Informal poll (spinoff Rushin): Have you traveled outside of North America?

Anytime in the last five years?

Where'd you go?

***Places that don't count: Canada, Hawaii, Mexico, Caribbean.

If you covered the Olympics, feel free to count it.

 

Does Cuba count?

 

England and Wales for bidness in 2001

 

Sure. I was trying to figure out if anyone had gone to Africa, Asia, or Europe in the last five years.

Why the hell would you want to go to Cuba?

 

The last five years have seen little international travel on my part, unfortunately. Only Peru.

 

Paris honeymoon -- November-December 1999. Saw Dijon, Avignon and Lille too. Great time, found very, very few of the French stereotypes to be true.

 

England, France, Spain, the Azores, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Oman, U.A.E., Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

 

France (5x) Spain, England, Switzerland, Holland and Germany within the last 5 years.

France and Switzerland within the last 5 days

 

Well I was totin' my pack along the long dusty Winnemucca road
When along came a semi with a high canvas covered load
If your goin' to Winnemucca, Mack with me you can ride
And so I climbed into the cab and then I setteled down inside
He asked me if I'd seen a road with so much dust and sand
And I said, "Listen! I've traveled every road in this here land!"

I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
Crossed the deserts bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere

I've been to:
Reno
Chicago
Fargo
Minnesota
Buffalo
Toronto
Winslow
Sarasota
Wichita
Tulsa
Ottawa
Oklahoma
Tampa
Panama
Mattawa
LaPaloma
Bangor
Baltimore
Salvador
Amarillo
Tocapillo
Barranquilla
And Padilla

I'm a Killer
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
Crossed the deserts bare, man
I've breatherd the mountain air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere

I've been to:
Boston
Charleston
Dayton
Louisiana
Washington
Houston
Kingston
Texarkana
Monterey
Fairaday
Santa Fe
Tallapoosa
Glen Rock
Black Rock
Little Rock
Oskaloosa
Tennessee
Tennessee
Chicopee
Spirit Lake
Grand Lake
Devil's Lake
Crater Lake

For Pete's Sake
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
Crossed the deserts bare, man
I've breatherd the mountain air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere

I've been to:
Louisville
Nashville
Knoxville
Ombabika
Schefferville
Jacksonville
Waterville
Costa Rock
Pittsfield
Springfield
Bakersfield
Shreveport
Hackensack
Cadillac
Fond du Lac
Davenport
Idaho
Jellico
Argentina
Diamantina
Pasadena
Catalina

See What I Mean
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
Crossed the deserts bare, man
I've breatherd the mountain air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere

I've been to:
Pittsburgh
Parkersburg
Gravelbourg
Colorado
Ellensburg
Rexburg
Vicksburg
Eldorado
Larimore
Adimore
Haverstraw
Chatanika
Shasta
Nebraska
Alaska
Opalacka
Baraboo
Waterloo
Kalamazoo
Kansas City
Sioux City
Cedar City
Dodge City

What A Pity
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
Crossed the deserts bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere

 

Ah, I just saw the "five years" caveat. Cut my list down to zero then. All these places I visited between 1990 and 1998.

 

I've been to:

Mexico
Canada
China
Switzerland
Germany

Yes, Canada and Mexico are North America, but Mexico is rather different. And no, it wasn't a resort.

 

Hank Snow, who wrote "I've Been Everywhere", was Canadian.

Carry on.