{"id":160,"date":"2015-07-17T17:13:17","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T17:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/?page_id=160"},"modified":"2022-02-04T04:03:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T04:03:50","slug":"where-we-plan-to-go","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/travel-maps\/where-we-plan-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Where we plan to go"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the general plan from here:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Spring 2022 — Ottawa NWR near Toledo OH<\/div>\n
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Summer 2022 — Visit family & friends around Ohio<\/div>\n
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Aug 2022 — Alaska Cruise<\/div>\n
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Fall 2022 — Bale Grist Mill, Napa Valley, California<\/div>\n
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Winter 2022-3 — Desert Gardens RV Park<\/div>\n
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Things are pretty much up in the air after that.\u00a0 We may stay a little longer at Desert Gardens in the spring.\u00a0 We are talking about a trip with RVing friends to New England and the Canadian Maritimes.<\/div>\n
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Places still on our “To Do” list:<\/strong><\/div>\n
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California Coast<\/a><\/div>\n
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South Eastern U.S.<\/a><\/div>\n
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Mountain & W Plains<\/a><\/div>\n
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Midwest & Northeast<\/a><\/div>\n
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Top 25 National Wildlife Refuges for Birding<\/a><\/p>\n

National Monuments and Parks<\/a><\/p>\n

Summary of our travels:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We started in Cleveland on October 16, 2015, visited Charleston, SC, and St. Augustine, FL. \u00a0Then visited family and friends in Winter Haven and Destin, FL. \u00a0We stopped in\u00a0Livingston, TX, where we attended the Escapee’s Boot Camp and become “Real Texans” (driver’s license & all!)<\/p>\n

We started our volunteering career at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument as Interpretive Guides winter 2015-2016. \u00a0We then took the month of April 2016 to travel the southern California\u00a0desert country. \u00a0We\u00a0spent summer 2016 at Palatki Heritage Site near Sedona, AZ. \u00a0Fall of 2016 we were in southern New Mexico at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. Dec. & Jan. was time for family and friends in Florida. \u00a0Feb. \u2013 April of 2017 we were near Houston, TX, at Anahauc National Wildlife Refuge.<\/p>\n

The summer of 2017 we were at Grand Portage NM in northern Minnesota. \u00a0 For the Fall of 2017, we traveled to the Badlands, Mt. Rushmore, Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, Mesa Verde, Canyonlands, Arches, etc.\u00a0 Winter 2018 — was boondocking in southern Arizona.\u00a0 The spring of 2018 was spent at Bosque del Apache NWR (this won’t be completely breaking our “no return” policy, since it will be a totally different season and totally different wildlife!)<\/p>\n

Our summer vacation of 2018 took us to Glacier National Park, on up into Canada to Banff, Jasper, then to Washington and Oregon.\u00a0 Finally we returned to Arizona to volunteer at Petrified Forest National Park for September through November 2018.<\/p>\n

We purchased a lot (actually, a 99 year lease) at Desert Gardens RV Park.\u00a0 We spent the winter of 2018-19 at this beautiful and spacious park about half way between Phoenix and Tucson.\u00a0 We hope to spend the winter months there each year.<\/p>\n

Spring of 2019 we traveled to Houston for Don’s Birthday, Taft TX to see Janelle, Destin FL for Fran, Winter Haven for Barbara, then on to Pocosin Lakes NWR and the Outer Banks.\u00a0 This included excursions to Williamsburg, Durham, and Wilmington NC.<\/p>\n

Summer 2019 was a big loop to see many friends and family we had not seen for a while.\u00a0 Fairmont WV, Pittsburgh PA, Cleveland, Toledo, Chicago, Wahoo NE, and Kanab UT were all part of the grand loop.<\/p>\n

Fall 2019 was back to Bosque del Apache NWR, our second home!\u00a0 And a return to Desert Gardens for the winter.<\/p>\n

2020 was not\u00a0 so much traveling and sight-seeing.\u00a0 With the COVID-19 Virus, after we left Desert Gardens we were ‘sheltering in place’ on my son’s property in Chardon, OH, from May through Labor Day.<\/p>\n

Fall 2020 – Winter\/Spring 2021 – Portland, Oregon, helping Kajsa and family with distance learning and virus precautions.<\/p>\n

Summer 2021 — Touring southern Oregon and Northern California, ending at our friends, Cindi & Roger’s place outside of Kanab.<\/p>\n

Fall 2021 — Back at Bosque del Apache<\/p>\n

Winter 2021-2 — Desert Gardens RV Park, south of Florence AZ<\/p>\n

We have found that we (especially Judith) really like the structure that a volunteer position provides, so we will plan to continue to volunteer some each year, although we have scaled back some from previous years.\u00a0 We tried the more “foot-loose” style and found “too much” freedom was not for us.\u00a0 We enjoy a fair amount of flexibility when volunteering, and our “vacations” between assignments, but we also like the structure and sense of “giving back” that volunteering provides.<\/p>\n

Our Travels \u2013 2015 -2016\u00a0 — Map on Google<\/a><\/p>\n

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2015-16 Travels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our 2017 Travels — Map on Google<\/a><\/p>\n

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2017 Travels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our 2018 Travels — Map on Google<\/a><\/p>\n

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2018 Travels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our 2019 Travels — Map on Google<\/a><\/p>\n

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2019 Travels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our 2020 Travels – Map on Google<\/a><\/p>\n

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2020 Travels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our 2021 Travels – Map on Google<\/a><\/p>\n

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Here is the general plan from here: Spring 2022 — Ottawa NWR near Toledo OH Summer 2022 — Visit family & friends around Ohio Aug 2022 — Alaska Cruise Fall 2022 — Bale Grist Mill, Napa Valley, California Winter 2022-3 — Desert Gardens RV Park Things are pretty much up in the air after that.\u00a0 … Continue reading Where we plan to go<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":158,"menu_order":30,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-160","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160"}],"version-history":[{"count":60,"href":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5416,"href":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160\/revisions\/5416"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}