Tentative NPS travel plans. Sites in blue = my 1st visit to that official unit, purple = Int’l travel

 

2007-09 East Potomac Park, West Potomac Park, National Park Service HQs;

Potomac Heritage NHT (Riverbend Park, Algonkian Regional Park);

Potomac Heritage NHT (Turkey Run; Alexandria, Mount Vernon, Oxon Hill, Piscataway Park, Ft. Washington Park)

2007-10 Lewis & Clark NHT (Harper’s Ferry);

SE PA Schuylkill River NHA sites (Elverson, Pottstown, Valley Forge, Philadelphia) + Update Independence NHP + stamps at Philly regional HQs, possibly new D&L stamp in Easton city hall;

Lower East Side Tenements + some of: Governors Island NM, new Ellis Island, Fire Island NS (Wilderness)

2007-11 Chamizal NMem, White Sands NMon, Carlsbad Caverns NP, Guadalupe Mountains NP, Amistad NRA, Big Bend NP, Rio Grande WSR, Fort Davis NHS

Possibly Colonial (update/anniversary), Guilford Courthouse (update), Overmountain Victory at Kerr Reservoir and 1-3 other places in TN/NC/SC + anything missed from 2007/09 or 2007/10

2007-12 SW PA POHE sites (Laurel Ridge SP, Ohiopyle SP, Point SP, Meyersdale, West Newton) + Flight 93 NMem (Somerset, Shanksville) + Allegheny Portage Railroad NHS (Staple Bend Tunnel);

2007-01 anything not obtained in fall 2007 close to DC or in PA

2007-02 Arkansas Post NMem, Hot Springs NP, Fort Smith NHS, Pea Ridge NMP, Trail of Tears NHT-Arkansas, Buffalo NR, Little Rock Central High School NHS

2007-03 anything in mid-Atlantic not obtained yet.

2007-04 Essex NHA (Essex County, Peabody, Gloucester, Ipswich, Lynn, Newburyport, Saugus), Boston Harbor Islands NRA (at Fan Pier and/or Long Wharf), possibly Frederick Law Olmstead NHS, update Boston NHP (Bunker Hill)

2007-05 Chicago Portage NHS, Illinois & Michigan Canal NHC (Joliet, LaSalle, Lockport, Morris, Ottawa, Romeoville, Seneca, Utica, Willow Springs)

2008-06 Cumberland Gap NHP (Hensley Settlement, Wilderness Road Trail, Pinnacle Overlook), Great Smoky Mountains NP (Sevierville Visitors Center), Blue Ridge NHA [Ashville] + some of: Guilford Courthouse (update), Overmountain Victory NHT (Tennessee, Sycamore Shoals SHA, TN), South Carolina NHA (4 sites), Cape Hatteras NS (Nags Head), Jamestown (400th Anniv), Colonial (400th Anniv) [If not completed 11/2007 or at another time]

2008-07 Acadia NP, St. Croix Island IHS, Roosevelt-Campobello

-OR- Nicodemus NHS, Fort Larned NHS, Tallgrass Prairie NPres, Brown vs. Board of Education NHS, Santa Fe Trail (TBD) -or– OK/TX sites or KS sites

-OR- Governors Island NM, new Ellis Island and new Grants Tomb, Fire Island NS (Wilderness) if not already visited

2008-08 Dry Tortugas NP

2008-09 Ohio miscellaneous: Hopewell Culture (update), Fallen Timbers/Ft. Miamis, Canton #2, I

-OR- Erie Canalway NHC (Waterford+)

2008-10 KS sites listed 2008-07

-OR- Oklahoma City NMem, Washita Battlefield NHS, Chickasaw NRA, Alibates Flint Quarries NM, Lake Meredith NRA

 

TBD Other High Priority International Destinations:

Australia (including some/all of: Sydney, Tasmania, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, the Nullarbor Plain, Alice Springs, Ularu, Darwin, Cairns, Lord Howe Island) - this trip will be approximately 1 month in length.  New Zealand is also a possible addition.

Galapagos Islands (including mainland Ecuador Quito and/or Guayaquil) - target length: 10-16 days.

Atlantic Ocean (including most of: Montevideo, Uruguay, Buenos Aires and Ushuaia (southernmost city in the world), Falkland Islands, South Georgia (including Grytviken), Antarctic Peninsula, Tristan da Cunha, Ascension Island, Sao Tome et Principe, Cape Verde Islands, Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, England) - as soon as I have ~90 days to do this!  South Africa is a possible alternative, making for either a shorter trip, or an extension in southern Africa.

Malta, Tunisia (including Italy including Sicily): Date TBD, target length: 10-16 days.

Madagascar:Antananarivo, etc., maybe, just maybe Aldabra

Iceland and the Faroe Islands: 1-2 weeks

Bermuda: 4-5 days

Through July 2007, I have gone 70 of 71 months with at least one new (park + location / significantly different wording) NPS stamp acquired.

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