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Alaska

Juneau, Ketchikan, Sitka, and Skagway (SE trip)
Hatcher’s Pass

Arizona

Grand Canyon:

Payson:

Phoenix:

Prescott:

Sedona:

Superstition Mountains:

Tuscon
- Sagauro National Park- Do not necessarily need to go back but if want to try different trails (the ones we did are good enough)
  - West:
    - Garwood Trail
  - East:
- Titan Missle Museum
- Kitt Peak National Observatory

Iceland

Beluga Sanctuary
Icelandic Elf School
Whale watching?
Penis Museum?
Strokkur geyser
Myrdalsjökull Glacier Park
Westfjords
Thingvellir National Park (specifically the THING site)
Landmannalaugar
Viking stuffs
Viking World Museum
Beer tour?
Visit Stong in Thjorsardalur
Travel to Stokksnes
Visit the Sun Voyager
Try Harðfiskur

Misc

Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Manistee River kayaking
Chitwan National Park
Roxborough State Park Colorado

New England, USA

Appalachian Trail
Lake Placid Olympic Sites

Maine

Fort Knox & Penobscot Narrows Observatory

New Hampshire

Granite formations & quarries

Vermont

Green Mtns

Virginia

Shenandoah National Park:

 1. Dark Hollow Falls (via Rose River Loop Trail and Rose River Fire Road if time, otherwise out and back)

 2. Doyle River Falls (via Jones Run Trail and Browns Gap Fire Road if time, otherwise out and back)

 3. Old Rag Summit (half day strenuous hike, not for kids)

Blue Ridge Parkway:
- Miles 0-130 (0 is Shenandoah NP):
  - Hikes:
    - Sharp Top Trail (MP 86)
- Miles 130-210:
- Miles 210-290:
  - Did not drive miles 230-280 due to detour
- Miles 290-380:
  - Hikes:
    - Beacon Heights ~MP 305 (Need to hike ~10min to overlook, parking lot doesn't look like much)
    - Linnville Falls MP 316 (2 trails, one of gorge and lower falls, one for upper falls)
    - Chestoa View Overlook MP 320.8 (30min loop, maybe worth it if time)
    - Craggy Gardens Visitor Center hike (MP 364)
- Miles 380-469 (469 is Great Smokey Mountain NP):
  - Hikes:
    - Mt. Pisgah Trail (MP 407.6), summit view- maybe
    - Looking Glass Falls (MP 411)- maybe
    - Graveyard Fields Falls (MP 419)- maybe
    - Waterrock Knob Trail (MP 451.2)- hike to summit 1.2mi strenuous (supposedly highest place on parkway that requires hike?)

Great Smoky Mountains NP:
- Hikes/Drives:
  - Laurel Falls hike
  - Cades Cove Drive (long, slow drive but possibly animal sightings)
    - Abram's Falls hike is half way through the drive, can swim in pool at bottom of falls (E and J suggest this hike if doing the drive)
  - Clingman's Dome- only if not foggy at parking lot going up (strenuous hike and 0/2 for seeing anything from top)

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 * Juneau, Ketchikan, Sitka, and Skagway (SE trip)
 * Hatcher’s Pass
+== Arizona ==
+* Grand Canyon:
+* Payson:
+* Phoenix:
+* Prescott:
+* Sedona:
+* Superstition Mountains:
+* Tuscon
+** Sagauro National Park- Do not necessarily need to go back but if want to try different trails (the ones we did are good enough)
+*** West:
+**** Garwood Trail
+*** East:
+****
+** Titan Missle Museum
+** Kitt Peak National Observatory
 == Iceland ==
@@ Line 27: / Line 50: @@
 * Chitwan National Park
 * Roxborough State Park Colorado
+== New England, USA ==
+* Appalachian Trail
+* Lake Placid Olympic Sites
+; Maine
+* Fort Knox & Penobscot Narrows Observatory
+; New Hampshire
+* Granite formations & quarries
+; Vermont
+* Green Mtns
 ==Virginia==
-* Shenandoah National Park
+* Shenandoah National Park:
-. Dark Hollow Falls (via Rose River Loop Trail and Rose River Fire Road if time, otherwise out and back) (see picture)
+. Dark Hollow Falls (via Rose River Loop Trail and Rose River Fire Road if time, otherwise out and back)
 [[File:Img11.jpg|400x400px|Rose River and Dark Hollow Falls Map.]]  [[File:Big Meadow Area Hikes.jpg|400x400px|Big Meadow Area hikes.]]
 . Doyle River Falls (via Jones Run Trail and Browns Gap Fire Road if time, otherwise out and back)
 [[File:Doyle River Hike.jpg|400x400px|Doyle River Hike in Loft Mountain Area]]
-. Old Rag Summit (half day strenuous hike, not for kids) (see picture)
+. Old Rag Summit (half day strenuous hike, not for kids)
 [[File:Old Rag Summit.jpg|400x400px|Old Rag Summit Map]]  [[File:Old Rag Summit Info.jpg|400x400px|Old Rag Summit Info]]
+* Blue Ridge Parkway:
+** Miles 0-130 (0 is Shenandoah NP):
+*** Hikes:
+**** Sharp Top Trail (MP 86)
+** Miles 130-210:
+** Miles 210-290:
+*** Did not drive miles 230-280 due to detour
+** Miles 290-380:
+*** Hikes:
+**** Beacon Heights ~MP 305 (Need to hike ~10min to overlook, parking lot doesn't look like much)
+**** Linnville Falls MP 316 (2 trails, one of gorge and lower falls, one for upper falls)
+**** Chestoa View Overlook MP 320.8 (30min loop, maybe worth it if time)
+**** Craggy Gardens Visitor Center hike (MP 364)
+** Miles 380-469 (469 is Great Smokey Mountain NP):
+*** Hikes:
+**** Mt. Pisgah Trail (MP 407.6), summit view- maybe
+**** Looking Glass Falls (MP 411)- maybe
+**** Graveyard Fields Falls (MP 419)- maybe
+**** Waterrock Knob Trail (MP 451.2)- hike to summit 1.2mi strenuous (supposedly highest place on parkway that requires hike?)
+* Great Smoky Mountains NP:
+** Hikes/Drives:
+*** Laurel Falls hike
+*** Cades Cove Drive (long, slow drive but possibly animal sightings)
+**** Abram's Falls hike is half way through the drive, can swim in pool at bottom of falls (E and J suggest this hike if doing the drive)
+*** Clingman's Dome- only if not foggy at parking lot going up (strenuous hike and 0/2 for seeing anything from top)