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