Posts: North America

• Belize 2011

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• Canada
  • Western Canada 2024
    • Central & Western Canada, and Alaska 2024: 103-day road trip
    • Day 34-38: Yukon Top of the World Highway-Fairbanks-Chena River and Hot Springs
    • Day 29-33: Whitehorse-Dawson City
    • Days 26-28: Stewart-Salmon Glacier-Hyder-Boya Lake
    • Days 23-26: Mt Robson-Hazelton-Kitwanga-Gitanyow
    • Days 18 – 22: Icefields Parkway – Banff and Jasper National Parks
    • Day 14-17: Yoho National Park & Icefields Pkwy & Banff National Park
    • Days 11-13: Banff National Park
    • Days 7-10: Manitoba, Saskatchewan and dinosaurs in Alberta badlands
    • Days 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

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• Guatemala 2011

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• Mexico 2005,2024,2025
  • 10 Days in Mexico 2025
  • One week in Tulum 2024
  • Mexico 2005

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• USA
  • Alaska 2024
    • Central & Western Canada, and Alaska 2024: 103-day road trip
    • Day 48-52: Carter and Crescent Lakes-Exit Glacier and Harding Icefield-Seward and Northwestern Glacier-Ptarmigan Lake-Kenai Lake
    • Days 43-47: Talkeetna-Hatcher Pass-Eklutna Lake-Anchorage-Alyeska-Chugach National Forest
    • Days 39-42: Denali National Park
    • Day 34-38: Yukon Top of the World Highway-Fairbanks-Chena River and Hot Springs
    • Days 26-28: Stewart-Salmon Glacier-Hyder-Boya Lake
  • Hawaii 2017
  • Illinois 2009-2024
    • 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 2003-2020
    • 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
    • Days 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