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Africa (14)

• Kenya
  • Kenya 2017
  • Kenya day 29: going home via Doha
  • Nairobi & Lake Naivasha
    • Kenya day 27-28: Back in Nairobi
    • Kenya day 17-18: Nairobi
    • Kenya day 14-16: Lake Naivasha, Hell’s Gate, Mt Longonot
    • Kenya day 3-4: Nairobi
  • Samburu & Ol Peseta
    • Kenya day 7-8: Ol Pejeta Conservancy
    • Kenya day 5-6: Samburu National Park
  • Lake Nakuru & Masai Mara
    • Kenya day 10-13: Masai Mara National Reserve
    • Kenya day 9: Lake Nakuru National Park
  • Kenya day 19-23: Mt Kenya trek
  • Kenya day 24-26: Meru National Park
  • Kenya day 1-2: on the way
• Morocco

Asia (16)

• Nepal
  • We are back from Nepal
  • Khatmanu, Bhaktapur & Patan
    • Nepal day 26-28: Kathmandu and Patan, and Doha on the way home
    • Nepal day 25: Bhaktapur
    • Nepal day 23-24: Kathmandu
    • Nepal day 1-2: Kathmandu, prep for the trek
  • Gokyo/Renjo La trek
    • Nepal day 19-22: Thame-(Namche)-Monjo-Lukla (Trekking Day 16-17 and escape from Lukla)
    • Nepal day 17-18: Gokyo-Renjo La-Lunden-Thame (Trekking day 14-15)
    • Nepal day 12-16: Khumjung-Dole-Machermo-Gokyo (Trekking day 9-13)
    • Nepal day 9-11: Monjo-Namche-Khumjung (Trekking Day 6-8)
    • Nepal day 6-8: Jubing-Khare-Surke-Monjo (Trekking Day 3-5)
    • Nepal day 4-5: Phaplu-Taksindu-Jubing (Trekking Day 1-2)
    • Nepal day 3: Kathmandu to Phaplu
• Qatar
  • Qatar, on the way to Nepal
  • Kenya day 29: going home via Doha
  • Kenya day 1-2: on the way

Australia (14)

• Sydney & Blue Mountains
  • Australia day 1-2: Sydney & Manly
  • Australia day 3: Blue Mountains
• Far-North Queensland
  • Australia day 9: Cairns
  • Australia day 7-8: Atherton Tableland to Cairns
  • Australia day 6: Daintree
  • Australia day 4-5: Port Douglas & Cape Tribulation
• Top End
  • Australia day 13-14: Litchfield to Darwin
  • Australia day 12-13: Kakadu
  • Australia day 10-11: Darwin to Jabiru/Kakadu NP
• Melbourne, GOR & Grampians
  • Australia day 20-21: Grampians to Ballarat to Melbourne
  • Australia day 19: Tower Hill to Grampians
  • Australia day 17-18: Great Ocean Road
  • Australia day 15-16: Melbourne

Europe (62)

• Bosnia 2019

• Croatia 2019

• Czechia 2017

• France 2009 & 2018
  • Loire Valley
  • Paris
    • France day 5-6: Paris
    • France day 3: Versailles
    • France day 2: Paris
    • France day 1: Paris

• Germany 2010 & 2017
  • One and a half day in Potsdam
  • On the way to Europe
  • Potsdam & Berlin

• Gibraltar 2015

• Greece 2014

• Italy 2007

• Malta 2018
  • Malta day 4-5: Gozo and back to Poznan
  • Malta day 3: Blue Grotto, Hagar Qim and Mnajdra temples
  • Malta day 1-2: Valletta and Mdina/Rabat, Dingli cliffs

• Poland 2004 – 2025
  • Krakow 2017,2023,2025
    • Polska 2025
    • Two days in Kraków
    • On the way to Europe
  • Małopolska 2023,2024
    • Polska 2024: Zakopane-Zakliczyn
    • Poland 2023
  • Pomorze 2017,2019
    • 4 days in Pomerania
    • Unexpected short visit to Gdańsk
  • Wielkopolska 2017-2023
    • Poland 2023
    • Church of Saint John of Jerusalem outside the walls
    • Poznań Old Town
    • Dinner at “Siedem Drzew”
    • Gniezno, first capital of Poland
    • Poznań
  • Śląsk 2004-2025
    • Polska 2025
    • Krasiejów, the dinosaur country
    • 2 days in Opole
    • 24 hours in Wrocław
    • Lower Silesia-Jizera Mountains
    • Opole

• Portugal 2017
  • Lisbon-Sintra-Cascais
    • Portugal day 4: Lisboa & Porto
    • Portugal day 3: Lisboa & Cascais
    • Portugal day 2: Lisboa & Sintra
    • Portugal day 1: Lisboa
  • Porto-Pinhao
    • Portugal day 7: Vila Nova de Gaia
    • Portugal day 6: Long day in Porto (April 25)
    • Portugal day 5: Porto & Pinhao
    • Portugal day 4: Lisboa & Porto
    • Postcard from Pinhao

• Spain
  • Andalucia 2015
  • Barcelona-Montserrat 2017
    • Barcelona day 5
    • Barcelona day 4
    • Barcelona & Montserrat day 3
    • Barcelona day 2
    • Barcelona day 1
  • Madrid 2007

• UK
  • London 2019
  • Scotland 2019
    • Scotland 2019
    • Scotland, day 14 – 21: Glasgow
    • Scotland, day 19 & 20: Edinburgh
    • Scotland, day 12 & 13: Isle of Skye to Invergarry to Glasgow
    • Scotland, day 10 & 11: Isle of Skye
    • Scotland, day 8 & 9: Glen Coe and on to Isle of Skye
    • Scotland, day 7: Ben Nevis via Carn Mor Dearg
    • Scotland, day 6: Isle of Mull to Glencoe
    • Scotland, day 4 & 5: Isle of Mull
    • Scotland, day 3: Staffa and Iona from Isle of Mull
    • Scotland, day 2: Tarbet to Isle of Mull
    • Scotland, day 1: Glasgow to Tarbet

• Vatican 2007

North America (138)

• Traveling North America – updated
• Guatemala 2011
• Belize 2011
• Mexico 2005,2024,2025
  • 10 Days in Mexico 2025
  • One week in Tulum 2024
  • Mexico 2005

Canada (26)

• Canada

• Western Canada 2024
  • Western Canada, and Alaska 2024: 103-day road trip
  • Western Canada and Alaska day 93-99: North Cascades National Park and heading East
  • Western Canada and Alaska day 87-92: Vancouver Island
  • Western Canada and Alaska say 82-86: Crossing Coast Mountains and ferries to Vancouver Island
  • Western Canada and Alaska day 74-81: Skagway and on to Prince George
  • Western Canada and Alaska day 71-73: Kluane National Park
  • Western Canada and Alaska day 34-38: Yukon Top of the World Highway-Fairbanks-Chena River and Hot Springs
  • Western Canada and Alaska day 29-33: Whitehorse-Dawson City
  • Western Canada and Alaska day 26-28: Stewart-Salmon Glacier-Hyder-Boya Lake
  • Western Canada and Alaska day 23-26: Mt Robson-Hazelton-Kitwanga-Gitanyow
  • Western Canada and Alaska day 18 – 22: Icefields Parkway – Banff and Jasper National Parks
  • Western Canada and Alaska day 14-17: Yoho National Park & Icefields Pkwy & Banff National Park
  • Western Canada and Alaska day 11-13: Banff National Park
  • Western Canada and Alaska day 7-10: Manitoba, Saskatchewan and dinosaurs in Alberta badlands
  • Western Canada and Alaska day 1 -6: from Chicago to Manitoba

• Eastern Canada 2023
  • Eastern Canada road trip
  • 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
• Quebec 2009

USA (115)

• USA

• Alaska 2024
  • Western Canada, and Alaska 2024: 103-day road trip
  • Western Canada and Alaska day 74-81: Skagway and on to Prince George
  • Western Canada and Alaska day 66-70: Wrangell-St Elias NP-Nabesna Rd-Skookum Volcano-Alaska Hwy-Haines Junction
  • Western Canada and Alaska day 62-65: Root Glacier-Wrangell St.Elias NP
  • Western Canada and Alaska day 58-61: Valdez-Chitina-Kennecott-Wrangell-St. Elias NP
  • Western Canada and Alaska day 53-57: Russian River-Whittier-Anchorage-Chugach Mountains
  • Western Canada and Alaska day 48-52: Carter and Crescent Lakes-Exit Glacier and Harding Icefield-Seward and Northwestern Glacier-Ptarmigan Lake-Kenai Lake
  • Western Canada and Alaska day 43-47: Talkeetna-Hatcher Pass-Eklutna Lake-Anchorage-Alyeska-Chugach National Forest
  • Western Canada and Alaska day 39-42: Denali National Park
  • Western Canada and Alaska day 34-38: Yukon Top of the World Highway-Fairbanks-Chena River and Hot Springs
  • Western Canada and Alaska day 26-28: Stewart-Salmon Glacier-Hyder-Boya Lake
• Colorado 2025
  • Colorado road and hiking trip 2025
  • Colorado day 27-31: Keystone and return to Chicago
  • Colorado day 21-26: Durango to Keystone
  • Colorado day 13-20: Colorado Trail from Silverton to Durango
  • Colorado day 9-12: Silverton
  • Colorado dy 5-8: Great Sand Dunes and to Silverton
  • Colorado day 1-4: Chicago to Southern Colorado
  • Colorado 2025
• Florida 2025
  • Florida road trip 2025
  • Florida day 19-23: Savannah, Charleston, Congaree National Park and return to Chicago
  • Florid day 14-18: Miami, Kennedy Space Center and St Augustine
  • Florida day 8-13: Big Cypress National Preserve and Everglades National Park
  • Florida day 1-7: Nashville, Birmingham, Montgomery and Manatee Springs State Park
• Hawaii 2017
• Illinois 2009-2024
  • Chicago: Avalon Regal Theater
  • Butterflies in Chicago and it is winter
  • Starved Rock in early March
  • Matthiessen and Starved Rock
  • Pullman
  • Illinois & Michigan Canal Trail
  • Illinois Forest Preserves
  • Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
  • Illinois forest
  • Globe on the fork
  • Chicago, Winter 2019/2020
  • Lyric Opera at Millennium Park
  • Picnic at Ravinia
  • Hyde Park and Palos Forest Preserve
  • Osaka Garden – Hyde Park Chicago
  • Cache River and Shawnee National Forest
  • McKinley Woods-I&M Canal trail (IL)
• Indiana & Michigan 2006-2024
  • Michigan Upper Peninsula day 6-11: Porcupine Mountains
  • Michigan Upper Peninsula day 1-5: Pictured Rocks
  • Indiana Dunes National Park
  • Michigan harbors
  • Sleeping Bear Dunes
  • Michigan havens
• Iowa & Missouri 2002,2006,2016
  • Effigy mounds on Mississippi River
  • Elephant Rocks and Johnson’s Shut-Ins
  • Onondaga Cave and canoeing on Meramec River
• Isle Royale trek 2021
  • Hiking Isle Royale
  • 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

• John Muir Trail 2021
  • John Muir Trail 2021
  • 5-day return to Chicago
  • 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
  • From Chicago to Yosemite
  • Ready for John Muir Trail 2021
  • John Muir Trail (cancelled in 2020)
• Manistee Fores 2013,2020
  • Hiking in Manistee forest
  • Camping in Manistee forest
  • Manistee River Trail
• Puerto Rico 2023
  • 11-day trip to Puerto Rico
  • 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
  • Puerto Rico day 1-4: Vieques
• Smokys 2015 & 2018
  • Great Smoky Mountains 2018
    • 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
  • 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
  • Heading West
• Teton Crest trek 2013
• West 2003-2024
  • Western Canada, and Alaska 2024: 103-day road trip
    • Western Canada and Alaska day 100-103: Theodore Roosevelt National Park and return to Chicago
    • Western Canada and Alaska day 93-99: North Cascades National Park and heading East
  • Portland
  • Grand Teton-Yellowston-Bighorn Mountains-Black Hills-Badlands
  • Yellowstone
  • Desolation Wilderness-Yosemite-Mono Lake-Lassen Volcanic
  • Las Vegas-Death Valley-Mojave Desert-Joshua Tree
  • National Parks of the West
• Wisconsin & Minnesota 2010-2024
  • Western Canada and Alaska day 1 -6: from Chicago to Manitoba
  • Weekend at Kettle Moraine, Wisconsin
  • Memorial Day weekend in Wisconsin
  • Mirror and Devil’s lakes
  • Madison
  • Door County, Wisconsin
  • Sauk County, Wisconsin

South America (24)

• Bolivia
  • La Paz – Lake Titicaca – Salar de Uyuni
  • Cochabamba – Villa Tunari
• Chile
  • Chile day 9-10: Quebrada (Garganta) del Diablo and Santiago
  • Chile day 8: Salar de Tara
  • Chile day 7: El Tatio Geysers & Pukara de Quitor
  • Chile day 6: Laguna Miscanti & Piedras Rojas & Laguna Chaxa
  • Chile day 5: Valle Arcoiris & Yerbas Buenas Petroglyphs & San Pedro
  • Chile day 4: Valle de la Muerte & Valle de la Luna
  • Chile day 2-3: Valparaiso & Santiago
  • Chile day 1: Santiago
• Ecuador
  • Hummingbirds in Ecuador
  • Once upon a time in Ecuador
  • Ecuador
  • Galapagos
• Peru
  • South Peru 2016
  • Peru day 21: Lima
  • Peru day 18-20: Nazca & Paracas
  • Peru day 14-17: Colca Canyon & Arequipa
  • Peru day 8-13: Ausangate trek
  • Peru day 5-7: Cusco & South Valley
  • Peru day 4: Pisac
  • Peru day 3: Machu Picchu
  • Peru day 2: Ollantaytambo
  • Peru day 1: Cusco to Ollantaytambo

Various (9)

• Header
• Crossing 5000 masl
• Our trails
• Birding 2025
• Traveling North America – updated
• Subaru life – part 2 (more improvements)
• Subaru life – part 1
• Globe on the fork
• The Way Overland