The rest of the stats were pretty interesting once I finally calculated them.  The grand total miles that I traveled by car to attend O.A.R. shows while living in Cincinnati was 12,001 miles!  That’s a lot of time spent in the old Mazda MX-6.  This doesn’t include miles for shows in Cincinnati, just estimated miles to other shows out of the city.  This includes the following cities and times visited:

• Columbus, OH – 11
• Cleveland, OH – 4
• Louisville, KY – 3
• Chicago, IL – 2
• Indianapolis, IN – 2
• Pittsburgh, PA – 2
• Dayton, OH – 1
• Toledo, OH – 1
• Urbana, IL – 1
• Normal, IL – 1
• Nashville, TN – 1
• Charlottesville, VA – 1
• Richmond, VA – 1
• Detroit, MI – 1
• Milwaukee, WI – 1
• Green Bay, WI – 1
• Ames, IA – 1
• Crawfordsville, IN – 1

I never flew for a show while living in Cincy.  This was not true after moving to Kansas City, where I drove to some and also flew to some.  To be more specific, I drove 3,549 miles and flew 15,632 miles, for a total of 19,181 miles while in KC.  This included the following cities driven to:

• St. Louis, MO – 2
• Cincinnati, OH – 2
• Columbia, MO – 1
• Lawrence, KS – 1
• Ames, IA – 1
• Columbus, OH – 1

And flown to:

• New York, NY – 3
• Chicago, IL – 2
• Cleveland, OH – 2
• Indianapolis, IN – 1
• East Troy, WI (via Chicago) – 1
• George, WA (via Seattle) – 1

So the trips were already decreasing, but the length increased.  Finally comes miles traveled while living in Denver.  I haven’t traveled much for O.A.R. shows since moving to Denver. I’ve only seen 6 shows in 3 years. Most of these were in Colorado, with only one really outside of the Denver area, in Vail. That was 195 miles roundtrip. With one flight thrown in, the total while living in Denver is only 3,494 miles.  And the grand total is 34,676 miles (15,620 driving and 19,056 flying).  That is a ton of miles!   The nice thing is that all the traveling not only helped introduce me to a large group of friends, it also helped me to see many places in our country that I might not otherwise have visited.