Misc. US in 2013

As a final post for 2013 (it only took me 4 months to catch up - getting better!), here's more US travel. Like 2012 (and 2011), I travel down south for work quite frequently and stumble across interesting things once in a while.   Unlike the prior year, had a chance to go more west (but not quite San Francisco - that's 2014).

Anyway, here's a brief selection from:

Lancaster County, PA - famous for its Amish and Mennonite communities, as well as Hershey!

Chicagoland, IL - downtown and surrounding suburbs - spent time with my mentor after corporate training

Philadelphia, PA - where I gained true appreciation of Ben Franklin, and was underwhelmed by yet another celebrity chef

Martha's Vineyard, Cape Cod and Newport, RI - supremely relaxing road trip with friends

Boston, MA - caught the tail end of the marathon tragedy among many trips here

Annapolis, MD - had 6 hours to burn between a client meeting and flight

Chantilly, VA - same thing

Baltimore, MD - hanging out with a close friend after a client meeting

Denver, CO - finally experienced what my friends were raving about for years - and caught up with an old friend from undergrad

Indianapolis, IN - a frequent work destination, but what was unique was my visit overlapped GenCon - the largest gaming conference in the world(?)