Alaska 2023

July 20 - Flight to Anchorage

Day - 1 ( July 21)

Katmai NP - Brooks Fall Tour with Fly Katmai

Day -2 

Kenai Fjords NP - Exit Glacier overlook Trail

Day- 3

Kenai Fjords NP - 6 hour boat tour by Major Marine

Day - 4

Lake Clark NP - Chinitna bay bear viewing tour by RUST Air

Day - 5

Wrangell St Elias NP - McCarthy road trip to Kennicott town ( should have gone for Root Glacier trail)

Day - 6

Wrangell St Elias NP - Flight seeing trip over Glacier , Nabesna ice field & Mud volcanos 

Matanuska Glacier tour

Day - 7

Flight to Gustavus

Day-8 

Glacier Bay Boat tour

Flight back home

Shenandoah & New River Gorge Road Trip 2023

Drive from Maryland

Day-1 

Drive to Shenandoah NP(July 15)

1. Traces Trail

2. Rockytop overlook

3. Blackrock Summit Trail

4. Turk Mtn. Overlook

Overnight stay at Lewisburg

Day-2 

Drive to New River Gorge NP (July 16)

1. Grand View

2. Scenic overlook of the Bridge

3. Long Point Trail (3.2 miles)

Drive back home(Maryland)

Canadian Rockies & Vancover and Seattle

 Day 1 (Banff) (July 19, 2022)

Bow River

Bow Falls Trail

Historic Cave & Basin

Vermillion lakes

Johnson Lake, 2 Jacks lake & Minnewanka Lake

Gondola

Day 2

Banff NP - Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, Johnston Canyon Trail

Yoho NP - Emerald Lake, Natural Bridge, Takkakaw Falls, Spiral Tunnel

Day 3

Kootenay NP - Marble Canyon Trail, Paint Pot Trail, Numa Falls, Olive Lake, Radium Hot Springs

(next time not to miss natural hot springs Invermere)

Day 4

Glaciar NP - Meeting of Waters Trail, Rock Garden Trail, Bear Creek Falls Trail

Revelstoke NP - Meadows in the Sky parkway drive, Upper Summit Trail, Fire lookout Trail

Day 5 (Icefield Parkway drive)

Banff NP - Bow Lake, Peyto Lake

Jasper NP - Columbia Icefield trip to Glaciar, Sunwapta Falls, Athabasca Falls

Day 6 

Jasper NP - Patricia Lake, Pyramid Lake (Footbridge to Island Trail), Annette Lake (loop trail), Edith Lake, Maligne Canyon, Maligne Lake, Mt Edith Carvel Drive & Trail to Angel Glaciar & Pond

Day 7

Jasper NP - Maligne Lake Moose Trail, Maligne Lake Cruise

Day 8 

Jasper to Kamaloop

Rearguard Falls

River Safari

Day 9

Kamaloop to Whistler

Joffery Lake

Narain Falls Trail

Scandinavian Spa

Day 10

Whister to Vancouver

Brandywine Falls

Shannon Falls

Day 11

Vancouver downtown - Stanley Park, Granville Island, Canada Place, Lynn Canyon bridge/Falls

Day 12 (July 30, 2022)

Vancouver downtown - Chinese Garden, Steam Clock, Lonsdale Quay (Morning - Pedal boating in Deer Lake Park)

Day 13 (July 31, 2022)

Vancouver to Seattle

Aug 1

Snoqualmie Falls

Aug 3, 2022

Mt Rainier NP - Sunrise Lookout, Sunrise Nature Trail, Tipsoo Lake Trail

Aug 6

North Cascades NP - Sterling Munroe Lookout, Gorge Lake overlook, Ladder Creek Trail, Diablo Lake,  Rainy Lake Trial, Washington pass overlook

Winthrop- Perrygin Lake State Park