Traveling in the second half of 2006

In lieu of a real entry tonight, I give you a tentative list of places I'm going this year:

1. Sky Meadows State Park (Va.) for hiking.
2. Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park (Va.) for driving/hiking.
3. Chicago, Ill. (maybe twice?) and Crown Point, Ind. to visit the folks over Thanksgiving. Also: architecture + friends. And food.
4. Bloomington, Ind. to teach an online journalism workshop at the IDS. Probably.
5. Tucson, Ariz. to visit Aly's folks over Christmas. Canyon hiking, too—maybe Sedona?
6. New York City to visit friends and eat good food. Also an excuse to indulge in some photography.
7. Nashville, Tenn. (Vanderbilt?) to present/help organize a student online journalism conference. Maybe.
8. Sumter, S.C. to visit Aly's aunt and uncle. Possibly a daytrip to Charleston?
9. We've also been talking about a trip up to Niagara Falls—it's only an 8-9 hour drive! I'd like to see Adler and Sullivan's Guaranty Building in Buffalo, too. (Jess, there's a couple cool Louis Sullivan buildings in Iowa that you should check out if you get the chance!) I'll most likely write about Sullivan in my next entry; you've been forewarned.

Even though we just got back from our honeymoon about a month ago, I'm already itching to get back on the road. I suppose that's the thing to do, lest the pressure cooker of D.C. drive you nuts.