The purpose of this trip is to see as many beautiful places in the American West as possible, to get physically and mentally healthy, and discover some things that I've never known or experienced.
The length of the trip will depend upon just when I can get started - the later in August I leave the shorter the trip will be, mostly due to the fact that I don't want to miss too much of the University of Texas football season!
The plan is to head north from Fort Worth and start the trip with the Badlands and Blackhills of South Dakota. From there, head west into Montana for the Tetons and Yellowstone. If the timing works out, I'd love to take a multi-day whitewater rafting trip in Idaho. Its pretty late in the season for that, but I might be able to get a rafting trip down the amazing Salmon River Canyon.
Next up would be Glacier National Park, then up into Canada to visit Banff and Lake Louise. Then over into British Columbia, with some golf at Whistler BC. Quickly down through Washington State and Oregon, both of which I have been to several times. Probably stop at Crater Lake and then down into California for Yosemite and Sequoia with a side trip to Lake Tahoe.
After Sequoia, over to the Grand Canyon. Hopefully by then, I will be in shape to hike down into the canyon and then back out. After the GC, there are several stops planned in Utah - Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arches, then into Colorado for Estes Park and the Black Canyon in Gunnison National Forest. One thing I have always wanted to do is the Durando to Silverton narrow gauge railroad, with perhaps a stop at a zip line course - 22 separate lines to travel - it takes all day.
The last stop will probably be at Carlsbad in NM and then back to Fort Worth and a warm shower and bed.
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