The Trip Index

This page will be a sort of extention of my private journal, and a continuation of a project that was previously recorded on paper. Some of the archived years/trip reports may appear in the future. The numbers in parenthesis indicate the number of times I've visited the particular place.
Trips Index Archive : 2003, 2002, 1977-2001 (in xls format, 130K).
2003
#	Date	Place	Specific Locations	Activity	Company	Transport	Notes
41	12/27/03 - 12/28/03	NYC	Metropolitain Museum (24), Neue Galerie, Jewish Museum, Central Park, AMNH	Museums	Parents, Zio, Kanika (met her on site)	Family Subaru	Saw the El Greco and Petra exhibits among other things and gave Kanika a tour of my favorite Met paintings.
40	12/24/03 -12/25/03	MA	Berkshires : Peru, Pittsfield	R & R, Walking, Movies	Misha, Zaichonok	My Subaru	Spending time in Zaichonok's parents newly purchased Berkshires home. Also saw ROTK for the 2nd time.
39	12/20/03	CT	Hartford : Wadsworth Atheneaum	Museum	N/A	My Subaru	Unfortunately, most of the "highlight" paintings of the museum were on loan, due to the upcoming 2 year renovation.
38	11/15/03-11/16/03	MA	Berkshires: Clark Art Institute (9), MOCA at North Adams, Old Bennington, Bennington College Campus	Scenic Driving Museums Walking	Kanika	my Subaru	Wonderful off-season weekend excursion.
37	11/1/03 -11/08/03	RUSSIA	St Petersburg : The Hermitage (twice), Zoological Museum, Zoo, Nevsky ProspeKt, Dom Knigi, Moskovskiy Prospekt Komarovo : Cemetary, Komarovo Shore, Schuchye Ozero	Family, Walking, Museum, Beasties	Parents	Plane	Visiting my grandparents for the 50th anniversary of their wedding.
36	10/25/03	MA	Lincoln : Iron Horse trail, Adams Woods, Walden Pond, Winter Only trail	Hiking, Foliage Watching	Kanika	My Subaru	A very pleasant loop around some of the most beautiful woods in Mass, with an bonus swamp adventure. Saw a male deer with antlers, for the first time in Lincoln, or this close to Boston.
35	10/11/03	NH	Waterville Valley: Mount Tecumseh	Hiking	Pa	my Subaru	Abnormally high temperatures and low crowds (the latter due to Sox game). Peak Foliage. Sunset seen from mountain and descent by the ski slopes in the dark.
34	09/27/03	NH	White Lake State Park	Walking	Misha, Liza, Inna	my Subaru	A good, low-key, rainy day hike around the lake and on the surrounding muddy and puddle-filled roads, very reminiscent of Russia. On the return drive, my companions even managed to stomach a full-length Opera, which was a pleasant surprise.
33	09/13/03 - 09/14/03	NH	Pemigwasset Traverse: Zealand Trail, Zeacliff, Twinway, Mt. Guyot, Mt. Bond, Bondcliff, Wilderness Trail, Nancy & Norcross Ponds, Nancy Pond Trail (2 days, 28 miles)	Hiking	Pa, Semyon	various cars	Clear half of the first day, but fog and rain the second. No visibility on top of Bondcliff, unfortunately, but still a good traverse. Lots of Mushrooms found in the Pemigwasset Valley.
32	09/07/03	MA-CC	Cape Cod:Dennis, North Truro, Head of the Meadow Beach, Corn Hill Beach	Mushrooms, R & R, Beach	Parents, Nauchi	Family Subaru	6th Cape trip this year.
31	09/06/03	NYC	NYC : Metropolitain Museum	Museum	N/A	My Subaru	Another Museum Marathon, and the first time when I independently made a driving round-trip to New York in one day.
30	08/30/03 09/01/03	MA-CC	Cape Cod:Cape Cod Rail Trail from Dennis to Brewster, Nickerson Bike Trails, North Truro, Head of the Meadow Beach	Biking, Beach, Mushrooms	Parents, Nauchi	Various cars	Labor day weekend.
29	08/24/03	MA-CC	Cape Cod:Nickerson State Park	Beach, R&R	Misha, Skamushki, Liza, Yulya, Bella, Timur, Petya	Various cars	Another Crew Cape daytrip.
28	08/17/03	MA-CC	Cape Cod:Nickerson State Park	Beach, R&R	Misha, Val, Skamushki, Liza, Inna, Bella, Timur	Various cars	A Crew daytrip to our favorite lakeside beach
27	07/18/03 08/04/03 (17 days)	OR/WA/CA	PORTLAND : Portland Zoo, Portland Art Museum, Rose Garden, Japanese Garden, Forest Park, Powell's Bookstore WASHINGTON : Kalaloch Beach , Olympic National Park : Hoh River Trail, Spruce Trail, Hall of Mossess Trail Mount St. Helens : Windy Ridge Point, Truman Trail, Loowit Trail, Loowit Falls Overlook, Harmony Trail to Spirit Lake Columbia River Gorge : Dog Mountain Trail, Maryhill Museum, Stonehenge, Maryhill St. Park OREGON : Mount Hood : Timberline Trail from Cloud Cap Road to Barrett Spur & Dollar Lake via Elk Cove and back (16 miles, 7 hours), Cooper Spur Trail, Timberline Lodge John Day Fossil Beds : Painted Hills trails, Leaf Hill & Painted Cove, Sheep Rock Unit visitor center, Island In Time trail Crack in the Ground near Christmas Valley Crater Lake : Hillman Preak, Pumice Desert, Cleetwood Cove trail to lake surface, Pinnacles overlook, Sun Notch Phantom Ship Overlook Oregon Coast : Whalehead Beach, Cape Sebastian, Oregon Dunes, Hobbit Beach, Sea Lion Caves, Cannon Beach CALIFORNIA : Castle Crags St.Park Humboldt Redwoods : Founders Grove, Bull Creek/Rockfeller Loop (13 miles, 6 hours), Ferndale, Cape Mendoncino drive Prarie Creek Redwoods : Miner's Ridge Trail, Gold Bluffs Beach, Fern Canyon, James Irvine Trail Jedediah Smith Redwoods : Boy Scout trail SEATTLE : Woodland Park Zoo, Fremont Lenin statue, Asian Art Museum, (EMP) Experience Music Project, Pioneer Square, Waterfront	Hiking, Sightseeing Beasties	Zio, parts of the trip with Dina and Tessa	Zio's Subaru	4th major road trip and 3rd in the US. Joined Zio shortly after he moved to Portland for a PhD in Neuroscience. Links to photos coming soon.
26	07/13/03	NH	Mt. Cardigan: West Ridge Loop (4 miles/ 3 1/2 hours) Return via Sculptured Rocks rd, Newfound Lake	Hiking	Parents	Family Subaru	Perfect weather, and arguably the easiest-to-reach 360 degree NH peak, in other words, the prime location to take both parents :) Starting at 3:45pm also meant that we had the summit to ourselves, albeit briefly.
25	07/12/03	MA	Salem Peabody Museum, Derby Dock	Museum, Walking	N/A	My Subaru	I highly recommend the "Chinese House" exhibit.
24	07/03/03 07/06/03	MA-CC	THE CAPE XIII, pt. 2: Nickerson SP, Area 7, side trip to Wellfleet Beach	R'n'R, Camping	The Crew, of course, and Zaichonok + GF, Oleg, Mulyar, Greenberg, Alex F.	Innumerable Cars	See link for details/photos. A "smashing" sucess, due to the increasing maturity of the participants.
23	06/27/03 06/29/03	MA-CC	THE CAPE XIII pt.1: Nickerson SP, Area 7	R'n'R, Camping	The Crew, and some others.	Innumerable Cars	See link for details/photos. A "smashing" sucess, due to the increasing maturity of the participants.
22	06/23/03	MA	Walden Pond	Swimming	N/A	My Subaru	Finally, a proper start of the Summer swimming season, (at night).
21	06/22/03	NH	Mt. Moosilauke: Asquam Ridge/Carriage/Snapper trails (9.6 miles/ 5 hours)	Hiking	Pa, Zio	My Subaru	A great escape from the throes of Boston weather. Moosilauke was warmer, milder, and even had good visibility, despite occasional brooding rain-clouds.
20	06/15/03	NH	Mt Chocorua: Liberty/Brook trail (7.6 miles/ 4 hours), Chocorua lake	Hiking	N/A	My Subaru	One of the most popular White Mountain summits only had 2 other people on top. The secret to this - I started out at 2:40pm on a Sunday.
19	06/08/03	MA	Lincoln : Adams Woods, Walden Pond, Pine Hill, Sandy Pond	Hiking	Zaichonok	My Subaru	A large circuit around a bulk of Lincoln's conservation land.
18	06/01/03	MA	Amherst: UMASS	Transport	Dina,Zio	Zio's Subaru	Driving Dina + her paintings to her new habitation. Then, late night tea with her housemates
17	05/31/03	MA	Lincoln, Concord: Battle Road Trail from rt.95 to Old North Bridge	Walking	N/A	My Subaru	A local trip because of the rain - walked more than 16 miles back and forth, however :)
16	05/24/03-5/26/03	NY,PA	NYC : Metropolitain Museum, Nueue Galerie, MOMA Queens, Angelica Flim Center Philadelphia : Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Zoo Long Island : StonyBrook, Port Jefferson	Museum, Beasties, Movies	Zaichonok	My Subaru, Ferry	After a solitary "marathon" day at the Met (and a side trip to the new 20th German Art Museum that had opened across from it), some quality time with a friend on a rainy Memorial day weekend. Also, saw two films that were only playing in New York
15	05/18/03	NH	Putuckaway State Park	Picnic	Parents, Zio, Nauchi	My Subaru	A very "underused" park near Manchester, which has become one of our favorites throughout the years. Huge glacial boulders and lakes.
14	05/17/03	MA	Concord Sudbury River	Cayaking	N/A	My Subaru	An attempt to catch up on an activity that I didn't practice for years...tore the skin off the insides of both thumbs as a result, so the trip didn't last very long. Next time will have to either change the grip on the oars, or wear gloves/bandaids :)
13	05/11/03	MA	Walden Pond	Mother's Day	Zio, Ma, Nauchi	My Subaru	Why are the Walden Woods (behind the railroad) so unique ? (no, not that because of that crazy transendentalist :)) Because, unlike the majority of Mass. forests, they have escaped farming due to their sandy soil. Which means - miles of incredibly tall white pines, and everything associated with pines, like needle-laced ground, blueberries and ferns...
12	05/10/03	CT, MA	People's State Forest loop (8 mi, 4hrs) Tyringham Cobble (3)	Hiking Scenic Driving	N/A	My Subaru	Another sublime spring excursion.
11	05/04/03	MA	Lynn: Lynn Woods Reservation	Liza's B-day Party	The Crew, etc.	My Subaru, various cars	Fantastic Crew outing. Doesn't get any better, except possibly The Cape...
10	04/20/03	NH	Wapack Trail: Temple Mountain Ledges (7 mi., 3 1/2 hrs)	Hiking	Zio	My Subaru	Absolutely gorgeous spring day. Few people due to Easter Sunday
9	04/19/03	MA	World's End Reservation (3)	Walking	N/A	My Subaru	A good place to sit and watch planes descend in between the Boston Skyline
8	04/13/03	RI	Newport(3): Historic Center,Cliff Walk,Warf	Walking, Sightseeing	Parents, Zio, Nauchi, Gerbins, Kolotovs	Various Cars	Wonderful multi-family trip
7	04/06/03	MA	Lincoln: DeCordova Museum, Sandy Pond	Hiking, Museum	N/A	My Subaru	Spring is yet to arrive...
6	03/29/03	MA	Ward Reservation, Wingaersheek Beach	Hiking, R & R	N/A	My Subaru	New round of local discoveries before the hiking season begins in earnest. The Beach is quite a find.
5	03/16/03	RI	Providence (4) : Roger Williams Park and Zoo	R & R, Beasties	Zaichonok	Zaichonok's car	60 Degree temperatures in Providence...a welcome anomaly.
4	02/23/03- 02/25/02	FL	Miami (2): University of Miami, Lowe Art Museum, Coconut Grove	Business Trip	coworker	plane	The first such trip of my "adult career". And a welcome change from Boston's February climate, even if for 2 1/2days...
3	02/16/03	MA	Williamstown: Clark Art Institute (8)	Scenic Driving Museum	N/A	my Subaru	Few things are better than driving the last hour or so of route 2, off season, listening to Mozart.
2	02/15/03	NH	Bear Brook State Park	Cross-country Skiing	Zio	my Subaru	A good 3-hour run. As we arrived late, the last hour was spent getting back to the parking lot after sunset. Luckily, the moonlight was strong enough that we didn't get lost.
1	01/11/03	MA	Worcester : Art Museum (3), Higgins Armory Museum, Eco-Tarium	Cultural Exploration	N/A	my Subaru	Due to the extreme cold, a reasonable and brief day trip. Culminated in a 2-hour stint at the local Borders with a hillside view of the city.