With the new decade just beginning, I decided to look back at some of the many places I have seen and experienced over the past ten years. Many places I have been to numerous times, others I left out--not because of insignificance, but because of space. One doesn't necessarily realize all of the exploring that has been achieved until trying to organize all of it into an entry as such.
Here's to a new decade of experiences and continued exploration. There is much to see in the world....
April 2000 San Diego Wild Animal Park. My sister, her friend Shannon and I all decided to make a trip out to California over one of our spring breaks. Typical of us, we ended up in various, unexpected locations.
May 2000 First trip down the South Fork, American River. Located in northern California, I would make several trips down said river over the course of a few years.
July 2000 The Extraterrestrial Highway, Nevada. Need I say more?
July 2000 Great Basin National Park, Nevada.
July 2000 Delmar Ghost Town, Nevada.
July 2000 Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. This trip through Oregon took me to Portland, Astoria and to the base of Mt. Hood.
July 2000 Sequoia National Park, California.
July 2000 Yosemite National Park, California. This photo was taken at Tenaya Lake.
July 2000 Devil's Postpile National Monument, California..
August 2000 Trip Across the Country. Our journey began in New Hampshire...and went through St. Louis.........
Oklahoma........
And Texas (amongst other states, of course) before ending in Nevada. We are pictured here at The Big Texan, outside Amarillo.
September 2000 Saguaro National Park, Arizona.
September 2000 Pine Valley, Utah. This was a 'wrong turn' of sorts, but ended up being a spectacular place.
October 2000 Montezuma Castle, Arizona.
November 2000 El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico.
November 2000 Meteor Crater, Arizona.
November 2000 Pertrified Forest National Park, Arizona.
November 2000 South Rim of the Grand Canyon, Arizona.
Winter 2000-2001 Wyoming. Snowmobiling at Gros Ventre.
April 2001 Mexico.
June 21, 2001 My first crossing of the arctic circle. My first summer in Alaska...I explored the entire state....
June 22, 2001 My first touch of the Arctic Ocean.
July 2001 Kayaking in Valdez amongst the icebergs!
July 2001 Seward. From here I took a boat ride into Kenai Fjords National Park. It was a wild ride, to say the least.
August 2001 Juneau.
September 2001 Wrangell-St.Elias National Park. This was perhaps the worst road I have ever driven on....but getting to McCarthy and Kennicott was well worth the effort.
September 2001 Wonder Lake, Denali National Park. My friend happened upon a park pass, allowing us to drive all the way to the end of the road. It was magnificent! Denali was in full view....
September 2001 Watson Lake, British Columbia. The sign forest...
September 2001 Jasper National Park, Canada.
September 2001 Banff National Park, Canada. Lake Louise in the background.
September 2001 Kootenay National Park, Canada.
September 2001 Glacier National Park, Montana.
September 2001 Oregon Sand Dunes.
October 2001 Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
October 2001 Mount Rushmore, South Dakota.
Winter 2001-2002 Wyoming. Snowmobiling on the Continental Divide Snowmobile Trail.
2002 Disneyland.
April 2002 Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. My friend Kathy and I hiked to the bottom of the canyon, and back up, in one long day.
April 2002 Arches National Park, Utah. Delicate Arch is in the background.
May 2002 Zion National Park, Utah.
September 2002 Niagra Falls, New York.
November 2002 Joshua Tree National Park, California.
April 2003 Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah. Calf Creek Falls.
April 2003 Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. One of my favorite places; I have been there many times.
April 2003 Capitol Reef National Park, Utah.
April 2003 Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
June-July 2003 Roadtrip......Four Corners National Monument
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Colorado
Prairie State Park, Missouri
Lake Superior, Minnesota
The Badlands National Park, South Dakota
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
October 2003 Vermont
October 2003 The Flume, New Hampshire
January 2004 Dogsledding in Wyoming. This winter would mark my third in the Jackson Hole area.
January 2004 Grand Teton National Park. Skiing the Inner Park Road.
April 2004 London, England.
May 2004 Loch Ness, Scotland.
May 2004 Isle of Skye, Scotland.
May 2004 Stonehenge
May 2004 Ireland
May 2004 St. Mark's Square, Venice, Italy
July 2004 Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada. I spent several days working with archaeologists to document these sites.
August 2004 Fairyland, Bryce Canyon National Park
August 2004 Keet Seel located in Navajo National Monument, Arizona. This was a severely spooky night....
May 2005 Guadalupe Peak, Texas
August 2005 Colton Guard Station Restoration, Ashley National Forest, Utah
August 2005 Hiking the Fiery Furnace, Arches National Park
August 2005 Rafting the Green River
2005 Socorro, New Mexico
March 2006 Machu Picchu
November 2006 Rainbow Bridge National Park
November-December 2006 Internship at Best Friends Animal Society
May 2007 Little Bighorn Battlefield
May 2007 Drive to Alaska
May 2007 The Polar Bear Roll; Deadhorse, Alaska
July 2007 Ernie Lake, Gates of the Arctic National Park
Septmeber 2007 Floating the Kobuk River, Alaska
November 2007 Churchill, Manitoba Canada to view the polar bears (my film debut)
March 2008 Recording rock art in Big Bend National Park
July 2008 Swimming in the Arctic Ocean
August 2008 Oolah Lake, Gates of the Arctic National Park
October 2008 Rocky Mountain National Park
October 2008 Flying around the southwest
October 2008 Tombstone, Arizona
February 2009 Istanbul, Turkey
February 2009 Aegean Sea Coast, Turkey
March 2009 recording rock art; Del Rio, Texas area
July 2009 Henshaw Creek Science Camp, Alaska
August 2009 Floating the Noatak River, Alaska
AWESOME.
ReplyDeleteYou definitely have an adventurous soul, Whit - may you have many more travels in 2010!
ReplyDeleteI do have to say, I am disappointed you didn't have pics of our "psycho twins" trip to Mt. Carmel Junction.
Oh yes, the psycho twins...can't forget them. I believe that was in 1999, though. I am sure I will meet many more...interesting...people in the next decade...!
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