Some Fun Places (Rated "G")
My Family And I Have Visited.

OUTDOOR PLACES
(For hiking and camping)

Arches NP | Canyonlands NP | Bryce Canyon NP | Zion NP | 

Grand Canyon NP | Mesa Verde NP | Chaco Canyon | Canyon De Chelly

Southwest Vacation Destinations; 
by Clean Canyons & Forests, Inc.

Petrified Forest NP | Glen Canyon NRA | Natural Bridges NM

Badlands NP | Devil's Tower NM | Mount Rushmore NM | Wind Cave NP

Yellowstone NP | Presidio | Alcatraz Island | Yosemite NP

Muir Woods NM | Point Reyes NS

US National Park Service Park List

WARM PLACES (For Scuba Diving and vacationing)

Bahamas | Bermuda | Caymans

Cozumel | Moab | Panama City | San Diego

NAUI Divers | PADI Divers

COOL PLACES (To visit and do things)

Cincinnati Zoo | Durango | Las Vegas | New Orleans

San Francisco | Tijuana | Acadia NP | Cuyahoga Valley NP 

Fort Sumter NP | Gauley River NRA | Lowell NP | Mammoth Cave NP

Vanderbilt NHS | Washington Monument | Wright Brothers NM

COLD PLACES (FOR SKIING)

Home Base
Boston Mills / Brandywine OH

Easy Drives
Peak'n Peak NY | Holiday Valley NY | Seven Springs PA | Snowshoe WV

. . . and for Real Skiing

Telluride CO | Sun Valley ID | Squaw Valley CA | Heavenly CA | Taos NM

Mammoth CA | Jackson Hole WY | Purgatory CO (now Durango Mtn Resort)

Monarch CO | Wolf Creek CO | Angel Fire NM 

Killington VT | Smuggler's Notch VT

Notes:
- KT22 (1 of 3 peaks at Squaw) is legendary . . . better than most resorts in the US all by itself!
- Taos - An other-worldly atmosphere (in a good way!), and what true skier could disparage a place that still bans snowboards ???  I Love Taos! (is that a bumper-sticker?)   
- Sun Valley - To be skied at least once in a lifetime . . . a timeless classic!
- Mammoth . . . It is , and world-class skiing too!
- Jackson Hole - Spectacular scenery and the skiing is even better!  Steep and deep, vertical over 4,000 feet!  Remote and seemingly limitless backcountry. A ten minute tram ride covers it all.  Need I say any more?
- Telluride - just my opinion so don't shoot, but I like the ambience, cachet and demographics better than Aspen or Vail.
- I've been on six summer rock-hounding and or backpacking trips all over Utah and am drooling to add Salt Lake area resorts to my list!

- So little time, but I'm sure I will one day ski (and adopt) your favorites too !!