While I have many hobbies and interests, one of my biggest is transportation history. I author and maintain three websites with complete details on the highway systems of three Great Lakes area states/provinces. Jump to them directly:
At the " end of the trail " at scenic Black Lake , deep within Rocky Mountain National Park , Colorado, September 2010. (Yes, that's a trail map in my back pocket...)
Otherwise, I thoroughly enjoy the cartographic arts. Anyone who knows me knows my love of maps and all things geographic-, cartographic- and transportation-related. While my wife, Linda, has always been more than tolerant of my hobby, my daughter, Rachael, ripped the first one of her daddy's maps when she was just over a year old. I found out quickly that I needed to make sure my maps were out of her reach... but only until she started showing she shared her father's interests in them! By the time she enter