Tour Director, Tour Guide & DMC Experience

• Western national parks TD: Globus/GVI and Grand Circle Travel, 11 – 20 day tours
• Student travel TD EF Smithsonian 5- and 6-day tours to NYC, DC/NYC; inauguration
• Denver / Front Range tour guide full-, half-, multi-day tours; in French and English
• Foreign tour groups Denver and Front Range tours; multiple nationalities; tours in French and English
• Local hospitality meet & greet, other support activities for Denver DMCs

 US and Canada Travel Experience / Destination Knowledge

• UNITED STATES: Colorado (30+ years) – Denver, Colorado Springs, Pikes Peak, Air Force Academy, Rocky Mountain NP, Vail, Aspen, Colorado Nat’l Mon., Silverton/Durango RR, Pikes Peak RR, Mesa Verde NP, Royal Gorge, Great Sand Dunes NP; Montana – Glacier NP; Utah – Bryce Canyon NP, Zion NP, Canyonlands, Arches NP, Salt Lake City, Logan Canyon; Wyoming – Jackson Hole, Grand Teton NP, Yellowstone NP, Cody, Cheyenne, Devils Tower, Big Horn Mtns.; Dakotas – Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse Mon., Rapid City, Badlands, Deadwood, Spearfish Canyon; California – San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, Yosemite NP, Carmel/Monterey, Big Sur, Hearst Castle, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Disneyland; Nevada – Las Vegas/Hoover Dam; Arizona – Flagstaff, Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest, Lake Powell, Monument Valley; New Mexico – Taos, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Chaco Canyon; Alaska / Inside Passage – Skagway, Anchorage, Mt. McKinley, Fairbanks, Valdez, Sitka, Juneau, Ketchikan; Hawaii – “Big Island” Hawaii; Illinois – Chicago; Minnesota – Minneapolis, Duluth; Wisconsin – Wisconsin Dells; Michigan (20+ years) – Detroit, Greenfield Village, Holland, Frankenmuth, Sault Ste. Marie; lower/upper peninsulas; Indiana – Indianapolis; Nebraska – Omaha, North Platte, Oregon Trail Route, Scottsbluff; Missouri – St. Louis, Kansas City; Texas – Houston, San Antonio; Louisiana – New Orleans; Florida – Everglades, Sarasota, Orlando; New York – 1000 Islands, Niagara Falls, New York City; Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, Valley Forge, Gettysburg, Hershey;  Washington D.C.; Virginia – Williamsburg, Jamestown; New Jersey – Delaware Water Gap; Massachusetts – Boston, Cape Cod, Salem, Rockport; Vermont – Burlington, Lake Champlain; New Hampshire – Conway, White Mountains; Maine – Bar Harbor, Portland; Washington – Seattle, Olympic Peninsula, Mt. Rainier, Port Angeles, Puget Sound/Gulf Islands, Spokane; Oregon – Portland, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon Coast Highway, Rogue River; Idaho – Coeur d’Alene, Boise
• CANADA:  British Columbia – Victoria, Vancouver, Prince Rupert; Alberta – Jasper NP, Lake Louise, Banff Springs, Calgary; Yukon / Northwest Territories – Dawson City/Whitehorse, Yellow Knife, Skagway, Chilkoot Pass;:  Maritime Provinces – Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Bay of Fundy; Gaspé / Laurentians –Gaspé peninsula; Ontario – Windsor, Toronto, southern Ontario; Quebec- Quebec City, Montreal

 International / Adventure Travel Experience / Destination Knowledge

• CARIBBEAN:  British Virgin Islands – bareboat yacht charters and tours; 2 week trips
• WESTERN EUROPE AND UK:  (3-10 week trips) France, Scandinavia, Switzerland, Ireland / England / Scotland, Benelux
• PATAGONIA: month-long travel through Argentina (Iguazu Falls to Strait of Magellan) and Chile (fjords and glaciers; Lake District)
• COLORADO / ALASKA Denver / Banff / Yukon Territory / Fairbanks / Anchorage / Seattle by motorcycle (5 weeks)
• WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA San Diego to Vancouver BC by sailboat (3 months), month stopover in San Francisco Bay, San Juan Is.
• WHITEWATER RAFT / WILDERNESS TRIPS in Colorado and Utah (5 – 7 days each, 8 - 10 trips; private trips, not commercial)