Travels

2024

• Northern California (8/13-17)

  • • Auburn / Olympic Valley (8/13)

    • Crater Lake NP (8/14-15)

• Illinois-Ohio (7/25-31)

  • • Jackson MO (7/26)

    • Cincinnati Zoo (7/29)

    • Kings Island (7/30)

    • Hocking Hills (7/31)

• Colorado (7/2-8)

  • • Huron Peak (7/3)

    • Shavano / Tabeguache (7/4)

    • Silver Rush 50 (7/6)

• Youth Mystery Trip (6/23-29)

  • • Flight 93 Memorial

    • Hershey Park

    • North Carolina / Outer Banks / Cape Hatteras

    • New River Gorge NP&P

2023

• Little Rock (12/25-27)

• Washington (9/19-24)

  • • Mt. St. Helens (9/20)

    • Mt. Adams (9/21)

    • Camp Muir (9/22)

    • Cascade Pass / Sahale Arm (9/23)

• Sleepy Hollow State Park (8/3-5)

• Norfolk / N.C. (7/17-22)

• Washington (7/3-12)

  • • Deception Pass (7/4)

    • North Cascades / Lake Chelan (7/5-6)

    • Mt. Rainier (7/7)

    • Mt. St. Helens (7/8)

    • Olympic NP (7/9-10)

• Colorado (6/25-30)

  • • Harvard Columbia Circumnavigate (6/26)

    • Mount Ouray (6/28)

2022

• Colorado (9/21-26)

  • • Wheeler Mtn (9/22)

    • Tenmile Sea-to-Sea Quintuple (9/23)

    • La Plata Ellingwood Ridge (9/24)

    • Drift Peak (9/25)

    • Square Top Mtn (9/26)

• Marquette U.P. (8/19-21)

• Pigeon Forge (7/17-25)

  • • Great Smoky Mountains NP (7/19)

    • Mt. LeConte (7/20)

    • Clingmans Dome (7/24)

• Houston (NYG) (Mark, Sarah, Luke, Jonah, Seth) (7/8-14)

  • • Space Center Houston / NASA Johnson Space Center (7/9)

• Spring Break College Visits (4/4-7)

  • • Indiana Dunes NP (4/4)

• Norfolk (Family) (3/15-21)

2021

• Marquette-Isle Royale (Mark, David) (8/20-25)

  • • Marquette Trail 50 (8/21)

    • Isle Royale (8/22-24)

• Colorado (Mark,Luke) (7/27-8/2)

  • • Pine Creek Backpacking (7/27-7/29)

    • Missouri / Emerald / Iowa (7/29)

    • Yale Silver Creek Loop (7/31)

    • Mt. Columbia (8/1)

• Buffalo/Niagara Falls (Youth Mystery Trip, Sarah, Luke, Jonah) (7/7-9)

• Michigan U.P. (Family) (6/24-26)

• Norfolk (Family) (5/3-12)

• Colorado (Family) (4/5-10)

  • • Quandary Peak Winter Ascent (4/9)

• Norfolk (Sarah, Anya) (3/25-29)

2020

• Norfolk (Sarah, Anya) (9/23-30)

• Grand Teton National Park (Mark) (9/17-21)

  • • Teton Crest Loop Backpacking

• Shenandoah (Family) (9/4-7)

• Myrtle Beach (Jonah) (8/25-30)

• Colorado (Family) (7/19-28)

  • • Harvard Lakes Backpacking (7/21-22)

    • Mt. Harvard Traverse (7/23)

    • Great Sand Dunes N.P. (7/25)

• Pictured Rocks / Michigan U.P. (Family) (7/1-4)

• Norfolk (Sarah, Luke, Jonah, Seth, Anya) (6/10-14)

• Colorado (Mark, Luke, Seth) (2/14-18)

  • • Skiing Cooper, Monarch, Copper

2019

• Florida (Mark, Sarah, Luke, Jonah, Seth, Anya)

  • • Great Smoky Mountains N.P. (12/27)

    • Universal Studios (12/28-30)

    • Kennedy Space Center (1/1)

• Colorado (Mark) (9/10-15)

  • • La Plata Peak (9/11)

    • Run Rabbit Run 50 (9/14)

• Alaska Anniversary Cruise (Mark, Luke, Jonah, Seth)

• Minneapolis (NYG) (Mark, Sarah, Luke)

• Colorado (Mark) (6/26-7/1)

  • • Mount Antero (6/28)

    • Buffalo Peaks (6/29)

    • Mount Hope (6/30)

• Colorado (Luke, Jonah, Seth) (4/1-6)

  • • Skiing Monarch and Cooper

2018

• Northeast Anniversary Trip (Mark, Sarah) (8/13-18)

  • • 8/14-15 Acadia N.P.

    • 8/17-18 Boston

• Colorado, South Dakota, Minneapolis (7/8-21)

  • • 7/12 - Badlands NP, Wind Cave NP

    • 7/14 - Quandary West Ridge

    • 7/16 - Mt. Elbert

    • 7/17 - Tenmile Traverse

    • 7/18-19 - Backpacking Anglemeyer Lake

• Colorado (Mark) (6/3-7)

  • • 6/6 - Mt. Massive (SW Slopes)

    • 6/7 - Mt. Yale Traverse

• Jacksonville (Sarah) (5/25-31)

• Little Rock (Mark, Luke, Jonah, Seth, Gma Witte) (5/25-28)

• Washington D.C. (Luke, Sarah) (5/7-9)

• Colorado (4/1-7)

  • • 4/5 - Mt. Yale Winter Ascent

• Jacksonville (Sarah, Lisa) (1/14-20)

2017

• Zion (Mark) (9/24-30)

  • • 9/25-28 - Western Traverse

    • 9/28 - Angels Landing

    • 9/29 - Observation Point

• Colorado (7/17-25)

  • • 7/17 - Black Canyon

    • 7/18 - Uncompahgre Peak

    • 7/19 - Curecanti NRA

    • 7/22 - Cottonwood Pass

    • 7/23 - Mt. Princeton

    • 7/24 - Huron Peak

    • 7/25 - Quandary Peak

• Church Rafting Trip, New River Gorge, WV (7/10-13)

• Tahquamenon Falls (Mark) (6/23-24)

• Grand Canyon (Mark, David) (6/4-8)

  • • 6/5 - South to North

    • 6/6 - North to South

    • 6/7 - Humphreys Peak

• Nashville (Sarah, Lisa) (4/5-12)

• Colorado (Mark, Boys) (2/15-21)

  • • 2/19 - Mt. Bierstadt

2016

• Colorado (Mark, Sarah) (8/16-22)

  • • 8/17 - La Plata Peak

    • 8/18 - Mt. Evans

    • 8/21 - Pikes Peak Marathon

• Gettysburg, PA / Washington D.C. (Boys) (8/13-20)

• Norfolk, VA (Sarah, Boys) (7/28-8/1)

• New Orleans (NYG)(Sarah) (7/8-14)

• Michigan U.P. (6/26-7/6)

  • • 6/27 - Wilderness SP, Mackinac Island

    • 6/28 - Tahquamenon Falls

    • 6/29 - Pictured Rocks

    • 7/1-3 - Isle Royale

    • 7/4-5 - Porcupine Mountains

• Norfolk, VA (Sarah, Lisa) (6/2-10)

• Colorado (3/27-4/2)

  • • 4/1 - La Plata Peak

2015

• Florida (Disney World) (10/18-24)

  • • 10/19 - Magic Kingdom

    • 10/20 - Animal Kingdom

    • 10/21 - EPCOT

    • 10/22 - Hollywood Studios

    • 10/23 - Animal Kingdom

• Boyne Mountain (10/11-13)

• Manistee NF (8/21-22)

• Laingsburg, MI (7/31-8/1)

• Colorado (7/19-28)

  • • 7/20 - Bierstadt, Sawtooth, Evans

    • 7/22 - North Maroon Peak

    • 7/23-24 - Capitol Peak

    • 7/25-26 - Horn Fork Basin Backpacking

    • 7/27 - Mt. Democrat + Rocky Mountain NP

• Church Rafting Trip, New River Gorge, WV (6/22-25)

• Norfolk, VA (Sarah, Lisa, Karen) (6/6-12)

• Colorado (4/5-11)

  • • 4/9 - Mt. Yale

• Bahamas Cruise (Sarah, Lisa) (1/4-9)

2014

• Colorado (7/13-22)

  • • 7/15-16 - Mo. Gulch + Mt. Belford

    • 7/16-17 - Snowmass Gulch

    • 7/18 - Wetterhorn Peak

    • 7/19 - El Diente Peak

    • 7/21 - Quandary Peak

• Yosemite NP (Mark) (6/15-21)

  • • 6/16 - Mt. Dana

    • 6/17 - Clouds Rest

    • 6/18 - Half Dome

    • 6/19 - Glacier Point, Panorama Trail, 4-Mile Trail

    • 6/20 - May Lake, Mt. Hoffman

• Pensacola, FL (Sarah, Dave, Karen) (5/20-24)

• Colorado (2/26 -3/1)

  • • Pikes Peak Winter

2013

• Boyne Mountain (10/6-9)

• Colorado (7/18-27)

  • • 7/19 - Quandary Peak

    • 7/21 - Mt. Wilson

    • 7/22 - Wilson Peak

    • 7/23 - Mt. Sneffels

    • 7/24 - Kilpacker Basin

    • 7/25-26 - Chicago Basin, Mt. Eolus

• Niagara Falls (Luke, Jonah, Seth) (7/4-5)

• San Antonio, TX (NYG) (7/1-6)

• Alaskan Cruise (6/7-15)

• Myrtle Beach, SC (Sarah, Lisa) (5/14-19)

2012

• Texas (11/29-12/2)

  • • Sara/Chris Wedding

• Mackinac Island (10/7-10)

• Colorado (7/15-24)

  • • 7/18 - Maroon Peak

    • 7/19 - North Star Mountain

    • 7/21 - North Maroon Peak

    • 7/22 - Mt. Sherman, Sheridan, Gemini

• Mystery Trip (6/18-22)

• Colorado (2/16-20)

  • • 2/17 - Hoosier Ridge

    • 2/18 - Mt. Elbert

2011

• Boyne Mt/Mackinac Island (10/9-12)

• Colorado (7/17-26)

  • • 7/20 - Sunlight Peak/Windom Peak

    • 7/21 - Mt. Eolus

    • 7/23 - Mt. Bierstadt

• Yosemite (Mark) (6/7-11)

  • • 6/7 - Mist Trail

    • 6/8 - Clouds Rest

    • 6/9 - North Rim Epic

    • 6/10 - Glacier Point

• Florida (Sarah/Lisa) (5/23-27)

• Seattle Train Trip (Luke/Jonah) (2/17-22)

• Colorado (2/3-6)

  • • 2/4 - Mt. Sherman

2010

• Colorado (7/25-8/5)

  • • 7/29 - Mt. Harvard/Mt. Columbia

    • 7/31 - Lincoln, Bross, Cameron, Democrat

    • 8/1 - San Luis Peak

    • 8/2 - Maroon Bells

    • 8/3 - Pikes Peak

• New Orleans (Mark/Sarah) (NYG) (7/17-22)

• Niagara Falls/Buffalo, NY (Sarah, Lisa) (6/20-24)

• Annapolis, MD (Sarah) (6/9-12)

• Colorado (3/21-27)

  • • 3/25 - Quandary Peak

2009

• Warren Dunes State Park (9/3-5)

• Colorado (7/26-8/5)

  • • 7/29 - Great Sand Dunes NP

    • 7/30 - Kit Carson Peak

    • 8/1 - Crestone Peak

    • 8/2 - Mt. Lindsey

• Kansas City (Sarah, Lisa) (6/13-16)

• Southwest Trip (6/7-13)

  • • 6/8 - Zion NP

    • 6/9 - Bryce Canyon NP

    • 6/10-11 - Grand Canyon

    • 6/12 - Sunset Crater NM, Hoover Dam

• Florida (Orlando) (2/13-22)

  • • 2/16 & 18 - Busch Gardens

    • 2/17 - Sea World

    • 2/20 - Holy Land Experience

2008

• Colorado (Mark) (7/15-22)

  • • 7/17 - Crestone Needle

    • 7/18 - Humboldt Peak

    • 7/19 - Crestone Peak Attempt

    • 7/20 - Mt. Princeton

    • 7/21 - Missouri Mountaini

• West Coast (Seattle to Sacramento) (5/20-27)

  • • 5/20 - Olympic NP

    • 5/22 - Mt. Rainier NP

    • 5/23 - Crater Lake NP

    • 5/24 - Redwoods NP

    • 5/25 - San Francisco

    • 5/26 - Yosemite NP

• Florida (Sarah) (4/7-12)

2007

• Warren Dunes State Park (9/20-22)

• Colorado (7/30-8/8)

  • • 8/1 - Handies Peak

    • 8/2 - Redcloud Peak, Sunshine Peak

    • 8/3 - Four Corners, Mesa Verde NP

• Orlando/Tampa (6/5-9)

  • • 6/6 - Busch Gardens

    • 6/7 - Pontoon Boat

    • 6/8 - Atlantis Launch

2006

• Coloma, MI (9/1-4)

• San Antonio (6/8-20)

  • • 6/13 - Lyndon B. Johnson NHP

    • 6/14 - Sea World

    • 6/15 - San Antonio Zoo

    • 6/17 - David/Megan Wedding

2005

• Colorado (7/29-8/7)

  • • 8/1 - Black Canyon NP

    • 8/2 - Mt. Elbert

    • 8/4 - Culebra Peak

• Orlando (5/27-6/4)

  • • 5/30 - Magic Kingdom

    • 5/31 - Animal Kingdom

    • 6/1 - EPCOT

    • 6/2 - Sea World

• Washington DC (5/5-7)

  • • 5/6 - Jefferson Memorial

    • 5/7 - National Mall, Lincoln Memorial, Korean War Vet Memorial, Vietnam War Vet Memorial, White House

2004

• South Dakota/Colorado (7/31-8/12)

  • • 8/1 - Badlands NP

    • 8/2 - Mt. Rushmore, Wind Cave NP

    • 8/3 - Fort Laramie NHS, Oregon Trail NHT

    • 8/4 - Rocky Mountain NP

    • 8/5-9 - Backpacking Comanche/Venable

    • 8/10 - Little Bear Peak

    • 8/11 - Ellingwood Point, Blanca Peak

    • 8/14 - Lincoln Home NHS

• Germany (2/28-3/7)

2003

• Honeymoon (Niagara Falls, Vermont, Gettysburg, PA) (8/18-8/24)

  • • 8/23 - Gettysburg NMP

• Hawaii (3/1-9)

  • • 3/4 - USS Arizona Memorial, Diamond Head, Waikiki Beach -> Mark/Sarah Engaged

    • 3/6 - Pu'uhonua O Honaunau NHP, Hawaii Volcanoes NP

    • 3/8 - Pu'ukohola Heiau NHs

2002

• Colorado (7/30-8/7)

  • • Backpacking Fancy Pass/Holy Cross City

    • 7/30 - Castle Peak, Conundrum Peak

    • 8/1 - Pyramid Peak

• Germany (6/29-7/9)

• Shawnee NF (May)

• Colorado (skiing) (3/27-30)

2001

• New Orleans NYG (7/28-8/2)

• Colorado (8/3-10)

  • • Backpacking Lost Man Lake, Hunter Frying Pan Wilderness

2000

• Tennessee and Kentucky (3/8-11)

  • • Clarksville, TN

    • Concordia Kapelle Choir on Tour

    • 3/9 - Mammoth Cave NP

• Mexico (Youth Work Trip) (7/5-13)

• Colorado (7/29-8/7)

  • • Backpacking Holy Cross Wilderness

    • 8/2 - Mt. of the Holy Cross

    • 8/6 - Mt. Yale

1999

• Branson, MO (6/4-8)

• Mexico (Youth Work Trip) (7/22-28)

• Colorado (8/1-7)

  • • 8/1-5 - Backpacking in San Juans

    • 8/6 - Mt. Oxford, Mt. Belford

1998

• Houston, TX (Jan)

  • • Mike and Karen's wedding

    • Kennedy Space Center

• Alaska (British Columbia and Yukon) (6/29-7/9)

  • • Vancouver

    • Ketchikan

    • Wrangells

    • St. Petersburg

    • Juneau

    • Sitka

    • Hanes

    • Skagway

    • Whitehorse, Yukon

    • Dawson City, Yukon

    • Beaver Creek, Yukon

    • Fairbanks

    • 7/7 - Klondike Gold Rush NHP

• Atlanta, GA (NYG) (7/25-30)

• Colorado (8/6-11)

  • • Royal Gorge State Park

    • Mt. Herman

    • 8/9 - Shavano Peak, Tabeguache Peak

1997

• Mexico (Youth Work Trip) (7/7-15)

• Colorado (8/5-10)

  • • 8/7 - La Plata Peak

    • 8/9 - Longs Peak

1996

• St. Louis (Youth Mystery Trip) (1/13-14)

• Mexico (Youth Work Trip) (6/13-19)

  • • San Diego Zoo

• Colorado (7/2-6)

  • • 7/2 - Chimney Rock, Windlass Hill

    • 7/4 - Mount Massive

• Alaska (8/2-18)

  • • Chena River Boat

    • 8/4 - Denali NP

    • 8/8 - Kenai Fjords NP

    • 8/10 - Wrangell St. Elias NP

    • 8/12 - Alaska Pipeline Terminal

1995

• San Antonio (NYG) (7/1-7)

• California, Oregon (7/29-8/7)

  • • Golden Gate Bridge

    • 7/30 - Fort Point NHS

    • 7/31 - Redwoods NP, Oregon Caves NM

    • 8/1 - Crater Lake NP

    • Lake Tahoe

    • 8/2 - Lassen Volcanic NP

• Washington DC (8/16-21)

  • • White House tour

    • Lincoln Memorial

    • Ford Theater

    • Vietnam Memorial

    • Washington Monument

    • Mt. Vernon

    • Arlington National Cemetery

    • Gettysburg

1994

• Chicago (8th Grade Class Trip) (June)

• Canada/Northwest/Colorado (7/30-8/13)

  • • 7/30 - Itasca State Park

    • Jasper National Park

    • Banff National Park (Columbia Icefield)

    • 8/7 - Glacier NP

    • Sawtooth NRA (Idaho)

    • 8/10 - Craters of the Moon NM

    • 8/12 - Grays Peak, Torreys Peak

• Southwest (Nov)

  • • 11/21 - Organ Pipe Cactus NM

1993

• Minneapolis (with G&G Witte) (3/28-4/1)

  • • Mall of America

• Houghton, MI (7/31-8/2)

• Colorado (8/8-8/17)

  • • 8/12 - Mt. Bierstadt

    • 8/14 - Mt. Antero

• San Diego, CA (11/17-23)

  • • Naval Base

    • Sea World

    • San Diego Zoo

    • 11/23 - Cabrillo NM

1992

• Colorado (8/1-10)

  • • 8/3 - Mt. Sherman

    • 8/4 - Curecanti NRA

    • 8/5 - Mesa Verde NP

    • 8/6 - Bachelor Syracuse Silver Mine

    • 8/8 - Uncompahgre Peak

    • 8/9 - Ridgway SRA

    • 8/10 - Field of Dreams (Dyersville, IA)

• Florida (11/13-22)

  • • 11/20 - Kennedy Space Center

1991

• Texas (Nov)

  • • 11/23 - Padre Island National Seashore

• Utah, Colorado (8/2-7)

  • • 8/2 - Zion NP

    • 8/3 - Bryce Canyon NP, Capitol Reef NP

    • 8/4 - Canyonlands NP, Arches NP

    • 8/5 - Colorado NM, Black Canyon NM, Curecanti NRA

    • 8/7 - Rocky Mountain NP

• New Mexico, Arizona (7/20-23)

  • • 7/20 - Carlsbad Caverns NP

    • 7/21 - Old Tucson

    • 7/22 - Casa Grande Ruins NM

    • 7/23 - Joshua Tree NM

1990

• South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado (7/31-8/4)

  • • 7/31 - Custer State Park, Wind Cave NP

    • 8/1 - Devil's Tower

    • 8/2 - Yellowstone

    • 8/4 - Dinosaur NM

1989

• Southwest (7/13-17)

  • • 7/13 - Zion NP

    • 7/15 - Wild Animal Park, San Diego

    • 7/16 - Padres v Cubs

    • 7/17 - Dodgers v Cubs

    • 7/17 - NBC Studios, Los Angeles

1988

1987

• Florida (Nov)

  • • 11/14 - Everglades NP

    • 11/15 - Disney Magic Kingdom + EPCOT

• Colorado (Aug)

  • • 8/8 - Drove Pikes Peak

    • 8/11 - Box Canyon, Ouray

    • 8/12 - Four Corners

    • 8/17 - Breckenridge Alpine Slide

• Florida (Mar/Apr)

  • • 3/30 - Sea World Orlando

    • 3/31 - Disney Magic Kingdom

    • 4/1 - EPCOT

    • 4/3 - Fort Augustine

1986

• California, Colorado (Aug)

  • • 8/2 - Yosemite NP

    • 8/3 - Sequoia NP, King's Canyon NP

    • 8/12 - Mesa Verde NP

• New York (Jul)

  • • 7/27 - Statue of Liberty

1985

• Kentucky, Tennessee (Jun)

  • • 6/11 - Smokey Mountains NP

    • 6/12 - Mammoth Cave NP

1984

• Washington (Jul)

  • • 7/27 - Mt. St. Helens

    • 7/30 - Olympic NP

1983

1982

1981

• Colorado (Jul)

  • • 7/5 - Rocky Mountain NP