This page could ultimately have the most travel stories and photos if Costa Rica doesn’t eventually outnumber them! 🙂 Since stories take so much more time and mental energy, I am doing photos first, adding here the U.S Travel Galleries that appear in my big gallery under “Pre-Costa Rica TRAVEL.”
And if I have a travel photo book in my bookstore, I will also link to it. Unfortunately my early retirement travel books were done by an online company (MyPublisher.com) that went out of business, so I can’t link to them, but since then I’ve used Blurb.com and all those travel books are in my online bookstore, which is now dominated by Costa Rica books! 🙂
The featured image at very top is one of my skyline shots of Chicago from the 2010 trip while the cowboy just above is in Monument Valley, Utah near the Arizona border. The photo galleries listed below are all in the above linked travel gallery chronologically with most recent on top. Below they are listed chronologically by states after two shorter categories of “Multi-states” and “National Parks.” Galleries for those will also appear under the appropriate states.
“To awaken alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.” – Freya Stark
MY U.S. TRAVEL PHOTOS (33 states & territories)
MULTI-STATE TRIPS
- SW Grand Canyons Tour, AZ, UT, NV, 2012 – BOOK: The Grand Canyons
- Great River Road, MN to LA, 2003-2010 – Web Page linking to the multiple travel galleries. (Photo Book not available now.)
- The Natchez Trace, TN, AL, MS, 2010 (Photo Book not available now.)
- The Blue Ridge Parkway, VA-NC-TN, 2006 (Photo Book not available now.)
- Zoos visited (50), linked by states in an index to travel galleries.
- Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida in 1955 on the 1948-55 Family Vacations Page
NATIONAL PARKS VISITED
- Arcadia
- Bryce Canyon, 2012
- Everglades
- Grand Canyon
- Grand Canyon, 2012 –  BOOK: The Grand Canyons
- Grand Tetons
- Great Smoky Mountains
- Gulf Islands National Seashore
- Hot Springs
- Lake Powell & Antelope Canyon, 2012
- Land Between the Lakes
- Monument Valley, 2012
- Rocky Mountains
- Virgin Islands
- Volcanoes NP Hawaii
- Washington DC
- Washita National Battlefield
- Yellowstone
- Zion National Park, 2012
ARKANSAS
- Wood Doggett Family Reunion, Warren, 2014 – BOOK: Uncle JC in Guatemala
- Little Rock Zoo, 2011
- Wood Doggett Family Reunion, Warren, 2011
- Wesley Doggett Family Reunion, Warren, 2011
- Wood Doggett Family Reunion, Warren, 2008
- GREAT RIVER ROAD Southeast AR, 2008
- Wood Doggett Family Reunion, Warren, 2004
- Hardgrave Family Reunion, Clarksville, 1997
- Wood Doggett Family Reunion, Warren, 1997
- Greater Hardgrave Family Reunions, Clarksville, 1997, 1996, 1995
- Wood Doggett Family Reunion, Warren, 1996 or Earlier
- Hardgrave Cousins Reunions, 1992 & 1989
- Family Visits, Crystal Springs & Ft. Smith, 1970
- Ouachita Baptist University & Final Summer at Camp Quapaw, 1960-1962
- North Arkansas Ozarks Family Trips 1957
- Arkansas Travels as a child (family vacations), 1948-1955
- El Dorado, AR, 1947-1955
- Warren & Camden, AR, 1942-43
- Born in Warren, AR, 1940
ALABAMA
- Natchez Trace, 2010
- Huntsville Botanical Gardens, 2009
- Birmingham & Montgomery Zoos, 2008
- DeSoto Falls, 2004
- Noccalula Falls, Gadsden, 2004
- Little River Canyon, 2004
- Childhood family vacation 1955 stop in Mobile on the 48-55 Family Vacations Page
ARIZONA
- Grand Canyon, 2012 – + BOOK: The Grand Canyons
- Sedona & Oak Creek Canyon, 2012
- Montezuma Castle, 2012
- Phoenix Zoo, 2012
- Phoenix Botanical Gardens, 2012
- Grand Canyon Hike with Dallas Youth, 1968
CALIFORNIA
- San Diego Wildlife Safari Park, 2011
- San Diego Zoo. 2011
- San Diego City & Waterfront, 2011
- Universal Studios & Disneyland, 1968
COLORADO
- Mountains Camping Tour with the Kevin Hunter’s, 2007
- Breckenridge, Colorado, 2005
- Rocky Mountains National Park, 1991
- Fall trip to Cabin in
- Durango-Silverton Train Ride 1987
- H.S. Band Camp at Gunnison 1956
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (Washington, DC)
- Washington, DC Solo Touring, 2013 – BOOK: Washington DC, A Capital Adventure
- SBC Pages Philadelphia Trip – 1973
- National RA Congress in Washington D.C. – 1963
- I stopped by for 1 day in 1960 en-route back from New York
FLORIDA
- Tampa Cruise Departure, April 2011
- Tampa-St.Pete w/ Clyde, March 2011
- Southwest Florida, 2007
- Miami & The Everglades, 2005
- Visiting Old Friends 2005
- Miami Beach 2005
- Miami Zoo 2005
- Everglades Birds 2005
- Everglades National Park 2005
- Pensacola & Gulf Islands National Seashore, 2004
- Walt Disney World solo trip, 1999
- Walt Disney World solo trip, 1997
- Universal Studios with Juli after the Bahamas Cruise, 1996
- Fort Lauderdale with Juli before a Bahamas Cruise, 1996
- Destin, Florida with Juli, 1993
- Walt Disney World with Juli, 1992
- Walt Disney World for RA Mission Games Conference, 1974
- Key West for conference with drive through all the keys, 1965 + Flyover
- Everglades National Park, 1965-1967 multiple trips while in Miami + Flyover
- Miami & Miami Springs where I lived 1965-1967
- Second Trip to Panama City, 1957
- First Trip to Panama City, 1955
GEORGIA
- Georgia Aquarium, 2007
- Zoo Atlanta, 2007
- Downtown Atlanta, 2006
- Georgia Aquarium, 2006 (more photos than 07)
- Zoo Atlanta, 2006 (more photos than in 07)
- Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, 2006
- Cloudland Canyon, 2004
HAWAII
ILLINOIS
- Chicago, 2010
- Long Grove, 2010
- Volo Blog Natural Area, 2010
- Chicago, 2009
- GREAT RIVER ROAD Illinois, 2007 September
INDIANA
IOWA
- Great River Road, 2003
KANSAS
- Kannapolis & Fort Larned, 2007
KENTUCKY
- Louisville Zoo, 2013 – BOOK: A Walk on the Wild Side (Includes Ohio zoos)
- Oneida School Mission Trip, 2011
- Patti’s 1880’s Restaurant & Show, LBL, 2011
- Louisville Zoo, 2005
- Kentucky Down Under & Horse Cave, 2005
- Shaker Village, Pleasant Hill, 2004
- Lake Barkley & Land Between the Lakes, 2004
- Home Place, Land Between the Lakes, 1992
LOUISIANA
- Final Section of GREAT RIVER ROAD, MS & LA — 2010 April
- Hurricane Katrina Volunteer Work, Slidell, 2005
- Honeymoon in French Quarters, New Orleans, 1970
- 1955 drive through and stop by relative on the 48-55 Family Vacations Page.
MAINE
MASSACHUSETTS
MICHIGAN
- Upper Peninsula Michigan, 1992
MINNESOTA
- Spreading Jerry’s Ashes, Bear Den Landing, 2008
- Rochester with Jerry, 2007 & 2008
- Minnesota Zoo, 2005
- Bemidji & Northern Minnesota, 2005
- Including GREAT RIVER ROAD Itasca to Bemidji, 2005
- GREAT RIVER ROAD Bemidji, 2005
- GREAT RIVER ROAD Bemidji to Minneapolis, MN, 2005
- Mayo Clinic & Great River Road, 2003
MISSISSIPPI
- GREAT RIVER ROAD, MS — 2010 April
- Natchez Trace, 2010
- Camp Yocona, 1962
- 1955 Family Vacation stop with relatives in Pascagoula
MISSOURI
- World Bird Sanctuary, 2007
- Wild Canid Center, 2007
- AZAD Conference, St. Louis, 2007
- St. Louis Zoo, 2007 & 2005 combined
- Kansas City Zoo & Swope Park Nature Trail, 2005
- Hannibal, 2003
- Great River Road, 2003
- 5th Nat’l RA Congress, St. Louis, 1973
- Missouri Ozarks with Family, 1960
NEVADA
- Las Vegas Strip, 2012
- Las Vegas Zoo, 2012
- Grand Canyon Tour, 2012 – + BOOK: The Grand Canyons
- Reno & Sparks Mission Trip, 2004
- Hoover Dam & Las Vegas, 1968
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- New Hampshire Fall Tour, 2004
NEW MEXICO
- Taos, 2007
- Glorieta, solo, 1992
- Glorieta, Hillcrest Dallas youth, 1968
- Glorieta & Santa Fe Many Times not recorded
- Taos with family
NEW YORK
- I had one field trip to NYC from BSSB in 70’s or 80’s
- Albany-Schenectady & NYC Student Missionary, 1960
NORTH CAROLINA
- The Blue Ridge Parkway, VA-NC-TN, 2006
- NC Thanksgiving with Jason, 2003
- Ridgecrest Single Adult Conference, 1999
- Ridgecrest & AT Trail Hike, 1966
- Ridgecrest many times not recorded
OHIO
- Ohio Zoos Tour – BOOK: A Walk on the Wild Side
- Cincinnati Zoo, 2013
- Columbus Zoo & Aquarium, 2013
- The Wilds Safari Park, 2013
OKLAHOMA
- Washita National Battlefield, 2007
- 35th High School Reunion, Tulsa Will Rogers, 1993
- Tulsa Will Rogers High School, 1955–1958
- University of Oklahoma, Norman, 1958–1959
RHODE ISLAND
TENNESSEE
- Pre- Costa Rica TENNESSEE Travel Photos Gallery
- Tennessee State Parks Gallery + BOOK: A Walk in the Woods
Through all 54 Tennessee State Parks
TEXAS
- Dallas Bethany Church Administrator, 1975–1977
- R.A. Mission Trip, Brownsville, 1972
- R.A. Mission Trip, Brownsville, 1970
- Hillcrest Mission Trip, Port Isabel, 1968
- Dallas Hillcrest Baptist Church Youth Minister, 1967–1969
- Fort Worth & Dallas, 1962–1965
- Childhood trips to Dallas in 1950 & 1955 on the 48-55 Family Vacations Page.
UTAH
- Zion National Park, 2012
- Kanab, 2012
- Bryce Canyon, 2012
- Monument Valley, 2012
- Lake Powell & Antelope Canyon, 2012
- Grand Canyon, 2012 – BOOK: The Grand Canyons
VIRGINIA
- The Blue Ridge Parkway, VA-NC-TN, 2006
- Historic Jamestown, Virginia, 1990 (1 photo)
WASHINGTON
WISCONSIN
- Great River Road, 2003
WYOMING
- Grand Teton National Park, 2006
- Yellowstone National Park, 2006
- Field Service Trip, 1991
- Week on St. John Island, 1990
How I Traveled My Last 11 Years in the States:
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”THE REAL VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY CONSISTS NOT IN SEEKING NEW LANDSCAPES, BUT IN HAVING NEW EYES.”
~ MARCEL PROUST
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