From 1993, a train ride from Cincinnati to Chicago to Seattle followed by a self guided tour from Seattle to San Francisco.

From 1997, a train ride from Chicago to Santa Fe, NM followed by a self guided tour of most of Arizona.

From about 1999, an autumn visit to Frank Lloyd Wright's materpiece, Fallingwater, in Western Pennsylvania.

From the Summer of 2000, a two week exploration of Alaska, the 49th State, starting with a land tour from Fairbanks to Denali to Anchorage and followed by a week.

From the Late Summer of 2002, a one week driving tour of Southern California, starting from Los Angeles, East of the Sierra Mtns, West across the state and south back to Los Angeles.

From the Late Summer of 2003, a two week driving tour of Colorado, Northern Arizona and Utah where we saw many national parks and much scenery.

From the Summer of 2004, a two week exploration of Churchill, Manitoba starting with an Elder Hostel in Churchill followed by a vist with Sue-On and Bill Hillman in Brandon, Manitoba.

From 2009, a stay in a time share in East Yarmouth, Massachusetts on Cape Code provided us with this opportunity to go whale watching.

From 2011, we celebrated our twentieth anniversary with a trip to the Atlantic Provinces of Canada: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland.

From 2014, a week long Elder Hostel followed by private touring of this beautiful are os western South Dakota.