Any year I get to go on safari is a great year, as that continues to be pretty much my favorite type of trip. I don’t know if I could ever get enough of South or East Africa. But Caribbean beaches are good too, and I did some more relaxing than usual on this year’s travels (if for no other reason than to reintroduce the word “relax” back into my vocabulary, at least). We were again free from travel trouble this year (like last year), and that is yet another reason to celebrate. In 2015, I also acquired a new DSLR which is awesome, picked up a delightful new road bike so I can start triathloning, and joined Instagram.
Instagram is still the most confusing of the three.
So let’s get down to the obligatory stats for 2015, in descending order:
Miles Flown
32086 (wow, lower than I expected but I guess Central America is closer than Asia)
Number of Nights Spent in Hotels/Lodges
33
Number of Flight Legs
26
Number of Missed Work Days
25 (I had a lot of comp time…I took maybe half of these days off work)
Number of Nights Dog Spent in Kennel
18 (sorry Toasty…we’ll do better in 2016)
Airlines Flown
6 (American, British Airways, United, Jet Blue, SafariLink, TACA)
Number of Days Pup Enjoyed with Dogsitter Extraordinaire
5
States Visited (> 2 Days)
5 (Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Florida)
Countries Visited
4 (Costa Rica, Jamaica, Kenya, Peru)
Number of Legs in Business Class
4
Number of Loyalty Statuses Held
3 (by year end: United, Marriott, Starwood)
Number of Times I Traveled Without DH
2
Number of Flight Delays > 1hr
2 (at DCA)
Number of Free Hotel or Flight Upgrades
1 (Hotel)
Number of Barf Bags Used
0 (This, for me, is shocking)
Number of Forced Bag Checks
0
Here’s to an exciting 2016! I’m going back (hopefully) to more routine posting after the holiday season is over. And let’s leave 2015 with some of my favorite memories (not favorite photos–choosing those is way too hard).
