Hoover Dam, Lake Mead National Lakeshore, Zion National Park, Grand Canyon National Park (North Rim), Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Capitol Reef National Park, Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Mesa Verde National Park

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Mackinac Island, Pictured Rock National Lakeshore, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Waterton-Glacier National Parks, Yellowstone National Park, Grand Tetons National Park, Devils Tower National Monument, Wind Cave National Park, Mount Rushmore, Badlands National Park, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

Lake McConaughy State Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Dinosaur National Monument, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Antelope Island State Park, Bruneau Dunes State Park, Mount Rainier National Park, Olympic National Park, Deception Pass State Park, Whistler, Banff National Park, Columbia Icefields, Jasper National Park, Devils Lake State Park

Mammoth Cave National Park, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, White Sands National Monument, Elephant Butte State Park, Petroglyph National Monument, Tinkertown, Santa Fe, Heron Lake State Park, Four Corners National Monument, Monument Valley, Grand Canyon National Park (South Rim), Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, Slide Rock State Park, Petrified Forest National Park, Cadillac Ranch

Lake Anita State Park, Lake McConaughy State Park, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Kodachrome Basin State Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Cedar Breaks National Park, Lake Powell (Wahweap), Moab, Arches National Park, Breckenridge, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Lake Anita State Park, Lake McConaughy State Park, Garden of the Gods, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Ouray, Natural Bridges National Monument, Lake Powell (Halls Crossing), Capitol Reef National Park, Moab, Arches National Park, Colorado National Monument, Vail, Breckenridge, Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Fallingwater, Ohiopyle State Park

Goblin Valley State Park, Capitol Reef National Park, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Death Valley National Park, Yosemite National Park, Mono Lake, Reno, Great Basin National Park, Park City, Vedauwoo Glen, Kickapoo State Park

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Badlands National Park, Beartooth Highway, Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon – South Rim, Monument Valley, Arches National Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Lake McConaughy State Park

Lake Anita State Park, Lake McConaughy State Park, Boyd Lake State Park, Boulder, Golden Gate Canyon State Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Breckenridge

Lake Anita State Park, Lake McConaughy State Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Columbia River, Seattle, Mt. Rainier National Park, Bend, Crater Lake National Park, Redwood National and State Parks, Mendocino, San Francisco

One-week drive across the country on I80 with stops in Ohio, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and finally California, our new home

Retrieving our boat from New Jersey and driving it West. Two great stops along the way were Petrified Forest National Park and boat camping in Lake Mead

Mount Vernon, Shenandoah National Park, Luray Caverns, Monticello, Wright Brothers National Memorial, Jockey Ridge State Park, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Assateague Island National Seashore

First Landing State Park, Assateague Island National Seashore

Niagara Falls, Letchworth State Park

Old Sturbridge Village, Minuteman National Historic Park, Salem, Gloucester, New Bedford Whaling Museum

L.L. Bean, Acadian National Park, Kancamagus Highway, Okemo Ski Area, Clark Art Institute, Mt. Brodie Ski Area

Charles Towne Landing State Park, Magnolia Plantation, Hunting Island State Park, Jekyll Island, St. Augustine, Mount Vernon Bike Trail

Sandwich, Provincetown, Nauset Beach, Bass River

Wye Oak State Park, Chesapeake Bay, Maritime Museum, Annapolis, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge

Lake Placid, Mt. Brodie Ski Area

Hunting Island State Park, Huntington Beach State Park

Stowe, Clark Art Institute, Mt. Brodie Skie Area, Norman Rockwell Museum

Hunting Island State Park, Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum / Fort Sumter

Cape Henlopen State Park, First Landing State Park, Assateague Island National Seashore

South of the Border, Edisto State Park, First Landing State Park

Roanoke Island, Ocracoke Island, Virginia Beach

Acadia National Park, Quoddy Head State Park, Campobello Island, St. Martin Sea Caves, Parlee Beach Provincial Park, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cabot Landing Provincial Park, Meat Cove, Newfoundland, Gros Morne National Park, Prince Edward Island, Kouchibouguac National Park, Quebec City

Tisbury, Oak Bluffs, Edgartown, Chappaquiddick, State Forrest, West Tisbury, Chilmark, Aquinnah

Liberty Springs Trailhead, Liberty Springs Campsite, Garfield Ridge Campsite, Ethan Pond Shelter, Nauman Tent Site, Madison Hut, Square Ledge, Carter Notch Hut, Nineteen Mile Brook Trailhead

Hunting Island State Park, Savannah, Gamble Rogers State Park, Everglades National Park, John Pennekamp State Park, Curry Hammock State Park, Bahia Honda State Park, Key West, Anastasia State Park, Huntington Beach State Park, Virginia Beach

Baie St. Paul, Isle-Aux-Coudres, La Malbaie, Tadoussac, Parc du Mont-Sainte-Anne, Val David, Mont Tremblant

Aquinnah, Edgartown, Manchester, and Shelburne Falls

Denali National Park, Portage Glacier, Ninilchic, Homer, Miller’s Landing (Seward), Exit Glacier, Russian River, Hope

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Sebastopol, Stinson Beach, Point Reyes Elk Refuge, Mendocino, Bodega Bay, San Francisco, Armstrong Redwoods, Lake Tahoe, Mono Lake South Tufa Reserve, Yosemite National Park

Sunset Bay State Park, Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, Heceta Head Lighthouse, Fort Stevens State Park, Leavenworth, Seattle, Columbia River Gorge, Maryhill Museum of Art, Sisters, Lava Beds National Monument. Lassen Volcanic National Park, Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park, Auburn, San Francisco

Sonoma Coast State Park, Russian River, Yosemite National Park, San Simeon State Park and Hearst Castle, Morro Bay State Park, San Luis Obispo, Malibu Beach, Getty Museums, San Diego, Port San Luis Harbor

Castle Crags State Park, Lake Siskiyou, Bend, Columbia River Gorge, Seattle

Yosemite National Park, Mammoth Mountain, Devils Postpile National Monument, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, Inyo Craters, Mono Lake, Bodie State Historic Park, Travertine Hot Spring, South Lake Tahoe

Mojave National Preserve, Red Rock Canyon, Death Valley National Park, Joshua Tree National Park, Carpinteria/Santa Barbara, Monterey, Yosemite National Park

Seattle, San Francisco, Keough Hot Springs, Lone Pine and the Alabama Hills, Bishop and the Owens River Gorge, Death Valley National Park, Rhyolite, June Lake, Mono Lake, Lundy Canyon, Lembert Dome, Travertine Hot Spring, Salt Point State Park (Sonoma County)

San Francisco, Yosemite and Mono Lake, South Lake Tahoe, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Mount Shasta area, Point Reyes National Seashore, Napa and Sonoma, Truckee

Yosemite National Park, and San Diego, California

Yosemite National Park – cross country skiing and downhill skiing at Badger Pass

Yosemite Valley, Tuolumne Meadows, Mono Lake, Travertine Hot Springs, South Lake Tahoe

Yosemite Valley, Hetch Hetchy, and Pinnacles National Park

Camp Richardson in South Lake Tahoe - cross country skiing and downhill skiing at Heavenly Mountain Resort

Morro Bay State Park, Carpinteria Beach State Park, Solvang, Anza-Borrego State Park, Joshua Tree National Park

Rhyolite, Eureka Dunes, Saline Valley Warm Springs, Long Valley Primitive Hot Springs

Yosemite - Tuolumne Meadows, Mono Lake, Crater Lake, Solartown in Madras

Bridgeport, Bodie, Long Valley Primitive Hot Springs, Bishop, Death Valley Racetrack, Saline Valley Warm Springs, Big Pine

Kailua-Kona (Big Island), Hilo (Big Island), Hawaii Volcano National Park (Big Island), Maui, Haleakala National Park

Yosemite Valley

Red Rock Canyon State Park, Bishop, Mono Lake, Bridgeport, South Lake Tahoe

5 days of boat camping on beautiful Lake Powell

Yosemite - Tuolumne Meadows, South Lake Tahoe

Canyon Creek Trail to Upper Canyon Creek Lake and Boulder Creek Lakes

Hiking and fishing in Bridgeport and Mammoth Lakes

Carrizo Plains National Monument, Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve, Trona Pinnacles, and Death Valley

Bishop Climbing (Pine Creek Canyon, Buttermilks, Owens River Gorge, Volcanic Tablelands) and skiing in Mammoth Lakes

Shasta Lake

Yosemite Valley

Bend, John Day Fossil Beds (Painted Hills Unit), John Day Fossil Beds (Sheep Rock Unit), Alvord Desert, Steens Mountain Scenic Byway, Hart Mountain Wildlife Refuge, Crater Lake National Park, Ashland Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Bishop (hiking, climbing, fishing, and offroading), Onion Valley, Alabama Hills, Horseshoe Meadows, Jawbone to Lake Isabella 4WDing

Bishop, Death Valley

Tenaya Lake, Mono Lake, Bishop, Ancient Bristlecones Pine Forest, 20 Lakes Basin

6 days of boat camping on beautiful Lake Powell

Yosemite Valley

Cambria, Pismo Beach, Anza-Borrego, Ladder Slot Canyon, desert art, Rainbow Basin, Death Valley, Papoose Flat, Bishop

Bonneville Salt Flats, Moab, White Rim Trail, The Great Gallery, Cathedral Valley, the Burr Trail, Cottonwood Canyon Road, the Wahweap Hoodos, Bishop

Humboldt Redwoods State Park, Bandon Beach, Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, Portland, Olympic National Park

Yosemite Valley

Mono Lake, Rhyolite, Death Valley, and Bishop

Carmel, Monterey, Big Sur

San Diego, Anza-Borrego, Salton Sea, and Joshua Tree

Bishop, Death Valley

Pescadero, Capitola

Rainbow Basin, Grand Canyon (South Rim), Monument Valley, Canyon de Chelly, Shiprock, Bisti Badlands, and Chaco Canyon

Yosemite Valley

Salt Point State Park, St. Orres, The Lost Coast (Usal Beach, Shelter Cove, and Mattole)

"The Loneliest Road in America through Nevada, Great Basin National Park, San Rafael Swell (Little Wild Horse Slot Canyon, Goblin Valley, Mars Desert Research Station, Long Dong Silver, Moonscape Overlook, and Factory Butte), Cathedral Valley Loop, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (Burr Trail, Lower Calf Creek Falls, Devil's Garden along the Hole-in-the-Wall Road), Kodachrome Basin State Park, Red Canyon State Park, and Bryce Canyon National Park

Yosemite Valley

South Shore (6 days) and North Shore (4 days)

Bishop and Death Valley

Colorado River, Grand Canyon

Carmel, Mojave 4WD Course, and Death Valley

Kihei, Hana, and Wailea

Coral Pink Sand Dunes, Hole-in-the-Rock Road, Capitol Reef, Cathedral Valley, Moonscape Overlook, Snow Canyon State Park

Black Rock Desert

Carmel, Monterey, Big Sur

Munich, Chiemsee, Salzburg, Berchtesgaden, Venice, Gardasee, Cinque Terre, Lake Maggiore, Zermatt, Grindelwald, Gimmelwald, Lucerne, Fussen

Bangkok, Ayutthaya, Sukhothai, Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, and Phuket Island

San Diego, San Quintin, Catavina, Laguna San Ignacio Whale Watching, Las Tres Virgenes, Mulege, Loreto, Valle de Guadalupe

Barcelona, Montserrat Monastery, Cala D'Oques, La Marina, Grenada (Alhambra), Caminito del Rey, Ronda, Cordoba (Mezquita) Salamanca, Basilica de Covadonga, Ruta del Cares trail in Picos de Europa, Santillana del Mar, Altamira Caves, Bilbao, Getaria, San Sebastion, Narbonne Plage, La Gaviota, Salvador Dali Theater and Museum in Figueres, Cadaques, Camping Las Palmeras

Athens, Mykonos, Paros, Santorini, Crete, and back to Athens

Quito, Andean Cloud Forest, Galapagos Islands: North Seymour, Genovesa (Tower), Santiago, Isabela, Fernandina, Floreana, Santa Cruz, Espanola, San Cristobal, Mosquera

The entire Ring Road plus side trips to Vestrahorn, Seydisfjordur, Borgarfjörður eystri, Hengifoss, Siglufjörður, Snæfellsnes Peninsula, and Grindavik

Olympic National Park (Lake Crescent and Hurricane Ridge), Vancouver Island (Tofino, Ucluelet, and Victoria), Virginia City, and Bishop

Christchurch, Lake Tekapo, Mount Cook, Wanaka, Milford Sound, Queenstown, Fox Glacier, Hokitika, Pancake Rocks, Castle Hill, Akaroa

Wairakei Thermal Pools, Craters of the Moon Geothermal Area, Huka Falls, Tongariro National Park, Opoutere Beach, Hahei Beach / Cathedral Cove, Pira Beach, Muriwai Gannet Colony