March and April 2024 Australia and New Zealand
March and April 2023 Egypt and Jordan
- Denver – DC
- DC – Amman
- Amman – Jerash – Dead Sea – Wadi Rum
- Wadi Rum – Aqaba
- Aqaba – Madaba – Amman
- Amman – Cairo
- Cairo – Luxor – cruise
- Aswan – Abu Simbel – Aswan
- Luxor – Cairo
- Cairo – FRA
- FRA – DC – Cumberland
- Cumberland – DC – Denver – Fort Collins
2022 Halfway around the world and back
- Denver – Munich
- Munich – IST – Male – Hard Rock Hotel
- Male – St. Regis Hotel – Male
- Male – Westin Hotel – Male
- Male – Singapore
- Singapore – Frankfurt – JFK
- Newark – San Francisco
- San Francisco – Papeete
- Papeete – Bora Bora
- Bora Bora – Papeete
- Papeete – SFO – Maui
- Maui – Kona
- Kona – Denver
2021 French Polynesia
2020 The lost year
This map is easy! Denver to Maui and back!
Fall 2019 Trip – Birthdays and Ruins!
Days Traveling – 62 days as of November 7
Countries Visited – only 3
- USA
- Germany
- Italy
Cities Visited
- Frederick, Maryland
- LaVale, Maryland
- Dusseldorf, Germany
- Kettwig, Germany
- Essen, Germany
- Munich, Germany
- Catania, Sicily, Italy
- Taormina, Sicily, Italy
- Siracusa, Sicily, Italy
- Modica, Sicily, Italy
- Agrigento, Sicily, Italy
- Trapani, Sicily, Italy
- Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- Pompeii
- Capri
- Rome
- Frankfurt
Airports and Flights
- DEN – IAD
- IAD -FRA
- FRA – CTA (Catania)
- FCO (Rome) – FRA (Frankfurt)
- FRA – Denver
Trains
- Frankfurt – Dusseldorf
- Essen – Munich
- Siracusa – Modica
- Modica – Cattani – Agrigento (2 hours to wait between trains)
Ferries
- Palermo – Civitavecchio
Buses
- Catania – Taormina
- Taormina – Catania – Siracusa
- Trapani – Palermo
March 2019 – The “Brexit is pending” trip
Days Traveling – 25 days
Countries Visited – only 3
- Republic of Ireland
- Northern Ireland, U.K.
- England, U.K.
Cities Visited
- Dublin
- Liscannor
- Killarney
- Kilkenny
- Daytrip to Waterford
- Dublin
- Belfast
- Bushmills
- Delgany to see David and Celia
- London
Airports and Flights
- DEN – IAD – Dublin
- DUB – London City Airport
- London Heathrow – DEN – direct!
No trains, no ferries … just a few Tube rides in London and 2 rental cars in Ireland and Northern Ireland
February 2019 – Hawaii trip and a really boring map!
Time for another trip – this time to Alaska and Europe from August to November 2018. We made it home in time to vote!
Map of our stops
Days traveling – 93 days as of November 5, 2018
Countries Visited
- Canada
- Alaska
- Norway
- Sweden
- Finland
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Poland
- Germany
- Malta
- Switzerland
- Germany
Cities Visited
- Vancouver BC
- Fairbanks, AK
- Cumberland
- Bergen, Norway
- Tonsberg, Norway
- Stockholm
- Helsinki
- Talinn, Estonia
- Riga, Latvia
- Krakow, Poland
- Munich, Germany
- Victoria, Gozo, Malta
- Melleiha, Malta
- Zurich, Switzerland (for the night)
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Baden-Baden, Germany
- Heidelberg, Germany
- back to Munich
Airports, Airlines, and Flights – 15 flights
- DEN – IAD
- IAD – DEN -YVR (Vancouver)
- Fairbanks – ORD – IAD
- IAD – MUC – CPH – BGO
- OSL – Stockholm
- Stockholm – HEL
- Riga (RIX) – Warsaw (WAW) – Krakow (KRK)
- KRK – MUC
- MUC – MLA
- MLA – ZRH
- MUC – DEN
Trains
- Bergen – Tonsberg
- Tonsberg – Oslo
- Zurich – Geneva
- Geneva – Bien – Basel – Baden-Baden
- Baden-Baden – Karlsruhe – Heidelberg
- Heidelberg – Mannheim – Munich
Ferries
- Helsinki – Talinn
- Malta – Gozo
- Gozo – Malta
Airlines Flown
- United
- SAS, repeatedly
- LOT – not the most efficient!
- Air Malta
- Lufthansa
- Swiss Air
The 2017 – 2018 RTW Trip
Days Traveling – starting August 31, 2017 – 263 days as of May 18, 2018!
Countries visited
- United States – Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Hawaii
- Germany
- Italy
- Croatia
- Turkey – Istanbul airport only
- Tanzania
- Rwanda
- South Africa
- Seychelles
- England
- Scotland
- Thailand
- India
- Australia
- Fiji
- New Caledonia
- Vanuatu
- American Samoa
Cities visited
- Omaha, NE
- Iowa City, Washington, Pella, IA
- Creston, IA
- Kansas City, MO
- Cumberland, MD
- Shanksville, PA
- Bedford, PA
- Heidelberg, Germany – 3 times, so far
- Munich, Germany
- Padua, Italy
- Lucca, Italy
- Pisa, Italy
- Rome, Italy
- Vatican City
- Split, Croatia
- Arusha, Tanzania
- Kigali, Rwanda
- Muwanze, Rwanda
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles
- Praslin, Seychelles
- London
- Cambridge, England
- Inverness, Scotland
- Fort Augusta, Scotland
- Fort William, Scotland
- Nairn, Scotland
- Oxford, England
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Koh Samui, Thailand
- Delhi, India
- Agra, India
- Udaipur, India
- Jodhpur, India
- Jaipur, India
- Ranthambore National Park, India
- Bundi, India
- Narlai, India – can you find this one?
- Perth
- Fremantle, Australia
- Margaret River, Australia
- Sydney, Australia
- Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
- Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
- Woodend, Victoria, Australia
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Figtree, New South Wales
- Port Vila, Vanuatu
- Pago Pago, American Samoa
- Nadi, Fiji
- Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii
Number of trains used – 11
Number of plane flights – 32 flights
- DEN – OMA – 15 minutes late departing, on-time arrival
- MCI – IAD – on time
- IAD – FRA – 15 minutes early arrival
- FCO (Rome) – SPU (Split) 20 minutes late
- SPU – FRA
- FRA – Istanbul
- Istanbul – Kilimanjaro (JRO)
- Arusha – Waiusa
- Arusha – Serengeti
- Serengeti – Mwanza to clear immigration in Tanzania
- Mwanza – Kigali, Rwanda
- Kigali – Johannesburg, South Africa (JNB) – 1 hour late
- Johannesburg (JNB) – Cape Town (CPT)
- Capetown (CPT)- Johannesburg (JNB) – Mahe, Seychelles (SEZ)
- Mahe, Seychelles (SEZ) – FRA
- FRA – London (LHR)
- Inverness – London Luton
- London (LHR) – Munich (MUC)
- Munich (MUC) – Bangkok (BKK) – 1st class on Thai Air!
- Bangkok (BKK) – Koh Samui (USM) – Bangkok (BKK)
- Bangkok (BKK) – Delhi (DEL) – Bangkok (BKK) – 45 minutes late arriving
- Bangkok – Perth (PER)
- Sydney (SYD) – Port Macquarie (PQQ)
- Port Macquarie (PQQ) – Hobart (HBA) 7 hours late arriving
- Hobart (HBA) – Melbourne (MEL) – 1 hour late leaving
- Melbourne (MEL) – Sydney (SYD)
- Honolulu (HNL) to Maui (OGG)
- Maui (OGG) – Denver (DEN)
Ferries
- Mahe – Praslin
- Praslin – La Digue – Praslin
- Praslin – Mahe
- MONA in Hobart
- Manly in Sydney
- water taxi in Vanuatu
Airports – fly into or out of
- Denver (DEN)
- Omaha (OMA)
- Kansas City (MCI)
- Washington Dulles (IAD)
- Frankfurt (FRA)
- Rome (FCO)
- Split (SPU)
- Kilimanjaro (JRO)
- Arusha
- Waiusa
- Serengeti
- Mwanza
- Kigali
- Johannesburg (JNB)
- Cape Town (CPT)
- Seychelles (SEZ)
- London Heathrow (LHR)
- Inverness (INV)
- London Luton
- Munich (MUC)
- Bangkok (BKK)
- Koh Samui (USM)
- Delhi (DEL)
- Perth (PER)
- Sydney (SYD)
- Port Macquarie (PQQ)
- Hobart (HBA)
- Melbourne (MEL)
- Honolulu (HNL)
- Kahalui, Maui (OGG)
Number of steps via our Garmin – September 1 – 30 – we’ve walked about 338,738 steps. Our biggest day was the day we walked 26,981. Yes, my feet hurt!
October 1 – October 31 – I have another 355,135 steps recorded – about 134.7 miles. 19,786 was the biggest day.
November 1 – November 30 – 215,814 steps
December 1 – December 21 – 247,907 steps – 17,047 was our biggest day!
January 1, 2018 – January 31, 2018 – 269,842 19,116 was our biggest day!
February 1, 2018 – February 28, 2018 – 223, 306 Lots of this month was spent driving around India.
March 1, 2018 – March 30, 2018 – 240,628
Airlines flown