Wow. What a year 2006 has turned out to be. So many noteworthy things happened. I drove to three of the four corners of the United States: Florida, Washington-Alaska and Connecticut. For the first time, I entered a different country: Canada. And finally, I visited every state a person can drive to. For me, these were significant milestones.

By the end of the year, I found I had reached the 100,000 mile mark in my three and one-half years as a real estate photographer. With the help of a new GPS navigation unit by Garmin, my lengthy excursions across the USA and Canada became relatively worry-free.

Kansas - Missouri - Iowa - Illinois 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - Missouri 2 - Kansas 2 (OP Fire) - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 (Gordon Parks) - 8 - 9 - Missouri 3 (St. Patricks) - 4 - 5

Photo Trip 21 -- (6331 mi.) -- Iowa 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - Illinois 8 - Tennessee 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - Kentucky 8 - 9 - 10 - Missouri 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - Oklahoma - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - Texas - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - Arkansas - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - Missouri 12 - 13 - 14

Oklahoma 7 - 8 - Texas 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - Kansas 10 - 11 - 12 - 13

Photo Trip 22 -- (11479 mi.) -- People I Met ---- Highlights - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - Missouri 15 ---- Michigan - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - Minnesota - 2 - Manitoba - Saskatchewan - Alberta - British Columbia - 2 - Yukon - 2 - 3 - 4 - Alaska - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7- 8 - 9 - Yukon 2 - British Columbia 2 - 3 - Washington - 2 - 3 - Oregon - California - Nevada - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - California 2 - 3 - Nevada 8 - 9 - Utah - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - Colorado - 2 - Kansas 14

Photo Trip 23A -- (1212 mi.) -- Minnesota 3

Photo Trip 23B -- (1167 mi.) -- Minnesota 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13

Photo Trip 24 -- (7032 mi.) -- Indiana - Tennessee - North Carolina - Virginia - Maryland - Delaware - New Jersey - New York - Connecticut - Vermont - Connecticut - New York -New Jersey - Pennsylvania

Photo Trip 25 -- (444 mi.) -- Iowa 12