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AWARD WINNING SITE! (04/11/04)
Last updated: 23 April 2024
| Title | Places Visited |
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Total Solar Eclipse Trip - 2024
| Botanical Garden, Museums, Aquariums, Zoo, Friends & Relatives, Total Solar Eclipse. |
| Australia, New Zealand - 2023 | Observatories, museums, zoos, Hobbiton, and much more. |
| California - 2022 | We visited the Wayfarer's Chapel, El Matador State Beach, California Yacht Club, Griffith Observatory, LA Central Library, Los Angeles Zoo, LA City Hall, Japanese American National Museum, Disneyland, California Science Center, Westwood Village Memorial Park, Mt Wilson Observatory, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden, and the Norton Simon Museum. |
| Utah - 2019 | We attended the Westercon Science Fiction Convention in Layton, UT. After that we visited the Zoo, Botanical Garden, and Museum in Salt Lake City. We ended the trip with 2 evenings and 2 days at Arches National Park. |
| California - 2018 | The main purpose of this vacation trip was to attend the Worldcon Science Fiction Convention in San Jose, CA. In the days following the Convention we visited the San Francisco Zoo, the Walt Disney Family Museum, Apple Park Visitor Center, Lick Observatory, the Oakland Zoo, and the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge. |
| Laurraine's 50th High School Reunion - 2017 | We attended Laurraine's 50th High School Reunion in Pittsford, New York, 7-8 October 2017. Besides seeing her classmates, we took a boat ride on the Erie Canal in Pittsford. |
| Total Solar Eclipse Trip - 2017 | To and from the Total Solar Eclipse on 21 August we visited National Butterfly Center and Quinta Mazatlán in McAllen, TX; Space Center Houston, Houston Zoo, some friends in Houston (before Hurricane Harvey hit Houston); US Space & Rocket Center and the Von Braun Astronomical Society and observatory in Huntsville, AL; some sights around Nashville, TN, the Total Solar Eclipse in Hopkinsville, KY; friends in Yukon, OK; and the Bubonicon science fiction convention in Albuquerque, NM. |
| Mike's 50th High School Reunion Trip - 2016 | Road trip to New Mexico, Missouri, and Indiana. Visits to the Very Large Array (VLA) National Radio Observatory; Vaile Mansion; Harry S. Truman Library and Museum; Louisville Zoo, Kentucky; Seymour, Indiana; Indiana University, and Bubonicon science fiction convention. |
| Northwest - 2015 | Road trip to California, Washington, Idaho, and Utah. Mt Lassen, World Science Fiction Convention, Craters of the Moon and Grand Staircase National Monuments. |
| Albuquerque, NM - 2014 | Sightseeing around Albuquerque and Santa Fe, NM, and Bubonicon science fiction convention. |
| Oregon & Washington - 2013 | Visit to Oregon and Washington states: Flower gardens, Japanese garden, aviation and space museum, other sights in Oregon and Washington. |
| Washington State - 2012 | Visit to Washington state: Fourth of July Air Show, Westercon 65, Tacoma Zoo, with stop in Oceanside, California for the OPT "Southern California Astronomy Expo" (SCAE). |
| USA East Coast - 2012 | Road trip, with visits and sightseeing in Arkansas, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Missouri. |
| Yellowstone National Park - 2011 | Visit to Yellowstone National Park in Winter, with stops at Sedona, AZ; part of the Grand Canyon; Bryce Canyon, UT; Wyoming Dinosaur Center; Buffalo Bill Historial Center; and our return back home. |
| Los Angeles, CA - 2010 | Los Angeles Zoo, Westercon Science Fiction Convention, July 4th Fireworks, Huntington Library & Gardens. |
| USA - 2008 | Petrified Forest, Mesa Verde, Cave of the Winds, Figure Skating Museum, Garden of the Gods, Miscellaneous, World Science Fiction Convention. |
| USA - 2007 | Wyoming & Indiana, 354th Rejoin & US Air Force Museum, IU, Mr Patton, Hannibal MO, Eisenhower Library, Capulin Volcanic National Monument, Meteor Crater. |
| USA West Coast - 2006 | Mono & Lundy Lakes, Crater Lake, Shakespeare Festival, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Seattle, Science Fiction Museum, Crescent City, Monterey Bay Aquarium. |
| Arizona - 2005 | Desert Museum, Biosphere 2, Botanical Gardens, Zoo, Miscellaneous, Mt Lemmon. |
| Santa Cruz Island - 2004 | One day visit to Santa Cruz Island, off the California coast. |
| Arizona - 2004 | Westercon Science Fiction Convention, Challenger Center, Fourth of July Fireworks, Tucson, Pima Air & Space Museum, Titan Missle Silo Museum, Tumacarori Mission, Flying in Cessna 140, Saguaro National Park. |
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Alaska and Cruise - 2003 AWARD WINNING SITE! (04/11/04) | Flying to Anchorage & Fairbanks, Denalia National Park & Preserve, Husky Homestead, Talkeetna, Mt McKinley Flight, Alaska Native Heritage Center, Road to Seward, ms Statendam, College Fjord, Glacier Bay & John Hopkins Inlet, Sitka, Sea Otter & Wildlife Quest, Juneau, Ketchikan, Misty Fjords Flight, Vancouver. |
| USA West Coast - 2002 | Washington state, Seattle Zoo, Dick Seymour, World Science Fiction Convention. |
| USA East Coast - 2001 | New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington DC, Williamsburg VA, Jamestown VA, Carter's Grove VA, Washington National Zoo, Alexandria VA, Philadelphia Zoo, Independence Hall, Edgar Allen Poe Historic Site, World Science Fiction Convention. |
| Hawaii - 2000 | Westercon Science Fiction Convention, Oahu, Hawaii, Maui. |
| Australia - 1999 | Sydney, Cairns, Alice Springs, Ayers Rock, Melbourne, World Science Fiction Convention. |
| USA/Canada East Coast - 1998 | Niagara Falls, Toronto Zoo. |
| Carlsbad, NM - 1996 | Carlsbad Caverns, Guadalupe Mountains. |
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum - December 2006
Sea World San Diego - October 2005
San Diego Zoo VIP Tour - March 2004
Disneyland California Adventure - February 2001