Keith Stokes travel reports and photos
Kansas travel website  and  my Kansas travel blog
 
2024

Alaska, Vancouver and Yukon Tour & Cruise - Vancouver, Dawson City, Fairbanks & Fort Yukon, McKinley Explorer, Cruise, Skagway & White Pass Railway, Juneau & Ketchikan

2023

Michigan Road Trip - Missouri, Illinois & Indiana, Columbus & Detroit, Michigan, Straits of Mackinac Air Tour, Mackinac Bridge Tower Tour, Mackinac Island, Upper Peninsula and Mineral Point, WIsconsin

Hawaii Vacation - Kauai, Helicopter Tour, Waimea Canyon, Maui, Oahu, Pearl Harbor

2021

Straits of Mackinac Trip - Mackinaw City, Mackinac Island & St. Ignace plus travel across
Iowa, Wisconsin & Michigan's Upper Peninsula

2018

Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts - October trip

Lawrence, Kansas - Big Monday, KU Basketball Senior Night

Mackinaw City, Michigan - 61st Mackinac Bridge Walk
 

2017

Mackinaw City, Michigan - 60th Mackinac Bridge Walk

Nebraska - Wyuka Cemetery, Total Solar Eclipse

Kansas - Long 4th of July Weekend (guest blog)

Michigan - Quick trip to Mackinaw City, Mackinac Island, St. Ignace and Charlevoix

Charlevoix, Michigan - Ironton Ferry
 

2016

Maxwell Wildlife Refuge - Elk & Bison photography
 

2015

Northern Michigan Road Trip - Upper Peninsula, Lakenenland

Las Vegas - Digital Dealer 19 and a couple of shows

Kansas City Royals - Game two of the American League Championship Series (ALCS)
 

2014

Kansas City, Missouri - Big 12 Basketball Tournament

Straits of Mackinac, Michigan in winter - Eben Ice Caves, Whitefish Point Light Station, Tahquamenon Falls, Straits of Mackinac Lighthouse Flight

Straits of Mackinac, Michigan in summer - Mackinaw City, Pictured Rock, Munising Waterfalls, Soo Locks Engineers Day, Mackinac Island

Ireland & London - Dublin, Newgrange, Cliffs of Moher, Galway, Aran Islands, Kylemore Abbey, World Science Fiction Convention, Malahide
 

2013

Southwest United States - Zion National Park, Bryce National Park, Antelope Canyon, Monument Valley, Grand Canyon, Historic Route 66, Hoover Dam

Nassau, Bahamas

Kansas City, Missouri - NCAA Basketball Tournament: Kansas, North Carolina, WKU, Villanova

Chicago, Illinois - Driehaus Museum, The Gage, The Book of Mormon & The Purple Pig

Michigan - Straits of Mackinac, Mackinac Island, Lighthouse Flight, Cross Village, Leelanau Peninsula
 

2012

Spain, Italy and France - Madrid, Venice, Verona, Milan & Paris
 

2011

Mackinaw City, Michigan - Winter photography at Fort Michilimackinac

Harbor Springs, Michigan - Dog Sledding at Boyne Highlands
 

2010

Mackinaw City, Michigan - Mackinac Bridge & Mackinaw City in Winter

UK & France - London & Paris trip report including our engagement at the Eiffel Tower

Cocoa Beach, Florida - Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch & Nebula Awards Weekend

Aruba - Honeymoon week at the Radisson Resort
 

2009

Mackinaw City, Michigan - 16th Annual Winterfest

Kansas - Several additional trips were taken add to KansasTravel.org
 

2008

Costa Rica - Alajuela, Fortuna, Arenal, Cano Negro, Monteverde

Everglades City, Florida - 33rd annual Everglades City Seafood Festival

Kansas & Nebraska - Sandhill Cranes at Rowe Sanctuary, and stops in northern Kansas

Mackinac Island, Michigan - Mackinac Island in the winter

Kansas Weekend - 2 waterfalls, a zoo, and a giant hand dug well

Munising, Michigan - Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Cruise

Michigan's Upper Peninsula - Tahquamenon Falls with autumn colors
 

2007

Mexico - Cozumel Trip

Mexico - Carnival parade in San Miguel de Cozumel

Kansas & Nebraska - Lincoln & Salina, KS, Crane Meadows & Grand Island, NE

New York City - Nebula Awards Weekend

Kansas Weekend - Walnut Valley Festival and Kansas State Fair

Kansas City, Missouri - Judging the American Royal BBQ Contest

Washington, DC - Last Minute Weekend
 

2006

Mexico - Cozumel & the Yucatan Peninsula

Central Kansas - Great Bend, Fort Larned, Lincoln County & Junction City

New Mexico - Trinity Site, White Sands, Lincoln National Forest & Carlsbad Caverns

Michigan & Ontario - Straits of Mackinac and Sault Ste Marie

Michigan - Straits of Mackinac & northeast coast of the Lower Peninsula

Wisconsin - Whad'ya Know?, Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Lighthouses

Southwest Missouri - Joplin & Neosho

Florida - Naples to Key West

St. Louis, Missouri - Chihuly at the Missy Botanical Gardens
 

2005

Sandhill cranes near Kearney, Nebraska - Rowe Sanctuary & Crane Meadows

Door County and the Door Peninsula, Wisconsin

Launch of the Mackinaw - Marinette, Wisconsin & Menominee, Michigan

Henry Doorly Zoo, Wildlife Safari  & Strategic Air & Space Museum - Nebraska

5 Lighthouses & 2 Water Falls - Michigan's Upper Peninsula

Cave Cove Feline Conservation Park - Louisburg, Kansas

Wings of Remembrance 2005 airshow in Newton, Kansas

Scotland and the World Science Fiction Convention - Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling

Kansas Weekend - Manhattan, Fort Riley & Junction City

Michigan - Straits of Mackinac & Lake Michigan Lighthouse Cruise

When Pigs Fly & AirFest 11 - McPherson & Argonia, Kansas

Fort Scott, Kansas - Fort Scott National Cemetery

Central Iowa - Madison County Covered Bridges

Kansas - Several additional trips were taken to launch KansasTravel.orgin January 2006
 

2004

UK and the British National Science Fiction Convention - London, Blackpool, Oxford, Stonehenge, Salisbury, UK

Mackinac Bridge 50th Anniversary

Wings of Remembrance 2004 airshow in Newton, Kansas

Day trip to KLOUDburst in Argonia, Kansas

5 hours on Mackinac Island - photo journal

New England Aquarium Whale Watch

Kansas - Haunted Atchison Trolley Tour
 

2003

Paris, Normandy, Mont Saint Michel

Torcon 3, 61st World Science Fiction Convention - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Branson, Missouri
 

2002

Las Vegas weekend - Las Vegas

British National Science Fiction Convention - London, UK; St-Malo, France; Channel Islands

July 4th trip - Mackinaw City, Mackinac Island, Sault Ste Marie

Exploring along I-70 in Kansas - Abilene, Hays, Salina

Roger and Keith's Excellent Adventure  - Bloomington, Illinois
 

2001

Confusion SF convention & North American Auto Show - Detroit, Michigan

Bike Florida 2001: A Space Odyssey - Tittusville, Florida

Tucker Tribute - Bloomington, Illinois

Visit with Tucker - Bloomington, Illinois
 

2000

Bike Florida Springs Training, 4 day bicycle tour - Gainesville, Florida

Nebula Awards Weekend - New York City

Chicon 2000, 58th World Science Fiction Convention - Chicago, Illinois

World Fantasy Convention - Corpus Christi, Texas

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