Trips and activities in 2012
Note – this schedule lists the major stops and stayovers only – not necessarily all the little towns and various sites visited along the way.
February 16 — Hanover, MD (Medieval Times)
February 18 — Bristol, TN/VA; Knoxville, TN and Rome, GA
February 19 — Desoto Falls (Alabama); Birmingham, AL; Tuscaloosa, AL; Jackson, MS
February 20 — Natchez Trace Parkway and Natchez, MS; Bossier City, LA
February 21 — Drive through Texas; Carlsbad, NM
February 22 — White Sands National Monument (Alamogordo, NM); Roswell, NM; Carlsbad, NM
February 23 — Carlsbad Caverns National Park and Guadalupe Mountains National Park; Mentone, TX; Marfa, TX
February 24 — Presidio, TX; Texas FM 170 (Big Bend Ranch State Park), Lajitas, TX
February 25 — Big Bend National Park (Texas)
February 26 — Checotah, OK; Bentonville, AR; Joplin, MO; Baxter Springs, KS; Springfield, MO
February 27 — Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home National Monument (Indiana); Santa Claus, IN; Lexington, KY; Charleston, WV
March 3 –Seaford, DE; Laurel, DE; Rehoboth Beach, DE
March 4 — Rehoboth Beach, DE
March 24 — Washington D.C. Mall (Cherry Blossoms and Monuments)
April 7 — Drive through the Delaware and Maryland coastline
April 8 — Lewes, DE (Cape May Ferry); Cape May, NJ; Atlantic City, NJ; Philadelphia, PA; Wilmington, DE
April 26-27 — New York City, NY
May 4 — Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park (Paterson, NJ); Newport, R.I.
May 5 — Block Island (New Shoreham, R.I.)
May 6 — Roger Williams National Memorial (Providence, R.I.); Montague, NJ; Port Jervis, NY and Matamoras, PA.
May 13 — Gettysburg, PA
May 31 — Bethlehem, PA
June 1 — Albany, NY; Saratoga Springs, NY; Rouses Point, NY; Alburg, VT; Quebec, QC
June 2 — Old Town Quebec, QC
June 3 — Montmorency Falls (Quebec, QC); Montreal, QC; Ottawa, ON
June 4 — Ottawa, ON; Kingston, ON; Toronto, ON; Niagara Falls, ON
June 5 — Niagara Falls, ON
June 23 — Rehoboth Beach, DE; Bethany Beach, DE; Fenwick Island, DE
June 24 — Rehoboth Beach, DE
June 30 — Rehoboth Beach, DE
July 1 — Rehoboth Beach, DE; Fenwick Island, DE; Dagsboro, DE
July 4 — The National Mall, Washington, D.C.
July 14 — Rehoboth Beach, DE
July 15 — Rehoboth Beach, DE
July 21 — Boston, MA
July 22 — Stratford-upon-Avon, U.K.; Dumbleton, U.K.
July 23 — Gloucester, U.K.; Stonehenge; Dover, U.K.; Ashford, U.K.
July 24 — Paris, France
July 25 — Fly from London Heathrow (U.K.) to Boston and on to Baltimore
Aug 7-13 — Easter Island (Chile) (via Miami and Lima, Peru) (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5)
Sept 1-3 — Minneapolis, MN (Minnesota State Fair)
Sept 8 — Jefferson, N.C.; Boone, N.C.
Sept 9 — Danville, VA; South Boston, VA; Farmville, VA.
Sept. 14-15 — Minneapolis, MN
Sept. 22 — Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge/Assateague Island, VA.
Sept. 23 — Rehoboth Beach, DE.
Sept. 29-30 — Minneapolis, MN
Oct. 14 — Fort Necessity National Battlefield (PA), Friendship Hill National Historic Site (PA), Oakland, MD; Fairfax Stone Monument (WV)
Oct. 15 — Crisfield, MD; Tangier Island, VA
Oct. 26 — Minneapolis, MN
Oct. 27 — Rochester, MN
Oct. 28-29 — Minneapolis, MN
Oct. 30 — Northwood, IA; Austin, MN
Oct. 31 — Minneapolis, MN
Nov. 18 — Virginia Beach, VA; Knotts Island, NC; Cape Charles, VA; Chincoteague, VA
Nov. 22-24 — International Falls, MN; Duluth, MN (Bentleyville)
Nov. 25 — Minneapolis, MN
Dec. 1 — Rehoboth Beach, DE (Thompson Island Nature Preserve)
Dec. 2 — Rehoboth Beach, DE (Cape Henlopen State Park-Wolfe Neck)
Dec. 9 — Philadelphia, PA (Valley Forge National Park)
Dec. 22-26 — International Falls, MN; Emo, Ontario; Fort Frances, Ontario
Dec. 26-Jan. 1 — Minneapolis, MN