“Far Away Places”
(written by Joan Whitney and Alex Kramer)
Far away places with strange sounding names
Far away over the sea
Those far away places with strange sounding names
Are calling, calling me
Goin’ to China, or maybe Siam
I wanna see for myself
Those far away places
I’ve been reading about
In a book that I took from a shelf
I start getting restless whenever I hear
The whistle of a train
I pray for the day I can get underway
And look for those castles in Spain
They call me a dreamer
Well maybe I am
But I know that I’m burning to see
Those for away places with strange sounding names
Calling, calling me
Calling, calling me
- 1938 – Born in Manhattan, New York City, USA
- 1961 – October; enlisted in U S Army
- Ft Dix (Basic), Ft Monmouth (Signal Corp); Redstone Arsenal (Ordnance)
- 1963 – Grafenwoehr, Bavaria, Germany
- Vacation – Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden
- Vacation – Netherlands, Belgium
- 1971 – Grand Canyon – Colorado River float
- 1973 – Grand Canyon – Kaibab Trail, Phantom Ranch, Thunder Falls, Bright Angel Trail backpack
- 1975(?) – Tete Jaune, Mt Robson, Jasper, Canada backpack
- 1980(?) – Denali Service Trip backpack
- 1985(?) – Katmai Natl Park (2X)
- 1990(?) – Vancouver, Alaska Ferry, Alaska RR, Denali, Fairbanks
- 1990(?) – Tinian, Rota, Saipan – USFWS Service Trip – Transect
- 1990(?) – Hawaii Cruise – Fanning Island
- 1990(?) – Palmyra Island (4X)
- 1998 – Rapa Nui, Tahiti (Kamehameha Schools)
- 1999 – Midway Island Bird Count
- 2000+
- 14 ElderHostel – Road Scholar trips
- Virginia
- Southwest Seven parks
- Sedona
- Challenge and Anticipation of Spring – Yellowstone
- Yosemite – kings Canyon
- Costa Rica
- St Kitts, Nevis Service Trip
- St Lawrence river, Quebec, Boston, Acadia Park
- St Johns, Nova Scotia, Labrador, New Brunswick
- New Hampshire, Androscoggin River, Freeport, Me, Boston
- Sequim, New Dungeness Lighthouse, Port Angeles
- Portland, Oregon
- Olympic Natl park
- Vancouver Island
- 2006 – Japan, Thailand, Bhutan
- New Zealand, Milford Track backpack
- Australia, Alice Springs, Uluru
- Banf, Lake Louise
- Rocky Mtn Park backpack
- Mad River Glen, VT
- 2000 – Oberammergau, Germany, Austria, Israel
- 2010 – Turkey, Oberammergau, Germany, Austria
- Iceland
- Cuba, Everglades
- Moosonee, Canada
- Alaska, Nome, Kobuk, Kiana
- Manning Park, BC
- Algonquin Park, ON
- Kiritimati Island, Kiribati
- 2008 – Alaska Cruise, Denali, Fairbanks
- 2018 – Aruba, Curacao, Dominican Republic Cruise
