Destination Knowledge
In addition to my extensive tour experience, I know the following areas.
Domestic Destination Knowledge:
• WESTERN STATES / PACIFIC NORTHWEST: California – Yosemite National Park, Napa/Sonoma Wine Country, Monterey, Carmel, 17-mile Drive, Redwood Highway/Ferndale/Eureka, Lake Tahoe, Palm Springs, San Diego; New Mexico – Albuquerque, Carlsbad Caverns; Washington – Seattle
• ROCKY MOUNTAIN: Colorado – Denver, Colorado Springs, Rocky Mountain National Park, Aspen, Colorado National Monumen; Montana – Glacier National Park
• CENTRAL: Michigan – Detroit; Missouri – Kansas City, Independence; Oklahoma – Oklahoma City, Tulsa (8 years); Arkansas – Eureka Springs, Bentonville
• SOUTHERN: Texas – Dallas/Ft. Worth; North Carolina – Charlotte; Florida – Key West, Orlando/Disneyworld/EPCOT
International Destination Knowledge:
• EUROPE: 17-day western Europe tour (2004), Paris, Lucerne, Lugano, Milan, Florence, Pisa, Rome, Assisi, Venice, Innsbruck, Munich, Heidelberg, Amsterdam and area, Brussels, London (Globus); Grand European Student Tour (5 weeks, 1978) – Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, Vienna, Heidelberg, Munich, Venice, Florence, Pisa, Rome (American Institute for Foreign Study)
• BRITISH ISLES: England (2 times, 10 days), Custom tour to Dublin, Belfast, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, 2012 (10 days)
• FRANCE: Provence (4 days, 3/2017) Julia Child's home, Nice, Biot, Grasse
• MEXICO: Mexico City (3 days)
• EGYPT: Nile cruise, Luxor to Aswan (8 days, 11/2008)