This page contains pictures and information about camping trips and other travel within the US. It also includes visits that family members and others made to our area and home. It is arranged chronologically starting with the most recent trip/visit. Scroll down to see all the entries. One of my lifetime goals has been to visit all the national parks in the US. When Donna & I travel, we also go out of our way to visit national monuments, seashores, memorials, battlefields, preserves, parkways, recreation areas, rivers, scenic trails, lakeshores and national historic sites. So, you may wonder ‐ why have I chosen this as a goal? The answer is simple – as a citizen of this great country, I, like you, am one of the many owners of these national treasures. As such, I consider it a priority to go visit what I own and enjoy the scenic wonders, the incredible memorials, and the cherished wilderness that so many have fought and died to give us this privilege. Having said that, I dedicate this section of my website to my parents, my kids and grandkids; and the rest of my family, especially my wife, who have honored my traveling addiction over the last several decades.
We went here with Charlie & Barb to stay at their friend Mary Lou’s beach house. We helped Charlie repaint several rooms in the house. Donna & I made several walks on the beach and toured most of the area while we were there.
This was one of the first trips Donna did on her own to Cincinnati to visit her relatives. She went with her parents and brother to attend a wedding of one of the relatives. Carey did not go along on this trip.
This was a hike we took with one of the local hiking clubs to the Gettysburg battlefield and museums. We lived in York, PA at the time, so it was less than 50 miles from our home.
This was a hike and brief tour of the area. We took Charlie & Barb with us on this trip, but they did not do the hike.
This was a camping trip where we hiked at Timpanogos Cave National Monument; paddled our little blow-up boat in the Tibble Park Reservoir; toured Salt Lake City and did some genealogy research in their Family Search Center; visited Antelope Island State Park to see hundreds of bison; went for a dip in the Great Salt Lake; played ranch-hand at the Fielding Garv Ranch and took in a festival at Deer Valley. Nice trip.
This was a Charlie & Barb Mannino family gathering with all the kids and grandkids in attendance. We all shared a cabin that we rented and had a great time hiking and enjoying the mountains and the family fellowship. We stopped at the Veterans War Memorial on Interstate 81 on the way to Tennessee.
We flew to El Paso for my Dad’s 80th birthday party and spent that Saturday hiking with the family up Mt. Crista Rey.
Donna & I took this trip to Arizona to attend a conference in Phoenix. We stopped at Sedona on the way.
We went to San Antonio to attend Keith’s Air Force graduation ceremony.
Donna’s parents went on this trip with us. We flew to San Francisco and rented a car so we could tour California on the way to see her brother in Oceanside, CA. Along the way we visited several winery’s, stopped at Yosemite and Sequoia national parks, the home of the Remington gun family. and a couple missions. We met the rest of Donna’s immediate family in Oceanside and spent several days fishing, swimming and enjoying the beach area.
