Most of our choices are influenced by our dog…
National Parks Visited (63 is the goal…)
By Plane or Car or Boat (7): Channel Islands CA, Pinnacles CA, Redwoods CA, Yosemite CA, Haleakala HA, Hawaii Volcanos HA, St John USVI
By RV (34): Grand Canyon AZ, Petrified Forest AZ, Saguaro AZ, Death Valley CA, Joshua Tree CA, Lassen CA, Canyon CO, Mesa Verde CO, Rocky Mountain CO, Everglades FL, Key Biscayne FL, Glacier MT, Isle Royale MI, Voyaguers MN, Great Basin NV, Carlsbad Caverns NM, White Sands NM, Great Smokey Mountains NC, Teddy Roosevelt ND, Cayahuga OH, Crater Lake OR, Congaree SC, Badlands SD, Big Bend TX, Guadalupe TX, Arches UT, Bryce UT, Canyonlands UT, Zion UT, Cascades, Olympic & Mt Ranier WA, Tetons WY, Yellowstone WY. Saw Great Sand Dunes NP in Colorado from the road- closed due to COVID-19 (will need to come back). Waved at the Arch in Kansas City
US Monuments
Fort Ord CA, Giant Sequoia CA, Muir Woods CA, Colorado Recreational Area CO, Craters of the Moon ID, Little Bighorn Battlefield MT, Sleeping Bear National Shoreline MI, White Sands NM, Dinosaur NM (Ut/Co), San Juan Islands WA, Devil’s Tower WY…
Ski Resorts
Lake Tahoe, CA; Aspen, Steam Boat, Telluride, Wolfcreek, CO; Sun Valley, ID; Big Sky, MT; Mt Rose and Lake Tahoe, NV; Mt Hood, OR; Deer Valley, Park City, Sundance, UT; Jackson Hole, Wy. Need to go back to visit Alta and Snowbird UT and Breckenridge and Vail CO.
State Parks
- California
- Big Basin, Castle Rock, Emerald Bay, Portola Redwoods, San Clemente (camped with RV)
- Florida
- Dickerson, John Pennekamp,
- Louisiana
- Samuel Houston (camped with RV)
- Michigan
- Tahquamenon (visited by car)
- Montana
- Pictograph (visited by car)
- Nevada
- Pyramid Lake (Indian reservation) – (visited by car), Sand Harbor (visited by car)
- New York
- Niagara Falls (visited by car), Watkins Glen (visited by car)
- Oregon
- Harris Beach (camped with RV), Fort Stevens
- South Dakota
- Custer (visited by car)
- Texas
- Galveston Island (visited by car), Mckinney Falls (camped with RV)
- Washington
- Fort Canby, Fort Flagler, Fort Worden, Fort Casey, Deception Pass (camped)
Wilderness Areas
- Arizona
- Apache Trails, Lake Havasu – nearby river and parks, Quartzsite area
- Tucson area
- California
- Big Sur, Bodega & Tomales Bays, Borrego Springs, Carmel, Coronado Dog Beach, Davenport, Desert Hot Springs, Encinitas, Gold country – Auburn, Sutter Creek, Jackson, Placerville, …, Lake Tahoe – South Lake Tahoe, Tahoe City, Kings Beach, …, Mendocino, Monterey, Pismo & Morro Bay, San Diego, Stinson Beach, Truckee – Tahoe Donner Lake
- Colorado
- Delaware
- Bethany Beach, Lewes beach, Rehobeth beach
- Idaho
- Couer D’Alene – Lake
- Louisiana
- Breaux Bridge, Lake Charles, New Orleans
- Michigan
- Great Lakes
- Traverse City
- Montana
- Billings area
- Butte area
- Flathead lake – towns on the lake including Big Fork & Kalispell
- Missoula area
- Whitefish – town
- Nevada
- Lake Tahoe – Incline Village, Zephyr Cove, South Lake Tahoe
- New Jersey
- Cape May beaches & shoreline
- New Mexico
- Las Cruces area
- New York
- Finger Lakes
- North Carolina
- Asheville & Blue Ridge Mountains
- Lake Gaston
- North Dakota
- Bismarck – close to the badlands
- Oregon
- Astoria
- Cannon Beach
- Hood River & The Gorge
- Manzanita
- McMinneville & Willamette Valley
- Pendleton – annual Rodeo
- Pennsylvania
- Poconos
- Tennessee
- Nashville
- Sevierville (near Great Smokey Mountains)
- Texas
- Austin – river and parks
- Big Bend & Rio Grande
- Galveston Island
- Hill Country west of Austin
- Utah
- Flaming Gorge
- Virginia
- Chesapeake Bay
- Virginia Beach
- Washington
- Hood Canal
- Long Beach
- Olympic Rainforest
- Port Angeles
- Port Townsend
- Snoqualamie Falls
- Walla Walla valley
- Inner Islands (Gig Harbor, Poulsbo, Fidalgo, Whidbey, …)
- San Juan Islands (Orcas Island, Friday Island, …)
- Wisconsin
- Ashland
- Wyoming
- Flaming Gorge