Cheryl's Travel Page
Introduction
This page documents travel (both real and simulated) that can be displayed via Google Maps (and, if you download the KML files, any application that can read them). The Family Vacation section is under construction.
California 2007
(NEW!) Stu flew to Fresno CA a day or two before I flew to Sacramento CA, then drove down Highway 99 to meet him in Fresno. The linked GPX file shows our travel in California over the next three days (omitting my drive from Sacramento). In the future, I hope to separate the GPX data into daily files. Here's the link as it stands now: California 2007 GPX, and Google visualization: Google.
Spain 2008
Stu & I went to Spain in late July and early August of 2008. I took along a GPS to log our trip. Once we returned home, I converted the GPS logs into a single, large KML file for display here. There were a few "issues," however. The GPS' shortcomings included the frequent loss of signal in cities, due to narrow streets, tall buildings, and the lack of high sensitivity (it's a Garmin eTrex Vista Cx, not the HCx, unfortunately). As a result, there are many missing pieces of our trail while in town. The tracks contain travel by car, on foot, and, in rare cases, on public transportation (in most cases, the GPS was unable to track us on public transit). I have gone through the GPS tracks and removed glaring errors, except for a few where the correction would actually be worse than the error.
Important note: The link below shows each day's travels as violet lines in Google Maps. If you wish to view the tracks in Google Earth, go to the KML directory and right-click/save/open the link for called "Tracks_Spain_All.kml".
- The KML-based map in Google Maps - Descriptions of daily travels follow:
- July 24, 2008: Madrid to Albacete to Totana
- July 25, 2008: Totana to — and around — Lorca (tracks exclude the walks to/from the Lorca Rock Festival)
- July 26, 2008: Around Lorca (tracks exclude the walks to/from the Lorca Rock Festival)
- July 27, 2008: Lorca to Tíscar to Cazorla
- July 28, 2008:Cazorla and "Parque Natural de la Sierra de Cazorla, Segura, y las Villas"
- July 29, 2008: Cazorla to Úbeda to Granada)
- July 30, 2008: Granada, including the latter parts of our tour of The Alhambra
- July 31, 2008: Granada to Salobreña and back (Note: There was road construction along the way, which is why we apparently left the main highway for a while)
- August 1, 2008: Around Granada
- August 2, 2008: Granada to Madrid and around Madrid
Alaska 2009
I joined a coworker in Anchorage near the end of her summer internship there. We traveled together on all days except Aug 10, the day after she departed for Oklahoma. The GPS tracks have only been edited to remove major errors -- a few significant errors in tracking remain. There is also currently no distinction between travel methods: auto, pedestrian, boat, airplane.
As with the Spain KML files, you can similarly access the KML file for this trip here: Alaska 2009 KML directory
- The KML-based map in Google Maps - Descriptions of daily travels follow:
- August 4, 2009: Arrival (just after midnight), AK River Forecast Center, Denali State Park, Talkeetna (NW of Talkeetna are both the westernmost and northernmost points of all my travels at ground level)
- August 5, 2009: AKRFC again, AK Native Heritage Center, Earthquake Park
- August 6, 2009: Anchorage Museum, AK Aviation Heritage Museum
- August 7, 2009: 26-Glacier Cruise (from Whittier into Prince William Sound)
- August 8, 2009: Saturday Market (downtown), AK Aviation Heritage Museum (again), Flattop Mountain (hiking), Kincaid Park, Pt. Woronzof (near end of Runway 32 - Anchorage International Airport)
- August 9, 2009: "Flightseeing" trip (by airplane - Trail Ridge Air) from Lake Hood Airport to west (departed to NW), Pt. Woronzof again, and Anchorage International Airport to drop Lindsay off
- August 10, 2009: AK Botanical Garden (including hiking - E first, then S into forest, then counter-clockwise), Earthquake Park again, Pt. Woronzof again, Lake Hood Airport again, Kincaid Park again, and the foothills of east Anchorage
Family Vacations
(Under construction)
The color scheme is such that red lines are outbound, and green lines are returning home (similar to the standard velocity color scheme for WSR-88D weather radars). The lines alternate light/dark each day.
Flight Simulator
The location of the simulated Learjet is the Oklahoma City Will Rogers World Airport until further notice.
