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Charlie's
April-May 2024 hike on the Appalachian
Trail in Virginia |
![](appalachiantrail2024/thumbnail/intro.jpg) |
![](eclipse2024/thumbnail/intro.png)
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April
2024 trip to Waco Mammoth National
Monument, Texas, to see the total solar eclipse. |
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March
2024 trip to Death Valley National Park |
![](deathvalley2024/thumbnail/intro.JPG) |
![](chichenitza/thumbnail/Intro.jpg) |
Christmas
2023 trip to Chichén Itzá in Mexico. |
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November
2023 trip to Big Bend National Park
for our twentieth wedding anniversary |
![](bigbend1123/thumbnail/intro.JPG) |
![](antelopecanyon/thumbnail/intro.JPG) |
April
2023 trip to Antelope Canyon,
Arizona. |
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November
2022 trip to Big Bend National Park
for our nineteenth wedding anniversary |
![](bigbend1122/thumbnail/intro.JPG) |
![](theodoreroosevelt/thumbnail/intro.JPG) |
September
2022 trip to Theodore
Roosevelt National Park. |
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July
2022 trip to Monument Valley. |
![](monumentvalley/thumbnail/intro.JPG) |
![](tabeguache/thumbnail/Intro.JPG) |
In
late May and early June 2022, Charlie hiked the 150-mile Tabeguache
Trail in Western Colorado. |
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December
2021 trip to Virgin Islands National
Park, completing our goal of visiting all 63 US National
Parks |
![](virginislands/thumbnail/intro.JPG) |
![](bigbend1121/thumbnail/intro.JPG) |
November
2021 trip to Big Bend National Park
for our eighteenth wedding anniversary. |
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September
2021 trip to New River Gorge National
Park. |
![](newrivergorge/thumbnail/Intro.JPG) |
![](acadia/thumbnail/intro.JPG) |
May
2021 trip to Acadia National Park. |
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April
2021 trip to Petrified Forest National
Park. |
![](petrifiedforest/thumbnail/intro.JPG) |
![](arches2021-03/thumbnail/intro.JPG) |
March
2021 trip to Arches National Park. |
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November
2020 trip to Big Bend National Park
for our
seventeenth wedding anniversary |
![](bigbend1120/thumbnail/Intro.JPG) |
![](alaska2020/thumbnail/intro.JPG) |
September
2020 trip to Gates of the Arctic and
Kobuk Valley National Parks. |
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August
2020 trip to Grand Teton and
Yellowstone National Parks. |
![Jackson Lake](tetons2020/thumbnail/Intro.JPG) |
![](oregontrail/thumbnail/Intro.JPG) |
In
June 2020, Charlie hiked 160 miles of the Oregon
Trail in South-Central Wyoming. |
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December
2019 trip to Congaree National Park. |
![Congaree](congaree/thumbnail/intro.JPG) |
![La Linda bridge, Big Bend](bigbend1119/thumbnail/intro.JPG) |
November
2019 trip to Big Bend National Park
for our
sixteenth wedding anniversary. |
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September
2019 trip to Indiana Dunes,
Cuyahoga Valley and Gateway Arch National Parks. |
![](indianadunescuyahoga/thumbnail/Intro.JPG) |
![The Appalachian Trail in Virginia](appalachian%20trail/thumbnail/IMG_0916%20thumbnail.JPG) |
In
April and May 2019, Charlie hiked 567 miles (25%) of the Appalachian
Trail. |
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December
2018 trip to the Grand Canyon. |
![](grandcanyon2018/thumbnail/DSCN5660_small.JPG) |
![](bigbend1118/thumbnail/DSCN5621_small.JPG) |
November
2018 trip to Big Bend National Park
for our
fifteenth wedding anniversary. |
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August
2018 trip to American Samoa. |
![](americansamoa/thumbnail/DSCN5397_small.JPG) |
![Akaka Falls](hawaii/thumbnail/DSCN5345_small.JPG) |
August
2018 trip to Hawaii. |
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July
2018 trip to Hot Springs and Mammoth Cave National Parks. |
![Bathhouse at Hot Springs National Park](hotsprings/thumbnail/DSCN5148_small.JPG) |
![Saguaro National Park](saguaro/thumbnail/DSCN4926_small.JPG) |
December
2017 trip to Saguaro National Park. |
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November
2017 trip to Big Bend National Park
for our
fourteenth wedding anniversary. |
![Janice on the boat to Boquillas, Mexico](bigbend1117/thumbnail/DSCN4862_small.JPG) |
![Crater Lake](northwest2017/thumbnail/DSCN4838_small.JPG) |
August
2017 trip to the Pacific
Northwest. |
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August
2017 trip to Idaho to see the total
solar eclipse. |
![Solar Eclipse on August 21st](solareclipse/thumbnail/Eclipse_small.jpg) |
![](channelislands/thumbnail/DSCN4448_small.JPG) |
July
2017 trip to Channel Islands
National Park and the USS Midway. |
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July
2017 trip to Capulin Volcano National
Monument. |
![Capulin Volcano](capulin/thumbnail/DSCN4304_small.JPG) |
![Big Kiva at Bandelier National Monument](bandelier/thumbnail/DSCN4203_small.JPG) |
May
2017 trip to Bandelier National
Monument. |
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December
2016 trip to Joshua Tree National
Park. |
![Joshua Tree National Park](joshuatree/thumbnail/DSCN3946_small.JPG) |
![California Zephyr train](californiazepyhr/thumbnail/DSCN3796_small.JPG) |
December
2016 trip from our home in Grand Junction to Denver, through the
Rockies on the California
Zephyr train. |
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November
2016 trip to Big Bend National Park
for our
thirteenth wedding anniversary. |
![Quarai Ruins at Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument](bigbend1116/thumbnail/DSCN3777_small.JPG) |
![A bristlecone pine tree at Great Basin National Park](greatbasin/thumbnail/DSCN3505_small.JPG) |
September
2016 trip to Great Basin National
Park. |
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August
2016 trip to Hanging Lake
and Mount Bross. |
![Charlie on the summit of Mount Bross, 14,172'](hanginglakemountbross/thumbnail/DSCN3491_small.JPG) |
![Mount Denali](alaska/thumbnail/intro.jpg) |
July
2016 trip to Alaska. |
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May
2016 trip to Rainbow Bridge
National Monument. |
![Rainbow Bridge National Monument](rainbowbridge/thumbnail/intro.jpg.JPG) |
![Fort Jefferson at Dry Tortugas National Park](florida/thumbnail/Intro.jpg) |
April
2016 trip to Big Cypress, Biscayne, Dry
Tortugas and Everglades National Parks. |
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November
2015 trip to Big Bend National Park
for our
twelfth wedding anniversary. |
![El Morro National Monument, New Mexico](bigbend1115/thumbnail/DSCN1894_small.JPG) |
![On the summit of Quandary Peak, 14,265'](quandarypeak/thumbnail/intro.jpg) |
September
2015 trip to Quandary Peak. |
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September
2015 trip to Isle Royale and
Voyageurs National Parks. |
![Isle Royale coastline](isleroyale/thumbnail/DSCN1544_small.JPG) |
![Engineer Mountain above treeline](durango/thumbnail/Intro.jpg) |
August
2015 trip to Durango. |
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July
2015 trip to Cedar Breaks National
Monument. |
![Cedar Breaks](cedarbreaks/thumbnail/Intro.jpg) |
![Angels Landing at Zion National Park](zion/thumbnail/Intro.jpg) |
May
2015 trip to Zion National
Park. |
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April
2015 trip trip to the Cayman
Islands to celebrate our friend Donna's birthday. |
![Sunset cruise off Grand Cayman](caymanislands/thumbnail/Intro.jpg) |
![Burro Mesa Pour-Off at Big Bend National Park](bigbend1114/thumbnail/Intro.jpg) |
November
2014 trip to Big Bend National Park
for our
eleventh wedding anniversary. |
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August
2014 trip to the Blue Ridge
Parkway. |
![Mabry Mill on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina](blueridgeparkway/thumbnail/Intro.jpg) |
![On the summit of Hawksbill Mountain in Shenandoah National Park](shenandoah/thumbnail/Intro.jpg) |
August
2014 trip to Shenandoah National
Park. |
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July
2014 trip for Charlie to climb Mount
Lincoln and Mount Democrat. |
![Charlie on the summit of Mount Lincoln (14,286')](lincolndemocrat/thumbnail/Intro.jpg) |
![Black Canyon of the Gunnison](blackcanyon/thumbnail/Intro.jpg) |
June
2014 trip to Black Canyon of the
Gunnison National Park. |
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May
2014 trip to Capitol
Reef National Park and Natural Bridges National Monument. |
![Capitol Dome gives Capitol Reef its name](capitolreef-naturalbridges/thumbnail/DSCN0097_small.JPG) |
![Canyonlands National Park](canyonlands2014-02/thumbnail/DSC04868_small.JPG) |
February
2014 trip to Canyonlands
National Park. |
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January
2014 hike up Mount Garfield, close to our new home in Grand Junction |
![On the summit of Mount Garfield](mountgarfield/thumbnail/DSC04754_small.JPG) |
![Entrance Camp on the Rio Grande](bigbend1113/thumbnail/DSC04612_small.JPG) |
November
2013 trip to Big Bend National Park
for our
tenth wedding anniversary. |
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August
2013 trip to Pinnacles National
Monument. |
![Janice on the High Peaks trail at Pinnacles](pinnacles/thumbnail/DSC04510_small.JPG) |
![Janice on the summit of Brokeoff Mountain, with Lassen Peak in the background](lassen/thumbnail/DSC04504_small.JPG) |
August
2013 trip to Lassen National Park. |
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August
2013 trip to Guadalupe
Mountains, Carlsbad Caverns and Dinosaur National Monument. |
![Guadalupe Peak](guadalupe-carlsbad-dinosaur/thumbnail/DSC04347_small.JPG) |
![Big Thicket National Preserve](bigthicket/thumbnail/DSC04296_small.JPG) |
May
2013 trip to Big Thicket National
Preserve. |
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February
2013 trip to Colorado
National Monument. |
![Liberty Cap, Colorado National Monument](coloradomonument2013/thumbnail/DSC04191_small.JPG) |
![Caprock Canyons State Park, Texas](caprockcanyons/thumbnail/DSC04138_small.JPG) |
November
2012 trip to Copper Breaks and
Caprock Canyons State Parks. |
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November
2012 trip to Big Bend National Park
for our
ninth wedding anniversary. |
![Abandoned Model T Ford in the desert at Big Bend](bigbend1112/thumbnail/DSC04090_small.JPG) |
![The Badlands](northsouthdakota/thumbnail/DSC03936_small.JPG) |
August
2012 trip to North Dakota,
South Dakota and Wyoming. |
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Charlie's
July 2012 trip to Canyonlands,
Arches and Great Basin National Parks. |
![Druid Arch in Canyonlands National Park](utahnevada2012/thumbnail/DSC03637_small.JPG) |
![Bastrop State Park](bastropstatepark0412/thumbnail/DSC03550_small.JPG) |
April
2012 trip to Bastrop State
Park. |
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April
2012 trip to Colorado
National Monument. |
![Model T Ford in the desert at Big Bend](coloradomonument2012/thumbnail/DSC03517_small.JPG) |
![Sunset Crater in Arizona](sunsetcrater/thumbnail/DSC03468_small.JPG) |
February
2012 trip to Sunset Crater and
Wupatki National Monument. |
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November
2011 trip to Big Bend National Park
for our
eighth wedding anniversary. |
![Petrified wood in Big Bend National Park.](bigbend1111/thumbnail/DSC03404_small.JPG) |
![Grand Teton seen from Hurricane Pass.](tetons/thumbnail/DSC03319_small.JPG) |
September
2011 trip to Grand
Teton National Park. |
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September
2011 trip to Yellowstone National
Park. |
![This bison walked right by our car](yellowstone/thumbnail/DSC03109_small.JPG) |
![Waterton Lake](glacier/thumbnail/Glacier_50_small.JPG) |
August
2011 trip to Glacier
National Park. |
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Charlie's
April
2011 hike around Lake Georgetown, Texas on the Goodwater
Trail (all in one day). |
![Lake Georgetown from the Goodwater Trail](goodwater/thumbnail/GW_22_small.JPG) |
![View from Clingmans Dome.](smokies2011/thumbnail/DSC02686_small.JPG) |
April
2011 trip to Great Smoky Mountains
National Park. |
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November
2010 trip to Big Bend National Park
for our
seventh anniversary and for Charlie to hike Elephant Tusk trail
again. |
![Elephant Tusk at Big Bend](bigbend1110/thumbnail/DSC02599_small.JPG) |
![At the South Rim trailhead after hiking from the North Rim.](grandcanyon2010/thumbnail/DSC02438.JPG) |
September
2010 trip when we hiked both ways across the Grand
Canyon. |
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July
2010 trip to Pike's Peak. |
![Sunrise at 13,000' on the East Face of Pike's Peak](pikespeak0710/thumbnail/DSC02225.JPG) |
![Hoodoos in Bryce Canyon](bryce/thumbnail/DSC02142.JPG) |
April
2010 trip to Bryce Canyon National Park. |
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February
2010 trip to Big Bend National Park for Charlie to hike Elephant
Tusk trail (which he only just survived). |
![Elephant Tusk viewed from the South Rim of the Chisos Mountains](bigbend0210/thumbnail/Elephant%20Tusk.JPG) |
![The Rio Grande from the rim of Boquillas Canyon, at the end of the Marufo Vega trail](bigbend1109/thumbnail/DSC01992.JPG) |
November
2009 trip to Big Bend National Park
for our sixth wedding anniversary. |
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Charlie's
November
2009 trip to the Guadalupe
Mountains and Franklin Mountains. |
![McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains National Park](guadalupe-franklin/thumbnail/G05.jpg) |
![The bear we met on the Mist Falls trail](sequoia/thumbnail/DSC01811.JPG) |
August
2009 trip to Sequoia and Kings Canyon
National Parks. |
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July
2009 trip to Big Bend National Park
for the Independence Day holiday. |
![A tramway tower (in use 1909 - 1919) on the Ore Terminal trail](bigbend0709/thumbnail/304.JPG) |
![The Colorado River near Phantom Ranch](grandcanyon/thumbnail/H16.jpg) |
December
2008 trip to the Grand Canyon. |
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November
2008 trip to Big Bend National Park
for our fifth wedding anniversary. |
![Our wedding spot on the south rim of the Chisos Mountains](bigbend1108/thumbnail/015.jpg) |
![Landscape Arch, Arches National Park, Utah](utah/thumbnail/158.jpg) |
September
2008 trip to New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado
and Utah, |
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In
July 2008 Charlie climbed Telescope
Peak in Death Valley. |
![Telescope Peak, Death Valley, California, 11,049'](telescopepeak/thumbnail/DSC01123.jpg) |
![The Capitol, Washington DC](washingtonDC/thumbnail/061.jpg) |
May
2008 trip to Washington DC. |
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April 2008 trip to Redwood National
Park. |
![Tall Trees Grove, Redwood National Park, California](redwoods/thumbnail/705087-R1-036-16A_018.jpg) |
![Dodson Trail, Big Bend, Texas](bigbend0308/thumbnail/041.jpg) |
March
2008 trip to Big Bend National Park. |
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September 2007 trip to Spain. |
![Peniscola, Spain](spain/thumbnail/023.jpg) |
![Starr Pass hiking trail, Tuscon](tucson/thumbnail/014.jpg)
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May
2007 trip to Tucson. |
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April
2007 trip to Death Valley National Park. |
![Badwater, Death Valley, California](deathvalley/thumbnail/077.jpg) |