One year ago Chris Magee and I found ourselves sharing a homestay in Cuidad Sandino, Nicaragua doing the fieldwork portion of our Global Competency Certificate Program. During this time we learned that we each liked exploring the outdoors. He then suggested that we go fishing and portaging in Minnesota in the Boundary Water (portaging means canoeing across a lake, then carrying your canoe and gear to the next, and then repeating).
I said yes, and one year later I found myself facing the dilemma of how to get to Minnesota - plane, car, train, bus, bike, rollerblade (jk) ??? After the presidential election and feeling like I didn't understand our country very well, in addition to wanting to see many of the USA's national parks to make a (car) road trip out of it.
It would last 32 days, cover 6,700 miles, and require 5 audio books. It was long, at times it was lonely, it was very hot, but it was so worthwhile!
I spent most of my time in the geologically-interesting parts of the Western USA i.e. Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, and then spent a bunch of time in Oregon visiting my aunt and uncle who live on the Mackenzie River in Vida, and then camping with friends at Diamond Lake thirty minutes north of Crater Lake.
You can see the route I take from the picture below (blue means outward bound, and orange means homeward bound).
Here is a link to pictures from the places I went. Enjoy!
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