Timeline of Trips

2009

Square Tower House, Chapin Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park — Mesa Verde National Park

Summer 2009 – Out West:

- - Gateway Arch
  - Oklahoma City
  - Oklahoma City National Memorial
  - Carlsbad Caverns NP
  - Roswell
  - Santa Fe
  - Chaco Culture NHP
  - Animas River Whitewater
  - Mesa Verde NP
  - San Juan Mountains
  - Monument Valley
  - Grand Canyon NP
  - Hoover Dam
  - Las Vegas
  - Inland Empire – Calico
  - Los Angeles
  - San Rafael Swell
  - Vail
  - Denver
  - Lincoln – State Capitol

Kayaking in Louis J. Sima Great Lakes Marsh Preserve, New Buffalo — Kayaking in Louis J. Sima Great Lakes Marsh Preserve, New Buffalo, Michigan

Summer-Fall 2009: South Bend and Grand Rapids, plus New Buffalo and Saint Joseph (Michigan Riviera)

Museum of Science and Industry

Fall 2009 & Spring 2010: Chicago

2010

Arch Rock, Mackinac Island State Park

Summer 2010:

Fish Town, Leland, Michigan — Fish Town on the right bank, in Leland, Michigan, port to the Manitou Islands of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Labor Day 2010: Sleeping Bear Dunes

2011

Château Frontenac, Quebec City — Old Quebec City

Summer 2011: Toronto, Quebec City, Lunenburg, and Fundy

Chapin House (Old City Hall)

Fall 2011: Niles, Michigan

2012

Cumberland Gap National Historical Park

Spring Break 2012: Kentucky’s Cumberland Falls and Carter Cave, plus Cumberland Gap

Belle of Louisville

Summer 2012: Falls of the Ohio State Park and Louisville

Mount Katahdin from Sandy Stream Pond, Baxter State Park — Mount Katahdin from Sandy Stream Pond, Baxter State Park, Maine

Summer 2012 – 1st Anniversary:

- - Baxter State Park
  - Acadia
  - Penobscot Bay
  - Rockland, Maine

2013

Joshua Tree National Park

February 2013: Joshua Tree

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Spring 2013: Great Smoky Mountains

Badlands National Park

Summer 2013 – 2nd Anniversary:

- - Iowa City
  - Mitchell Corn Palace
  - Badlands NP
  - Wall Drug
  - Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
  - Wind Cave NP
  - Mount Rushmore National Memorial
  - Crazy Hose Memorial
  - Mammoth Site
  - Hot Springs
  - Custer State Park
  - Jewel Cave NM
  - 1880 Train – Hill City-Keystone
  - Deadwood
  - Devils Tower NM
  - Theodore Roosevelt NP
  - Medora
  - Bismarck
  - Fargo
  - Big Ole the Viking statue in Alexandria, MN

2014

May 26, 2014 - Bangor City Hall, Bangor, Michigan — May 26, 2014 – Bangor City Hall, Bangor, Michigan

Spring 2014: Bangor, Michigan

Grand Prismatic Spring — Yellowstone National Park

Summer 2014 – 3rd Anniversary:

- - Chimney Rock NHS
  - Scotts Bluff NM
  - Cheyenne, WY
  - Rocky Mountain NP
  - Steamboat Springs, CO
  - Dinosaur NM
  - Salt Lake City
  - Great Salt Lake
  - Bonneville Salt Flats
  - Shoshone Falls and Twin Falls
  - Craters of the Moon NM&P
  - Jackson, WY
  - Grand Teton NP
  - Yellowstone NP
  - Idaho Potato Country

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Summer 2014: Cuyahoga Valley and the Cleveland (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

Miners Castle, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

Fall 2014: Pictured Rocks kayaking

Bridgeton Covered Bridge and Bridgeton Mill, Parke County, Indiana

Fall Recess 2014: Parke County Covered Bridges

2015

French Quarter, New Orleans

Spring Break 2015:

- - Cairo, IL
  - Hot Springs NP
  - Arkansas Post National Memorial
  - Vicksburg
  - Natchez Trace Parkway
  - Natchez
  - Swamp Tour
  - New Orleans
  - Jean Lafitte NHP&Pr
  - Selma

Cave Point County Park, Door County

Summer 2015 – 4th Anniversary:

- - Door County
  - Wisconsin Dells
  - And more Wisconsin places

Old Courthouse, Saint Louis, Missouri — Old Courthouse, Gateway Arch National Park, Saint Louis, Missouri

Summer 2015: Gateway Arch

Landmark Center, Saint Paul — Landmark Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota

Fall 2015: Minneapolis-Saint Paul

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park

Fall Recess 2015:

2016

Maple Sugar Time — Maple Sugar Time at Chellberg Farm, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

Spring 2016: Indiana Dunes

George Washington's Mount Vernon — George Washington’s Mount Vernon

Spring Break 2016:

Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park — Yosemite National Park

Summer 2016:

Fort Mackinac, Marquette Park, and Mackinac Island Harbor — Fort Mackinac, Marquette Park, and Mackinac Island Harbor, Mackinac Island State Park

Summer 2016 – 5th Anniversary: Mackinac

2017

Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee

Spring Break 2017:

- - Nashville
  - Franklin
  - Tennessee’s Natchez Trace

Cool Springs — Cool Springs, Arizona

Summer 2017 – 6th Anniversary:

2018

Senior PGA Championship, Harbor Shores, Benton Harbor

Spring 2018: Benton Harbor (Michigan Riviera)

The Grand Seafood & Oyster Bar, old Grand Theater — The Grand Seafood & Oyster Bar, old Grand Theater, Grand Haven, Michigan

Summer 2018: Grand Haven (Michigan Riviera)

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan — Sleeping Bear Point and Glen Lake overlook from trail along Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan

Summer 2018 – 7th Anniversary: Traverse City and Sleeping Bear Dunes

National Blueberry Festival, Downtown South Haven

Summer and Fall 2018: South Haven (Michigan Riviera)

2019

The Alamo — The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas

February 2019:

Fort Worth Water Gardens

Summer 2019 – 8th Anniversary: Dallas-Fort Worth

St. Joseph County Courthouses, South Bend, Indiana

Fall 2019: South Bend (Saint Joseph County)

2020

Kitch-iti-kipi, Palms Book State Park, Michigan — Kitch-iti-kipi (“big cold water”), originally called the “Mirror of Heaven” by early Native Americans, is Michigan’s largest natural freshwater spring – part of Palms Book State Park

Fayette Historic State Park

Summer 2020 – 9th Anniversary:

2021

Boot Hill Museum, Dodge City, Kansas — A gunfight reenactment at Boot Hill Museum, Dodge City, Kansas

Santa Fe Trail Shortgrass Prairie

Monument Rocks (Chalk Pyramids) — Monument Rocks (Chalk Pyramids), Kansas Badlands

Summer 2021 – 10th Anniversary – American Heartland:

- - Rockdale & LaSalle, IL – IM Canal sites
  - Burlington, IA – Snake Alley
  - Nauvoo, IL – Mormon sites
  - Hannibal, MO – Mark Twain sites
  - Marceline, MO – Walt Disney sites
  - Saint Joseph, MO – Pony Express sites
  - Kansas City, MO
  - Topeka, KS
  - Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
  - Wichita, KS
  - Dodge City, KS
  - Santa Fe Trail Shortgrass Prairie
  - Monument Rocks-Kansas Badlands
  - Ogallala, NE
  - Nebraska Sandhills
  - North Platte, NE
  - Lincoln, NE
  - Omaha, NE
  - Des Moines, IA
  - Amana, IA

2022

The Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame

Alexander Calder’s La Grande Vitesse at Calder Plaza, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Under the Oaks City Park, Jackson, Michigan

April: Chicago Road (US12), Sturgis, MI

11th Anniversary:

- - Niles, MI – Fort St Joseph Museum
  - Notre Dame, IN – Snite Museum of Art

Summer: Northern Indiana and Lower Michigan

- - Watervliet, MI
  - Grand Rapids, MI
  - La Porte, IN
  - Flint, MI
  - Marshall, MI
  - Albion, MI
  - Jackson, MI
  - Charlotte, MI

Pyramid Point, Sleeping Bear Dunes, Michigan

Saint Louis Union Station

Fort de Chartres State Historic Site

Jean-Baptiste Vallé House, Ste. Geneviève National Historical Park

2023

Early Summer: Leelanau and Grand Traverse – Cedar, MI:

- - Mission Point Lighthouse – Old Mission Peninsula
  - Pyramid Point & Port Oneida – Sleeping Bear Dunes

Mid-Summer: Michigan Underground Railroad Historic Sites

12th Anniversary:

- - Saint Louis
  - Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
  - Fort de Chartres State Historic Site
  - Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park

Christmas:

- - Niles, MI – Downtown Christmas
  - Carmel, IN – Christmas Market

Holland, Michigan

Deepwater Point Natural Area, Williamsburg, Michigan

Marquette Statue, Marquette Park, Mackinac Island, Michigan

2024

Spring:

- - Trillium Ravine Preserve, Niles, MI
  - Holland Tulip Time, Holland, MI

Early Summer – 13th Anniversary: Leelanau and Grand Traverse – Greilickville, MI:

- - Old Settlers Park on Glen Lake
  - Elk Rapids, MI
  - Deepwater Point Natural Area

August: Mackinac

Fall: Colon, MI

ISAC – Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa (formerly known as the Oriental Institute), University of Chicago (ancient Near Eastern studies and archaeology museum)

Falling Waters Lodge, Leland, Michigan, view of Historic Fishtown from Leland River Falls

2025

Spring: ISAC – Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa (formerly known as the Oriental Institute), University of Chicago

Early Summer: Leelanau and Grand Traverse – Copemish, MI

- - Suttons Bay
  - Leland Falls
  - Treat Farm Trail
  - Beulah

Mid-Summer: Shipshewana, IN – Amish Country

Future

Sensoji (Asakusa Kannon Temple) - a Buddhist temple (Photo: quickclick2015.wordpress.com) — Sensoji (Asakusa Kannon Temple) – a Buddhist temple (Photo: quickclick2015.wordpress.com)

Japan – Tokyo, Mount Fuji, and Kyoto

Machu Picchu

Peru – Machu Picchu, Amazon Rainforest, and Lake Titicaca and the Uros Floating Islands

St. Mark’s Square, Venice

Italy – Venice, Rome, and Florence

Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge

Australia – Great Barrier Reef, Uluru, and Sydney