Hello! My name is Patrick Allen. This website contains some information about me and links to some of my favorite web sites. Please stay awhile and look around. I hope you enjoy your visit!

I am currently a Transportation Engineer for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) in the Lansing, Michigan area. We moved back to Michigan a few years ago from California. We moved back to be closer to our families, which is nice, but I sure miss California!

Prior to living in California, I attended Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. I was at MSU from 1987 to 1991 and I earned a BS in Civil Engineering (Go Spartans!). My wife and I met at Michigan State when we both lived in Holden Hall.

I grew up in Spring Lake, Michigan (Where Nature Smiles for Seven Miles). Spring Lake is just a few miles from Lake Michigan. This area of Michigan is famous for sandy beaches, water sports, sand dunes and The Grand Haven Musical Fountain. It was a pretty nice place to grow up.

My wife and I love to travel. As of July 2003, we have been to all 50 States! Our last state was Alaska, and it was very beautiful. During our travels, we have visited quite a few National Parks including Yosemite (our favorite), Bryce Canyon, Arches, Pictured Rocks, Badlands, Mount Rushmore, Zion, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, and many others.

I am a member of the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), "Protecting Parks for Future Generations." Among other things, the NPCA home page contains information on political activity related to the National Park System so people can act on behalf of the parks.

I also support several other organizations including the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, the The Trust for Public Land, the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the National Park Foundation, the Smithsonian Institution and Population Connection (formerly Zero Population Growth).

Being from Michigan, my favorite professional sports team in the whole world is the Detroit Red Wings (of course). Go Wings!!!

Hey, before you go:

• Take a look at my daughter Annabel's page and my son Alex's page.
• Here is a picture of me with my mom and a few other cool pictures.
• Here is another Patrick Allen and another Patrick Allen and another Patrick Allen (the pro bowler!).
• Here are the websites that grabbed patallen.com and patrickallen.com before I could register them.
• Take a look at the weather forecast.
• Check your Michigan Lottery numbers while you are here.
• Find out everything you ever wanted to know about Michigan Highways.
• Track where your money goes at Where's George?.
• Want a reason to get outside and visit some beautiful parks? Check out Geocaching.com. It is very fun and we love it.
• Do you suspect that a story or an email is a hoax or a urban legend? Find out at Snopes.
• Join us in supporting public television. Our local PBS station is WKAR at Michigan State University.
• To see what the human population of the planet is right now, take a look at the World POPClock.

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Last modified on January 12, 2009