Our vacations

Kim and I try to take as many trips as possible. Below you’ll find a listing of the major trips we’ve taken since being together, as well as a few I’ve been on alone.

2008

Canyonlands - September

  • Canyonlands National Park (Island in the Sky & Needles Districts)
  • Arches National Park
  • Ft Bluff

Durango - September (Work) [Scott only]

  • Durango
  • Four Corners
  • Canyons of the Ancients National Monument

Post-Wedding Roadtrip through the South - July/August

  • Abraham Lincoln Birthplace NHS
  • Andrew Johnson NHS
  • Appalachian NST
  • Arkansas Post NM
  • Big South Fork NRRA
  • Blue Ridge PKWY
  • Brices Cross Roads NBS
  • Carl Sandburg Home NHS
  • Chattahoochee River NRA
  • Chickamauga & Chattanooga NMP
  • Congaree NP
  • Cowpens NB
  • Cumberland Gap NHP
  • Fort Donelson NB
  • George Rogers Clark NHP
  • Great Smoky Mountains NP
  • Hot Springs NP
  • Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
  • Kennesaw Mountain NBP
  • Kings Mountain NMP
  • Lincoln Boyhood NMem
  • Lincoln Home NHS
  • Little River Canyon NPres
  • Little Rock Central High School NHS
  • Mammoth Cave NP
  • Martin Luther King Jr NHS
  • Moores Creek NB
  • Natchez Trace NST
  • Natchez Trace PKWY
  • Ninety Six NHS
  • Obed WSR
  • Russell Cave NM
  • Shiloh NMP
  • Stones River NB
  • Tupelo NB
  • Ulysses S Grant NHS

Wedding in Yosemite - July

  • Yosemite National Park

Durango for Board Meeting - May (Work) [Scott only]

  • Durango
  • Canyons of the Ancients National Monument

Lake Havasu City for Site Stewart Conference - April (Work)

  • London Bridge
  • Bill Williams National Wildlife Refuge

Denver for APPL Conference - February (Work) [Scott only]

  • Denver Zoo
  • Denver Museum of Nature and Science
  • Denver Botanical Gardens
  • Capitol area

2007

Holiday Bowl in San Diego - December

  • Holiday Bowl
  • San Diego Wild Animal Park
  • Old Town San Diego SHP
  • Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala
  • Casa and Mission Beaches

Page - November (work)

  • Museum of Northern Arizona
  • Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
  • Navajo National Monument

Washington DC for Kim’s 30th Birthday - September (Work)

  • C & O Canal National Historic Park
  • Constitution Gardens
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
  • Frederick Douglas National Historic Site
  • George Washington Memorial Parkway
  • John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway
  • John Ericsson Memorial
  • Korean War Veterans Memorial
  • Lincoln Memorial
  • Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac
  • Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
  • National Mall
  • Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site
  • Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
  • Rock Creek Park
  • Thomas Jefferson Memorial
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  • Washington Monument
  • White House
  • World War II Memorial
  • The Old Stone House
  • Natural History Museum
  • National Museum of Native American
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • National Archives
  • National Zoo
  • US Capitol Building
  • National Botanical Gardens
  • Theodore Roosevelt Island

Great American Roadtrip: 10th Anniversary trip - July/August

  • Great Basin National Park (NV)
  • Golden Spike National Historic Site (UT)
  • City of Rocks National Reserve (ID)
  • Minidoka Internment National Monument (ID)
  • Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument (ID)
  • Craters of the Moon National Monument (ID)
  • Big Hole National Battlefield (MT)
  • Glacier National Park (MT)
  • Waterton Lakes National Park (Canada)
  • Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site (MT)
  • Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (MT)
  • Pompey’s Pillar National Monument (MT)
  • Theodore Roosevelt National Park (both north & south units, ND)
  • Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site (ND)
  • Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site (ND)
  • Devils Tower National Monument (WY)
  • Mount Rushmore National Memorial (SD)
  • Jewel Cave National Monument (SD)
  • Wind Cave National Park (SD)
  • Crazy Horse Memorial (SD)
  • Badlands National Park (SD)
  • Minuteman Missile National Historic Site (SD)
  • Wounded Knee Massacre (SD)
  • Pipestone National Monument (MN)
  • Homestead National Monument (NE)
  • Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site (KS)
  • Harry S. Truman National Historic Site (MO)
  • Fort Scott National Historic Site (KS)
  • Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield (MO)
  • George Washington Carver National Monument (MO)
  • Pea Ridge National Military Park (AR)
  • Fort Smith National Historic Site (AR)
  • Oklahoma City National Memorial (OK)
  • Washita Battlefield National Historic Site (OK)
  • Lake Meredith National Recreation Area (TX)
  • Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument (TX)
  • The Simpsons House (Henderson, NV)
  • Salem Sue, the largest Hereford Cow statue in the world
  • Wall Drug Store (Wall, SD)
  • Geographic Center of the United States
  • Deadwood, SD
  • Vole Buffalo Jump

Minneapolis-St Paul for George Mason Society Conference - April (Work) [Scott only]

  • Mississippi National River & Recreation Area

Arizona Strip - March (Work) [Scott only]

  • Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument
  • Grand Canyon National Park - Toroweap
  • Johnson Ranch Dinosaur Discovery Museum

Sacramento for APPL Conference - March (Work) [Scott only]

  • Sutter’s Fort SHP
  • Marshall Gold Discovery SHP
  • California Capitol Park
  • California State Railroad Museum

2006

Family and the Coast - December

  • Pinnacles National Monument
  • San Juan Bautista Mission State Historic Park
  • Palo Alto, CA (visiting family)
  • John Muir National Historic Site
  • Sacramento, CA (visiting family)
  • The Dalles, OR (visiting family)
  • Ft. Vancouver National Historic Site
  • Lewis & Clark National Historic Park
  • Redwoods National Park

San Francisco for BEC Training - August (Work) [Scott only]

  • Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Fourth of July Reunion in San Diego - July

  • Cabrillo National Monument
  • Torrey Pines State Reserve/State Beach

Following the Historic Trails - July

  • Ft Union National Monument
  • Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
  • Scott’s Bluff National Monument
  • Santa Fe
  • Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
  • Bend’s Old Fort National Historic Site
  • Capulin Volcanic National Monument
  • Rocky Mountain National Park
  • Chimney Rock National Historic Site
  • Ft Laramie National Historic Site

Zion and Bryce, Part II - April

  • Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park
  • Zion National Park
  • Gafton, UT (ghost town)
  • Pipe Spring National Monument
  • Bryce Canyon National Park
  • Kodachrome Basin State Park
  • Horseshoe Point (near Page, AZ)

2005

New Mexico national monuments - July

  • Bandalier National Monument
  • Petroglyph National Monument
  • Pecos National Monument

Washington DC - June (Work) [Scott only]

  • Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site
  • Constitution Gardens
  • John Ericsson Memorial
  • Korean War Veterans Memorial
  • Lincoln Memorial
  • Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac
  • National Mall
  • Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site
  • Thomas Jefferson Memorial
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  • Washington Monument
  • White House
  • World War II Memorial
  • Natural History Museum
  • Museum of American History

2004

Sun Bowl - December

  • Sun Bowl
  • White Sands National Monument

Arches with Robert & Shanna - October

  • Arches National Park

Our Engagement roadtrip - July

  • Cedar Breaks National Monument
  • Zion National Park (Kolob Canyons)
  • Timpanogos Cave National Monument
  • Yellowstone National Park
  • Grand Teton National Park
  • Fossil Butte National Monument
  • Dinosaur National Park
  • Colorado National Monument
  • Rocky Mountain National Park
  • Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
  • Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
  • Mesa Verde National Park
  • Hovenweep National Monument
  • Natural Bridges National Monument
  • Navajo National Monument

2003

Channel Islands - December

  • Channel Islands National Park
  • Anza-Borrego State Park

California Coast - March

  • Las Vegas
  • San Francisco
  • Muir Woods National Monument
  • Point Reyes National Seashore

Sequoia/King’s Canyon with Tiff - August

  • Sequoia National Park
  • King’s Canyon National Park
  • Joshua Tree National Park

Olympic with Jess - June

  • Olympic National Park

2002

Holiday Bowl in San Diego - December

  • San Diego
  • Joshua Tree National Park

Mt Rainier & Crater Lake - August

  • Mt. Rainier National Park
  • Crater Lake National Park

The Sierras with Mom - May [Scott only]

  • Sequoia National Park
  • King’s Canyon National Park
  • Yosemite National Park

Zion and Bryce Canyon - March

  • Zion National Park
  • Bryce Canyon National Park

2001

Scotland and Ireland - May [Scott only]

Zion with ASU - March [Scott only]

  • Grand Canyon National Park
  • Zion National Park
  • Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park

2000

The Dalles - Summer 2000

  • The Dalles
  • Whitewater rafting the Deschutes River
  • Mt St Helens National Volcanic Monument
  • Columbia River Gorge

1999

Falling in love with the Sierras - August

  • Sequoia/King’s Canyon National Park
  • Yosemite National Park
  • Death Valley National Park

San Francisco with the Altima - March

  • San Francisco
  • Big Basin State Park
  • Muir Woods National Monument
  • Alcatraz
  • Fort Point
  • Golden Gate National Recreation Area

1998

Sequoia/King’s Canyon with Anthony - August [Scott only]

  • Sequoia National Park
  • King’s Canyon National Park

1997

Las Vegas: Our first trip together - March

  • Las Vegas
  • Red Rock National Conservation Area
  • Valley of Fire State Park
  • Lake Mead National Recreation Area