Do you have a favorite place you have visited? Where is it?

This is a tough one to answer because I like several places for specific reasons/qualities that are mostly unique to them.

Washington State is where my mom’s side of the family is from, and before she passed away when I was a kid we used to go visit about once a year. I fell out of touch with that side of the family, so I haven’t been back, but I always enjoyed that Pacific Northwest atmosphere.

Going to the opposite corner of the country, Florida is where my dad’s parents lived. I only recall going to visit them once, though. Again, as a kid before mom passed. So, while I enjoyed some places there as well, it has been over 20 years since I’ve visited either state.

I’ve visited Kansas City a couple times because my sister used to live there, and out of the couple of places we went to there I think the coolest place was this antique store in an old warehouse.

San Diego was fun, and although I didn’t do a lot of exploring because I was there for TwitchCon, the Gaslamp Quarter at night was interesting to walk through.

So, outside of those limited experiences, growing up in Colorado for about half my life and living in South Dakota the other half (so far) has afforded me plenty of opportunities to explore and visit different places, but I don’t know that I could call any a favorite. I feel like for me to do that would mean that I like visiting that place enough to go back multiple times of my own accord, and it would also feel like a cop out if I just said ‘Colorado’ or ‘South Dakota’ because there’s so much to do and see in each.

Since I didn’t have much choice in the matter of the places I visited as a kid, and I haven’t done much vacation traveling as an adult, because I don’t take much time off, I guess this means I need to make time to go visit more places and possibly find one I enjoy enough to go to multiple times.