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.

2009

San Diego for a wedding – September

Mojave National Preserve with Victoria & Terry – February

• Blythe Intaglios
• Mojave National Preserve
• Joshua Tree National Park

Washington DC for Obama’s Inauguration – January (Work) [Scott only]

• Obama’s Inauguration (including standing room ticket for the swearing-in)
• National Mall

2008

Texas roadtrip – December

• Fort Davis National Historic Site
• San Antonio Missions National Historic Park
• Lyndon B Johnson National Historic Park
• Padre Island National Seashore
• Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site
• Amistad National Recreation Area
• Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River
• Big Bend National Park
• Guadalupe Mountains National Park
• Carlsbad Caverns National Park
• Chamizal National Memorial

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
• Newberry National Volcanic Monument

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 – July 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

Las Vegas: Our first trip together – March

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