Net Ranger Travel Odyssey

Travel 2002 - Maui: Love Maui. 2nd visit. Snorkeling is fun at the beach. Snorkel Bob's has good price for gear renting. Sunset cruise is fun too. Drove East to Hana Bay, visited Oheo Gulch. Here is a picture of me.

Travel 2000 Part 2 - New South Wales, Australia : remember to pick up tourist information brochure at the airport

Blue Mountains, Jenolan Caves, etc.

Sydney: Darling Harbour, Maritime Museum, Aquarium and Oceanarium, Circular Quay, etc.

Did not have time to visit Melbourne.

Stonehendge (here is a picture I took), Bath, Windsor Castle, Blenheim Palace (at Woodstock), Oxford University, etc.

London: Cutty Sark at Greenwich Village, The Globe at South Bank, Kensington Palace, Hyde Park, Parliament, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul Cathedral, Buckingham Palace, etc.

Did not have time to visit Cambridge.

Travel 98: Visited Hearst Castle at San Simeon, Mission San Luis Obispo and have lunch at Apple Farm, Solvang - a Danish village, Mission San Ynez, Mission Santa Barbara, Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Garden at San Marino

Travel 97: Flew into Anchorage, Alaska in early August. Took Alaska Railroad train down to Seward and cruised the osean side of Kenai Fjords. Took train up to Denali Nation Park. Picture: Mt. McKinley (JPEG, 14KB) Lodging, transportation and tours were booked through Alaska Welcomes You, Anchorage, AK 99501, (907) 349-6301 ALASKA WELCOMES YOU!, INC.

Travel 96: Visited Portugal, France, Italy and Vatican in April. Below is a picture of ancient Venice. 

Travel 95: Went to Redwood Nation and State Parks in Northern California in November and hiked in the rain to visit the world's tallest known tree, Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens). Its data as of early 1995: 

Height: 367.8 feet 

Diameter: 14 feet 

Age: 600+ years (estimated) 

Location: Tall Trees Grove in Redwood National Park 

First measured in 1963 by National Geographic Society 

Travel 93: Visited Sequoia and King's Canyon National Parks on Independence Day weekend. 

Travel 92: Visited Grenada in summer for a week participating in the Carnival festivities. I traveled to the rain forest and toured a nutmeg plant. The famous café at St. George is the Nutmeg. I love their beautiful beaches by the Caribbean sea. Picture: Grenadian children of St. George (GIF, 303KB) 

Travel 91: Visited Hawaii, Guam, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, China on business trips. 

Travel 90: Bought my Eurail Pass from AAA. Toured Scotland, England, France, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Picture: Edinburgh Castle in Scotland (JEPG, 16KB) 

Travel 89: Camped at Yosemite Nation Park

Travel 88: Visited Yosemite National Park

Travel 87: Visited Queen Mary Seaport at Long Beach. First time skiing at Squaw Valley next to the beautiful Lake Tahoe. 

Travel 86: Grand Canyon NP (Arizona), Bryce Canyon National Park and Zion National Park (Utah), Las Vegas, Mann's Chinese Theater and the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Universal Studios, Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm, Sea World. One-way driving job-hunting and relocation trip from Texas via Casa Grande Ruins National Monument in Arizona, Joshua Tree National Park in California, to Silicon Valley

Travel 85: Salt Lake City, Logan, Reno. 

Travel 84: Did the following trips in 2 weeks in May. 

New Mexico: White Sands National Monument, Santa Fe, Four Corners

Utah: Arches Nation Park, Mormon Temple, Salt Lake City, 

Wyoming: Grand Teton National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Devil's Tower National Monument

South Dakota: Mount Rushmore National Memorial, 

Colorado: Denver, Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, and Rocky Mountain National Park