Thursday, July 27, 2023

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

Tuesday, July 18, 2023

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)



Friday, July 14, 2023

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