Plans

North America

• Raft some epic rivers
  • Middle fork of the Salmon
  • Colorado thru the Grand Canyon
  • At least a 3 day trip on the Rogue in Oregon
• See a Space Shuttle launch.
• Canoe the Silver river in Florida
• Visit Yellowstone
  • Kayak Lake Yellowstone
  • Backpack North Rim of Yosemite Valley in early summer..May or June.
  • Backpack to Mr. Bubbles hot springs.  Stay at Ferris Fork Campsite (9D1)
• Learn enough mountaineering to climb Ranier
• Explore Alaska
  • Katmai National Park in Alaska
• 3 or 4 day kayak trip in Washington’s San Juan Islands.

The America’s south of the US

• Easter Island
• Galapagos Islands  January 2010.
• Ski Chile or Argentina during the US Summer
• Bike World’s Most Dangerous Road
• Salar de Uyuni during the wet season.
• Motorcycle all the way down to the southern tip.
• Ambergris Cay and Blue hole in Belize.
• See Tikal and raft the Cahabon River in Guatamala.
• Copper Canyon in Mexico
• Drive my jeep up and down the Baja peninsula, camping on beaches along the way.

Africa

• Bungee Jump over Victoria Falls
• See the pyramids in Egypt
• Visit Mountain Gorillas
• Scuba Dive in Mozambique.  August 2009.
• Visit the western oasises in Egypt
• Climb Kilimanjaro
• Visit the Serengetti during the annual migration
• Go white water rafing on the Nile
• Go white water rafting below Victoria Falls
• Botswana Okavango Delta (Again with a better camera!)
• Visit Ghana, Mali, etc.
• Morocco including the Rif mountains.

 Asia

• Drive/Bike/Motor the Karakoram Highway
• Potala Palace in Tibet
• Terracotta warriors in Xian, China.
• Visit the Gobi desert.
• Visit India.
• Nepal…Saragamatha national park, rafting, etc.
• Tokyo Japan, Mt. Fuji, etc.
• The ’stans.

Europe

• Visit Sicily and see the volcanos there
• Visit Stonehenge
• Go to Oktoberfest in Munich.  September 2001
• Drink Absinthe in Prague  September 2001
• Drive the Alsace wine route in France between Strasbourg to Mulhouse
• Visit the Croatian Dalmation Coast
• Iceland
• Scandanavian Fjiords
• Cappadocia in Turkey
• Greek Islands, and the meteora.

Australia/New Zealand/Pacific Islands

• Drive 4×4 in Oz..Cairns to Broome
• See Uluru  December 2002
• Visit Rarotonga  February 2009
• See volcanos and land diving by the navives on Vanauatu.  The ocean diving is good as well.
• See a total eclipse of the sun

 

Antarctica

• Winter at the South Pole  2002, 2004
• Summer at Palmer
• Sail to Antarctica from New Zealand 2006, 2007
• Visit the Dry Valleys 2007
• South Georgia Island

Dive Locations

• Dive one of the Aggressor liveaboards (Fiji, Palau, etc)
• Dive the Maldives
• Dive Bikini Atoll
• Dominica in the Caribbean
• Bonne Terre Mine in Missouri
• Yap islands in Micronesia

Colorado Adventures

Take the Durango – Silverton railway halfway for the Chicago Basin hike. Climb Eolus, Sunlight and Windom.

Backpack to Conundrum hot springs.

Bike the Monarch Crest trail.

Bike the Continental Divide trail

Overnight backpack to Black Canyon of the Gunnison.

4×4 Medano Pass road to Mt. Herard for great view over Great Sand Dunes in Colorado.

West Maroon Pass in late July for wildflowers.

Skills to Learn

• Surfing (more than just standing up)
• White water kayaking