CHAPTER I. Ohio. Western Pennsylvania. The Northern Panhandle of West Virginia
(What you'll find in Chapter I is most every place ever I've worked — starting in 1993.)
CHAPTER II. Indiana
CHAPTER III. Illinois
CHAPTER IV. Wisconsin
CHAPTER V. Michigan
CHAPTER VI. New York City Metropolitan Area. NJ Transit railway into New York Penn Station
CHAPTER VII. Pennsylvania (Everything in "The Keystone State" not outlined previously as "Western Pennsylvania")
CHAPTER VIII. New Hampshire
CHAPTER IX. Vermont
CHAPTER X. Washington D.C. and the Chesapeake Bay Region
CHAPTER XI. Georgia
CHAPTER XII. Tennessee
CHAPTER XIII. The Carolinas
CHAPTER XIII. Florida
CHAPTER XIV. The Gulf Coast
CHAPTER XIV. Texas
CHAPTER XV. Missouri
Preface: Cleveland to Canada. 51 miles "as the crow flies" — or in a dinghy
ONTARIO, CANADA - CHAPTER I. Niagara Falls
ONTARIO, CANADA - CHAPTER II. Port Dalhousie
ONTARIO, CANADA - CHAPTER III. Saint Catherines
ONTARIO, CANADA - CHAPTER IV. The Welland Canal
ONTARIO, CANADA - CHAPTER V. Niagara-on-the-Lake
ONTARIO, CANADA - CHAPTER VI. Ontario: Toronto
If the town is on the list above, then I've been there.
If the town is not on the list, then I’ve probably never been to that place!
One caveat: I visited the Caribbean in 1996. However, I don't feel as if this would be a sales territory or that I could navigate the island on my own.
I’ve never been to Europe. And I've never been to any large country other than Canada—and by Canada, I mean the Niagara Falls area and Toronto.
Across the Detroit River, I have seen Windsor, Ontario, Canada while standing in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. That being said, I’ve never actually set foot in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
I’ve never been to California. However, I used to talk with "my California peeps” on the telephone almost every day. The three-hour time difference meant waiting for them to wake up and get to work! Plus, I still have two clocks in my home office. Clock one is set to Ohio's Eastern Standard Time. Clock two is set to California's Pacific Time.
Meanwhile, that "Trip to California" is still on my wish list. However, from everything I’ve heard about the cost of living in California, this Midwestern boy had better start "saving his pennies" before taking "That California Trip!"
California could be a nice vacation. However, as a Clevelander, it's probably cheaper to simply return to Toronto, Canada for a vacay. Toronto is short drive from Cleveland. Admittedly, the affordability of that "Trip to Canada" depends upon the exchange rate — which changes like the weather. When I say "exchange rate" I refer to converting our U.S. Dollars into those Canadian Loonies ($1 coin) and Canadian Toonies ($2 coin) up there in Canada.
Depending upon the U.S. to Canada exchange rate, the conversion from the U.S. dollar can be quite favorable for Americans. However, the American must ponder the actual cost of living in big cities within Canada. All of this makes for talking points while sitting around an old wooden table at the Olde Angel Inn as the Redcoats file in from their reinactments.