Central & Western Canada, and Alaska 2024: 103-day road trip
Days 1 -6: from Chicago to Manitoba
Days 7-10: Manitoba, Saskatchewan and dinosaurs in Alberta badlands
Days 11-13: Banff National Park
Day 14-17: Yoho National Park & Icefields Pkwy & Banff National Park
Central and Western Canada, and Alaska road trip Summer 2024
Estern Canada road trip days 30-37: New Brunswick and return to Chicago
Estern Canada road trip days 27-29: Prince Edwars Island
Estern Canada road trip days 24-27: Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
Estern Canada road trip days 21-23: South Newfoundland
Estern Canada road trip days 16-20: Gros Morne National Park
Eastern Canada road trip days 13-15: Great Northern Peninsula Newfoundland
Eastern Canada road trip days 8-13: Labrador
Eastern Canada road trip days 1-7: Chicago to Quebec
Illinois & Michigan Canal Trail
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
Lyric Opera at Millennium Park
Hyde Park and Palos Forest Preserve
Osaka Garden – Hyde Park Chicago
Cache River and Shawnee National Forest
McKinley Woods-I&M Canal trail (IL)
Michigan Upper Peninsula day 6-11: Porcupine Mountains
Michigan Upper Peninsula day 1-5: Pictured Rocks
Isle Royale, day 10-12: Moskey Harbor to Chippewa Harbor to Pattison Park to Chicago
Isle Royale, day 8&9: Todd Harbor to McCargoe Cove to Moskey Harbor
Isle Royale, day 6&7: South Desor Lake to Hatchet Lake to Todd Harbor
Isle Royale, day 4&5: Windigo to South Desor Lake
Isle Royale, day 1-3: Chicago to Porcupine Lake Wilderness (WI) to Windigo
Effigy mounds on Mississippi River
Elephant Rocks and Johnson’s Shut-Ins
Onondaga Cave and canoeing on Meramec River
Puerto Rico day 9-11: Bosque de Guánica and north coast (Arecibo – San Juan)
Puerto Rico day 7 & 8: Ruta Panorámica and Rio Tanamá
Puerto Rico day 5 & 6: El Yunque and San Juan
Great Smoky Mountains days 8-9: Derrick Knob to Marks Cove and back to Tremont, and going home
Great Smoky Mountains days 6-7: back to Spence Field and on to Derrick Knob
Great Smoky Mountains day 5: Mollies Ridge to Gregory Bald and Sheep Pen Gap
Great Smoky Mountains day 4: Spence Field to Mollies Ridge
Great Smoky Mountains day 3: Tremont to Spence Field
Great Smoky Mountains days 1-2: from Chicago to Elkmont
Great Smoky Mountains backcountry hike 2018
Mammoth Cave & Smoky Mountains
Southwest 2022: road and hiking trip
Southwest day 24 – 29: Canyonlands NP and return to Chicago
Southwest day 23: Horseshoe Canyon (Canyonlands NP)
Southwest day 20 – 22: Cottonwood Canyon Rd, Burr Trail Rd and Headquarters Canyon/Notom Rd
Southwest day 15 – 19: hiking down Buckskin Gulch and Paria River Canyon
Southwest day 11 – 14: Hovenweep and Bears Ears
Southwest day 9 & 10: Ah-shi-sle-pah and Bisti/De-na-zin Wilderness
Southwest day 7 & 8: Chaco Culture
Southwest day 1 – 6: Palo Duro, El Malpais & El Morro
JMT day 28 & 29: Mt Whitney and to finish in Lone Pine
JMT day 24-27: from Independence to Mt Whitney base above Guitar Lake
JMT day 18-23: from Upper Palisade Lake to Independence
JMT day 13-17: from Muir Trail Ranch to Upper Palisade Lake
JMT day 5-12: from Red’s Meadow to Muir Trail Ranch
JMT day 1-4: from Tuolumne Meadow to Red’s Meadow Resort
Ready for John Muir Trail 2021
John Muir Trail (cancelled in 2020)
Grand Teton-Yellowston-Bighorn Mountains-Black Hills-Badlands
Desolation Wilderness-Yosemite-Mono Lake-Lassen Volcanic
Las Vegas-Death Valley-Mojave Desert-Joshua Tree
Days 1 -6: from Chicago to Manitoba
Weekend at Kettle Moraine, Wisconsin