras that send you a bill in the mail

The Bests:

• Fun to see the new Toastmasters International Headquarters

The Worsts:

• Denver International Airport
• Air Force Academy was a quick visit for two reasons (1) they will not let you in before 9:00 am when the visitor center opens (I was there a bit after 8:00 am), and, (2) due to a football game there the day I was there, I was not able to get the photo of the stadium

The Totals:

• Miles Driven: 148
• Driving: 3 hours in 1 day
• States: 1 -- Colorado (I flew into and out of Denver on the same day, a first for me to do that in any city)
• Major Universities: 2 -- Air Force Academy and the University of Denver
• Pictures Taken: 16 (and deleted 2 of them)
• National Parks: 0 (although I was tempted to go to Rocky Mountain National Park despite having visited there on 1984-09-19)

Remaining to Visit by State
• AL - DONE after visit the college in Livingston plus retake in Tuscaloosa (low priority)
• AK - Want to visit Anchorage, also need to spend a night in a city other than Juneau (so, probably Anchorage)
• AZ - Return as long as friend Diana lives in the state, else DONE
• AR - DONE
• CA - Want to visit the town of Truckee and revisit the town Lassen VOlvanic National Park, remaining colleges are UC-Santa Barbara and Cal Poly Tech
• CO - DONE unless I decide someday to go skiing again there
• CT - Several colleges and a national park
• DE - DONE
• FL - Likely visit friend in Jacksonville, high school classmate in Orlando and cousin in Orlando, still want to take the ferry to Fort Matanzas, college in Pensacola
• GA - DONE
• HI - Need to visit this state #50 for me, Honolulu and Volcanic Park with helicopter ride, also spend a night in Hilo as well as Honolulu
• ID - DONE unless visit Sherry or revisit some national parks missed in the south central part of the state
• IL - DONE unless family history research in Danville and Pecatonica
• IN - Maybe family history research in Ft.Wayne and Logansport plus a couple of campuses in Indianapolis and Ft. Wayne
• IA - DONE unless family history research in various parts of the state
• KS - I live here
• KY - DONE
• LA - Some college campuses to visit, cousins in New Orleans
• ME - College in Orono, re-photograph the capitol, visit the eastern and northern parts of the state
• MD - DONE
• MA - DEFINITELY want to be here again, do much research in Boston, several college towns to visit, couple of Presidential places to visit, and, some historical sites to visit including national park sites
• MI - DONE
• MN - DONE unless decide to visit Isle Royale National Park from Grand Portage
• MS - DONE
• MO - DONE, but I live too close to KCMO to avoid it
• MT - I love the scenery in this state plus want to completely visit Glacier National Park for my third attempt to visit the park
• NE - DONE except visiting the panhandle portion of the state
• NV - DONE but would like to drive across the interstate through Elko and Winnemacca then go south from there through the eastern part of the state
• NH - Some college towns to visit, couple of Presidential places to visit
• NJ - DONE!! Thankfully!!! This is my LEAST FAVORITE state to drive on their interstates -- SCARY!!
• NM - DONE, but Love Albuquerque and maybe visit the Gadsen Purchase area
• NY - Many places yet to visit in this state including several campuses plus p[laces missed in 2015
• NC - DONE except for Wilmington for UNC-Wilmington
• ND - DONE
• OH - Family research in several towns, one cousin in Columbus
• OK - DONE
• OR - DONE!! Thankfully!!!
• PA - Family history research in several towns but glad to be done with Pittsburgh and Philadelphia (although there are a couple of campuses west of Philly to visit)
• RI - Need to spend a night in a town other than Warwick, some college towns to visit
• SC - Need to visit one national park near Columbia and five universities in Charleston-Myrtle Beach
• SD - DONE
• TN - DONE unless return for either family history research or go to a UT game in Knoxville
• TX - Brother lives in this state, some national parks to visit, several college towns to visit
• UT - Some national parks (e.g. Lake Powell area), visit friends in Draper, colleges in Ogden and Orem to visit in Oct.2018
• VT - Some college towns to visit, Presidential place to visit, and, I love this state
• VA - DONE except to visit cousins who live near DC
• WA - Colleges in Seattle area, a friend in Seattle
• WV - Tour some scenic places in the eastern half of the state
• WI - DONE
• WY - DONE except to visit Casper area and a nearby national park