The First Journey

The First Journey
Pictures & Journals
The First Journey was begun on April 16, and completed on September 18, 1999.

• Take a look at the First Journey map.  USE THE MAP TO ACCESS JOURNAL ENTRIES AND PHOTOS.

• Take a look at The First Journey itinerary.   USE THE ITINERARY TO ACCESS JOURNAL ENTRIES AND PHOTOS.
• Check out some "pre-Journey" trips that were done in March and April to test the functions of The Rig.

The First Journey Map
Pictured below is the route that The Rig traveled in the summer of '99 during The First Journey.
Click on colored shapes to see journal entries.  

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THE FIRST JOURNEY ITINERARY

Approximate Dates	Destination
	CALIFORNIA
April 16, 1999	Departure from Orinda, CA
April 17	Davis (U.C. Davis Picnic Day)
April 18	Kirkwood
April 19-21	Mammoth Lakes
April 22, 23	Death Valley
	NEVADA
April 24-26	Las Vegas Area (Red Rock Canyon)
	ARIZONA
April 27, 28	Aquarius Mountains & Prescott National Forest
April 29-May 3	Phoenix Area
May 4-6	Hells Gate Wilderness
May 7-9	Show Low & Apache National Forest
	NEW MEXICO
May 10	Mt. Withington (Cibola Natl. Forest)
May 11-15	Albuquerque Area (Tijeras)
May 16	Jemez Springs
May 17-19	Santa Fe (Santa Fe Natl. Forest)
May 20-22	Taos (Carson Natl. Forest)
	COLORADO
May 23-24	Colorado Springs (Pike's Peak)
May 25-27	Denver Area
May 28-31	Lost Creek Wilderness (The Colorado Trail)
June 1-3	Guanella Pass/Dillon Reservoir/Arapahoe Basin
	UTAH
June 4	Arches National Park
June 5-8	Moab (Canyonlands Natl. Park)
June 9	Provo (Uintah National Forest)
June 10-13	Park City/Salt Lake City Area
	IDAHO
June 14, 15	Targhee National Forest
	WYOMING
June 16-18	Jackson/Grand Teton National Park
June 19-23	Yellowstone National Park
	MONTANA
June 24	Absaroka-Beartooth Range
June 25-27	Bozeman
June 28, 29	Butte
June 30	Bitterroot National Forest/Missoula
July 1-5	Flathead Lake & Flathead National Forest (Big Fork)
July 6-8	Glacier National Park
	ALBERTA
July 9, 10	Waterton Lakes National Park
July 11-13	Calgary
July 14-16	Banff National Park/Assiniboine Provincial Park
July 17-20	Jasper National Park
	BRITISH COLUMBIA
July 21-23	Mt. Robson Provincial Park
July 24	Prince George
July 25-27	Drive Alaska Highway to Whitehorse
	YUKON TERRITORY
July 28, 29	Drive from Whitehorse to Alaska
	ALASKA
July 30, 31	Tok
August 1-8	Wrangell-St.Elias National Park
	YUKON TERRITORY
August 9	Whitehorse
	BRITISH COLUMBIA
August 10, 11	Drive to Prince George
August 12, 13	Prince George
August 14-17	Lillooet & Whistler
August 18-20	Vancouver
	WASHINGTON
August 21-29	Seattle Area
August 30, 31	Mt. Saint Helens
	OREGON
September 1-5	Portland Area
September 6-9	Molalla River & Table Rock Wilderness
September 10, 11	Crater Lake National Park
	CALIFORNIA
September 12, 13	Mt. Shasta
September 14-17	Mt. Tam and Golden Gate National Recreation Area
September 18	San Francisco

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"PRE-JOURNEY" PRACTICE TRIPS

Dates	Area	Nearest City
February 27, 1999	Mission Peak Regional Preserve	Fremont, CA
March 2, 1999	Sunol Regional Wilderness	Sunol, CA
March 9, 1999	Arastradero Preserve	Palo Alto, CA
March 15,18, 21 & 25, 1999	Fremont Older Open Space Preserve	Saratoga, CA
April 13, 1999	El Corte Madera Open Space Preserve	Woodside, CA

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