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	2025
	Yeah, I have a little catchin' up to do. That's what winter is for, y'all! OCTOBER 2025 Fall Hollow, Natchez Trace Parkway, TN (10/17) [video] Cincinnati Union Station, Cincinnati, OH (10/16) [video] Churchill Downs Louisville, KY (10/15) Pittsburgh, PA (10/13) Cape Elizabeth,ME (10/6) [video] SEPTEMBER 2025 Petrified Forest NP, AZ (9/20) Goosenecks State Park, UT (9/19) [video][video] Escalante, UT (9/16) [video] Hiking the Narrows, Zion NP, UT Channel Islands National Park, CA MLB in AAA, Sacramento, CA Yosemite NP CA, Day 3: Tioga Road, Mono Lake (9/6) [video] Yosemite NP, CA, Day 2: Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias (9/5) Yosemite NP, CA, Day 1: Glacier Point (9/4) San Francisco, CA (9/3) The Lost Coast, Shelter Cove CA (9/2) [video] AUGUST 2025 Humboldt Redwoods State Park, CA (9/1) [video] I Found Eureka, CA (8/25-8/31) [video] Boondocking the Oregon National Forest (8/22-26) Oregon Coast, Southern (8/21-22) Oregon Coast, Central (8/12-13) [video] Oregon Coast, Northern (8/10-11) JULY 2025 The McKenzie, OR (7/31) [video] Mesa Falls, ID (7/26) [video] The Beartooth Highway, East-to-West, MT/WY (7/25) The Beartooth Highway, West-to-East, WY/MT (7/24) Yellowstone NP, Day 5: Northeast (7/23-24) Yellowstone NP, Day 4: Firehole Canyon (7/16) Yellowstone NP, Day 3: Old Faithful (7/15) [video] Yellowstone NP, Day 2: Falling Water (7/14) [video] Yellowstone NP, Day 1: Late-Day Whirlwind Tour (7/13) Idaho Falls, ID (7/11) [video] Craters of the Moon National Monument, ID (7/11) Clear Creek Falls, WA (7/3) [video] JUNE 2025 Glacier National Park, Day 5 - Apgar Hike (6/30) Home Ranch Bottoms, Polebridge MT (6/27-29) Glacier National Park, Day 4 - Panorama Day (6/26) Glacier National Park, Day 3 - Chasing Wild Goose (6/25) Glacier National Park MT, Day 2, Part 2: Afternoon Angles (6/24) Glacier National Park MT, Day 2, Part 1: Morning Sunshine (6/24) Glacier National Park MT, Day 1: Winter Lingers (6/23) Chief Joseph Scenic Byway, WY (6/21) Jewel Cave National Monument, SD (6/20) Wind Cave National Park, SD (6/19) Custer State Park, SD (6/18) Part 4: Cathedral Spires Custer State Park, SD (6/18) Part 3: Sylvan Lake Custer State Park, SD (6/18) Part 2: Needles Highway Crazy Horse Memorial (6/17) Custer State Park, SD (6/17) Part 1: Wildlife Loop Iron Mountain Road, SD (6/17) Mount Rushmore, SD (6/16-18) MAY 2025 Basketball Hall of Fame (5/20) Watkins Glen Again (5/18) [video] Corning Museum of Glass (5/18) Punxsutawney (5/17) WV & VA Waterfalls (5/15-16) [video][video][video] Mammoth Cave NP (5/14) Stone Mountain (5/12) Gray Savannah (5/11) WINTER 2025 Peace, Love & Vans, Florida (3/7-3/10) VanFest (Florida (2/6-2/9)
2024
	SEPTEMBER 2024 Letchworth State Park, NY [video] Nubble Lighthouse, York, Maine [video][video] AUGUST 2024 Little Bird Does Beantown JULY 2024 Mount Washington Cog Railway JUNE 2024 Lake Chargoggagogmanchaugagoggcharbunagungamaugg [video ] Boston National Historical Park Cape Cod National Seashore [video ] Newport, RI: Chateau-sur-Mer Newport, RI: Marble House Newport, RI: Rosecliff Newport, RI: Cliff Walk [video ] Newport, RI: The Breakers [video] Newport, RI: Ten-Mile Drive Southern Maine [video] Acadia National Park: Cadillac Mountain Whither Canada? Acadia National Park: Bass Head, Schoodic Point MAY 2024 Acadia National Park: Schoodic Loop, Park Loop Downeast Maine [video] Host-Hopping the Northeast Watkins Glen, NY West Virginia Blue Ridge Parkway, NC-VA Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC-TN Wormsloe Historic Site, Savannah GA
2023
	SEPTEMBER 2023 (5) Gulf Coast Cruisin', TX-AL-MS-FL The Milky Way, Fisher Towers, UT Prefontaine Classic, Eugene, OR Wizard Island, Crater Lake NP, OR Boat Tour, Crater Lake NP, OR Colorado Riverway, UT AUGUST 2023 (8) Rocky Mountain NP, CO Rock Springs, WY Yellowstone NP, WY Grand Tetons NP, WY Craters of the Moon NM, ID Eastern Oregon Smith Rock SP, OR Silver Falls SP, OR JULY 2023 (10) Ross Creek Giant Cedars Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada Lake Louise and Moraine Lake, Alberta, Canada Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada Mackenzie, British Columbia, Canada Vancouver Etc., British Columbia, Canada Oregon Caves National Monument, OR Florence (OR) For The Fourth JUNE 2023 (15) The Lake Tahoe Loop, NV-CA The Utah Void, Great Basin NP, and the Nevada Void Cedar Breaks N.M, Utah Grand Canyon Hike Day 6/26 Grand Canyon South Rim 6/25 Page AZ & Kanab UT Upper Antelope Canyon, AZ Needles Overlook, Utah Fisher Towers, Utah Durango, CO Colorado Springs, CO The Great Plains Gateway Arch NP, St. Louis, MO Ohio Niagara Falls, Ontario MAY 2023 (5) Watkins Glen SP, NY Fillmore Glen SP, NY Outer Banks National Seashore, NC Charleston, SC FPU, Lakeland, FL
2022
My YouTube Channel	OCTOBER 2022 (4) RoadMode22 by the Numbers Natchez Trace Parkway, TN-MS Hot Springs NP, AR Port Aransas Beach, TX Austin, TX SEPTEMBER 2022 (24) San Antonio Riverwalk Guadalupe Mountains NP Carlsbad Caverns NP, White Sands NP and Ruidoso, NM Eastering from Jerome AZ Not Hiking The Grand Canyon Upper Antelope Canyon Goosenecks NP The Ride to the Needles Canyonlands Jeepin' Arches in the AM Natural Bridges NP Escalante East Capitol Reef NP The Grand Staircase Thor's Hammer Zion and The Rocking V Valley Of Fire The Nevada Void and Vegas Smoky, Dry Yosemite NP PCH3: Hearst Castle PCH2: 17-Mile Drive PCH1: Monterrey San Francisco, CA Lassen Volcanic NP AUGUST 2022 (11) Mount Shasta & Her Waterfalls Immersed in Weed (CA) Lava Beds NP Crater Lake Hiking Portland, OR Mount Rainier NP Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument North Cascades Host-Hopping, Part 1 Crater Lake Revisited The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area JULY 2022 (20) Cape Flattery, WA Olympic NP Craving Cool on the Coast Redwood NP Crater Lake NP Bonneville Salt Flats, UT Salt Lake City UT Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area Golden & Red Rocks Devils Tower NP Deadwood, SD Badlands NP The Blowout: AAA Gets an F ND & Roosevelt NP [video] Minnesota & Voyageurs NP The U.P. & Pictured Rocks NP Green Bay Milwaukee: 4th of July Fireworks Chicago: Wrigley Field Chicago: Skydeck JUNE 2022 (7) Field of Dreams, IA Indiana Dunes NP, IN Put-In Bay, OH Cuyahoga Valley NP, OH Niagara Falls SP, NY Biltmore House & Gardens, Asheville, NC Tampa, FL
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