Alaska
Since 2006 I have been visiting a different place in Alaska each year, and hope to continue doing so.
2006: Wrangel/St Elias NP, Seward, and Valdez
2007: Homer and Kachemak Bay State Park
As a major change of pace, Doug Moore and I visited the Grand Canyon over Thanksgiving in 1986. We backpacked down one of the less-maintained routes, to the Horseshoe Mesa. This is part way down the canyon, so we didn't carry our packs to the bottom, but we did do a dayhike to the bottom.































