Trips and activities in 2020
Note – this schedule lists the major stops and stayovers only – not necessarily all the little towns and various sites visited along the way.
January 4 — Mineopa State Park (Mankato, MN)
January 20 — Madeline Island, WI (Big Bay State Park)
January 25-26 — International Falls, MN; Fort Frances, ON
February 1 — Mississippi River Nat’l Recreation Area Visitor Center (St. Paul, MN); St. Paul Winter Carnival
February 2 — Stillwater, MN; Franconia Sculpture Park (Franconia, MN)
February 15-16 — Washington, D.C. (DC Defenders XFL game)
March 1 — Wabasha, MN (Grumpy Plunge 2020)
March 7-8 — Omaha, NE (University of North Dakota vs. Nebraska-Omaha hockey game)
May 2 — Farmington, MN Fairgrounds (old town walkaround)
May 9-10 — International Falls, MN (Bog Walk), Scenic State Park (MN)
May 23-25 — Blue Mounds State Park (MN), Badlands National Park (SD), Rapid City, SD, Harney Peak (Black Elk Peak) hike (SD), Pierre, SD
June 5-10 — International Falls, MN
June 10 — Rugby, ND (Geographical Center of North America)
June 11 — Billings, MT
June 12 — Thermopolis, WY, Grand Junction, CO
June 13 — Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park (CO)
June 14 — Colorado National Monument (CO), Arches National Park (UT)
June 15 — Vail, CO; Denver, CO.
June 16 — Topeka, KS (Brown v. Board of Education NHP)
July 2 — Duluth, MN
July 3 — Grand Portage National Monument (MN), Grand Portage State Park (MN)
July 4-5 — International Falls, MN
July 11-12 — Billings, MT
July 19 — Minnesota Valley SRA (MN)
August 8-9 — International Falls, MN
August 14-16 — Billings, MT
August 20 — Richmond, IN
August 21 — Peoria, IL; Herbert Hoover NHS (IA); Omaha, NE; Kearney, NE
August 22 — Scottsbluff National Monument (NE); Fort Laramie NHS (WY), Billings, MT
August 29 — Voyageurs National Park – Ash River (MN)
September 5-8 — Augusta, GA; Charleston, SC
September 9-12 — Savannah, GA; Beaufort, SC; St. Simon’s GA; Jekyll Island, GA; Fort Frederica National Monument (GA); Tybee Island, GA
September 26 — Osceola, WI
October 3 — Nugget Lake County Park (WI)
October 10 — River Falls, WI
October 31-Nov 2 — Billings, MT
November 21 — Nerstrand Woods State Park (MN)
November 26-28 — International Falls, MN; Franz Jevne State Park (MN)
December 4-6 — Billings, MT
December 12 — Stillwater, MN
December 25-27 — International Falls, MN
