TRIPS
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Healy and Denali National Park
List of trips and activities: 2010 – Denali NP first visit 2014 – Denali NP second visit; Nenana rafting 2017 – Nenana rafting; Sugarloaf Mountain
Hawaii: Big Island Adventures (2021 and before)
Hawai’i – the Big Island – is the favorite island for both of us, due to the variety of landscapes, laid back atmosphere, and multitude
Italy Part 2: Quarantine Edition
What would you do if you had 20 days (and counting) of complete isolation in a hotel room in a foreign country? In my case
Italy Part 1: Fun Edition (Florence) – Oct 2021
Itinerary: Milan –> Orvieto –> Fiesole (Florence) –> Poggibonsi / San Gimignano Why is it great to be married to a turbomachinery engineer? Ignoring all
Croatia/Slovenia/more – Sept 2017
Itinerary: Lake Bled –> Emerald River –> Julian Alps –> Ljubljana –> Plitvice –> Krka –> Trogir –> Mostar –> Split –> Korcula –> Montenegro
Portugal and Madeira – May 2019
Itinerary Lagos (Algarve) –> Madeira –> Lisbon I owe the inspiration behind this trip to Athea, who had read up on Portugal after seeing it
Jordan – Nov 2018
Itinerary: Aqaba –> Wadi Rum –> Petra –> Dead Sea –> Jordan River –> Jerash This has to be one of my favorite trips ever!
Chilkoot Trail – July 2019
One of the epic multi-day US hikes, the Chilkoot Trail had not really been on my radar until a friend mentioned she was interested in
Australia – Dec 2019
Itinerary Melbourne –> Great Ocean Road –> Cairns –> Great Barrier Reef –> Blue Mountains –> Sydney When looking for a place to travel toward
High Southwest: National Park Central (Sept 2021)
Itinerary: Denver –> Mt Sherman –> Leadville, CO –> Crested Butte, CO –> Black Canyon –> Ouray, CO –> Moab, UT –> Bryce Canyon –>
A Week in WA (May 2021)
Itinerary Seattle –> Lake Cushman –> Hurricane Ridge –> Forks –> Portland –> Mt St Helens –> Mt Rainier –> Seattle Inspiration Despite living in