A History

Every summer, Bobbi and I try to remember all the summer trips we have taken over the years. We always forget something.

1989. Brown Nissan truck to New England. Highlights included Virginia at Steve's, Bar Harbor, and Gettysburg. We bought a mandolin in Burlington, VT.
1990. Street performing in Europe, for the first part of the trip. We visited France, Italy, Austria and Germany.
1991. We spent New Year in Jamaica at a Yoga resort. A short trip at the end of the summer to Portland, OR, to visit Gerry and Joan. We met Jack and Mary, too. We camped near Mount Saint Helen.
1992. We rented an Astro van and drove from Miami to the four corners. In Texas, we saw our first Whole Foods Market. We visited a lot of parks for the first time in Arizona, Utah, and Colorado.
1993. We loved Breckenridge so much, we decided to return for a month. We drove the Celica and shipped our bikes. We stopped in New Orleans on the way.
1994. A short trip at the end of the summer to Emerald Isle. We stayed in Martha's Mother's cottage.
1995. We loved Emerald Isle so much that we returned the next year. We stayed a week in the cottage and then rented the house next door for three weeks. Eli, Barbara, Danny and Rachel came to visit, as did Kandy and Roy, along with Danny and Susan.
1996. Once again we returned to lovely Emerald Isle. No one came to visit, so we enjoyed it ourselves.
1997. A short trip to NYC to see Stomp with Larry and Randi. We stayed gratefully in Betty's apartment on the upper west side.
1998. Drove to Boston for Larry and Randi's wedding. We stopped in Virginia at Steve's for a few days. Bobbi travelled to India in December.
1999. We swapped vacation locations with Larry and Randi. The first week we spent in CA near Mount Shasta, and near Monterey. The second week was in Miami and Key West.
2000. We loved Shasta so much we returned for a few weeks. Near the end of the trip, we climbed Mount Lassen.
2001. We rented a red Grand Am and travelled to Banff, Lake Louise, the ice fields, Jasper, and Waterton Lakes. We met a couple who had rented a small RV. We were enticed.
2002. We rented our first RV and nicknamed it the Spam Can. It reminded us of a U-Haul truck. We spent a night at Feathered Pipe Ranch and then header to Yellowstone and the Tetons. The ride home was in a wind storm. 
2003. We rented a smaller van, a Pleasure Way, in Calgary. We visited Banff, Lake Louise, Yoho, Golden, and Radium Hot Springs.
2004. We returned to Calgary and rented another Pleasure Way. Went to Glacier, amid raging forest fires. We travelled to East Glacier, where Bobbi turned her ankle and broke it. 
2005. We bought a small RV conversion van. We travelled to NC. We suffered through ants, infections, burnouts, and near fires. We visited Gary's retreat near Asheville. Towards the end of the trip, we discovered Davidson River Campground in Brevard. In December, we travelled with Roy and Kandy to Hawaii.
2006. A short van trip back to Brevard, NC. All went well and we fell in love with RVing.
2007. No trip. We moved Bobbi's school.
2008. Drove the van to Nova Scotia and PEI. We stopped at Kripalu, where Kandy met us for a workshop. On the way home, we stopped in Brevard and bought a mandola.
2009. Headed back to Utah. On the way we stopped in Mammoth Caves and Hot Springs. We had some minor trouble with the alignment on the truck. Nothing a hammer and saw couldn't fix. Visited many parks: Grand Canyon, Zion, Cedar Breaks, Bryce, Capitol Reef, Great Basin, Mesa Verde, Rocky Mountain, and Hot Springs.
2010. We loved Rocky Mountain and Estes park so much, we returned. We also returned to the Tetons. We had an idea of travelling to Idaho, but decided to return to Estes Park. We saw an Indian festival on the way to the Tetons.
2011. We returned to Glacier, via Michigan and North Dakota. We like the UP and Teddy Roosevelt National Park.
2012. China, Siem Reap, and Tokyo.
2013. We returned to Colorado via Albuquerque and Taos Ski Valley. We visited the Great Sand Dunes, Pegosa Springs, Curecanti, Crested Butte, Gunnison. We returned to the UP in Michigan on the way home. Eli and Barb joined us. We stopped in the Great Smokies, too.
2014. In March, we travelled to the Amazon and Machu Picchu. In the summer, we drove all the way to Idaho. We spent more time in Pegosa Springs and visited Steve in Jackson Hole for July 4. Returned to the Tetons. Visited St. Louis, where we had to fix the van window. We also saw Lincoln's home, camped in Kansas, and discovered DeSoto State Park in Alabama.
2015. Trip to Tanzania. First, we flew to Belgium and spent a few days in Brugge. We had some plane problems, but made our flight to Tanzania, via Addis Ababa.
2016. We drove to Maine. We drove up the coast, instead of on I-95. Visited with family near Burlington. Spent time in Bar Harbor and Campobello. Nearer home, we stopped in Brevard. Tim bought a resonator guitar at the same store where he bought the mandola.
2017. A month in Alaska: Ketchikan, Petersburg, Juneau, Glacier Bay, Haynes, Skagway, Sitka, Anchorage, Seward, Whittier, Denali National Park. We rented a van in Anchorage. 
2018. Travelled to Arizona, via North Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Albuquerque. Bobbi taught a workshop in Show Low. We stumbled onto Sedona and Flagstaff, We spent two weeks. On the way home we visited Monument Valley. We encountered closed forests due to fire near Durango, so we went over the pass and spent several days in Ridgeway. We spent a few days in Frisco, CO. 
2019. Tim went to IJA convention in Fort Wayne. Travelled to Maine. We had van trouble. We started with 4th of July parade in Flagler Beach. Saw Twelfth Night with Mike and Cathy in Lenox. Saw the Lake Monsters play in Burlington with Karen, Mike and Billy. We ate lobster rolls in Bar Harbor and went on a bay cruise. On the way home, we went to Tanglewood with the whole family. Saw the new river bridge in WV on the way home. The park attendant drove around for two days with the same branches on his cart. DeSoto Park where Tim did the zip line course.
2020. Stayed in Florida, during the pandemic. Visited Kandy in Fort Meyers. Went to Bok Tower. Spent Thanksgiving with Steve and Mary at Flagler Beach.
2021. Sanibel for a week in the spring. Headed to NC in the fall for Thanksgiving, via Myakka and Bok Tower. We turned back in Georgia and flew to NC. 
2022. Summer trip to Desoto, Great Smokey, Brevard. Trip to Costa Rica in the fall.
2023. Private tour at Lion Country Safari.