Traveler’s Journal makes return trip in 2022

Published 1:30 am Wednesday, February 23, 2022

The Traveler’s Journal is back! After a two-year break we are excited to have the series back.

Traveler’s Journal is an adventure travel presentation, with different presenters and adventure every week.

We kick off the series Thursday, March 3, and will have a presentation each Thursday until the last presentation on April 14.

We will also be at a new location, the Dungeness River Nature Center, at 2099 W. Hendrickson Road.

Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m.

A $5 donation is greatly appreciated. Money raised from the series is used to provide tools and lunches for all the volunteers working on extending and maintaining the Olympic Discovery Trail.

We are taking every precaution to keep everyone safe; vaccine cards will have to be shown at the door to enter.

We would like to thank you for all your past support. Because of your support the series will be going into its 30th year. We are looking forward with great appreciation to our presenters this year. Without them, we would not have the Traveler’s Journal.

The 2022 series includes:

• March 3 — Travelers Journal #1: “A River Runs Through Us: Grand Canyon by Dory” with Dave Shreffler and Ann Soule

Join Shreffler and Soule as they take a journey down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon in dories (small, shallow-draft boats) to help celebrate their 30th anniversary.

• March 10 — Travelers Journal #2: “Coast to Coast in Costa Rica” with Mike and Chris Barton

Mike and Chris Barton take a tour of Costa Rica sponsored by Oregon State University, sampling the natural riches of this country on a 14-day journey.

• March 17 — Travelers Journal #3: “Eri’s Adventure, Kayaking the Mighty Columbia River from Source to Sea” with John Kuntz

Kuntz, a Kitsap native and modern day voyageur, invites attendees to join him on a kayak trip paddling the entirety of the Columbia River — all 1,250 miles — from its source high in the Canadian Rockies to its outlet to the sea in Astoria, Ore. Kunts traveresed the Columbia in honor of Erica Reith (“Eri,” a young person whom tragically lost her life at the age of 19) and in the name of teaching youth the art of adventure.

• March 24 — Travelers Journal #4: “Alaska: Spring North – Fall South” with Bob and Enid Phreaner

Join the Phreaners as they make a unique, reverse-course trip: trekking north in an Alaskan Camper in late May and exploring for 10 days before flying home, then returning by plane in the fall to drive home south.

• March 31 — Travelers Journal #5: “20/20 Visions of Nature in Washington During our Year-Long Travel Restrictions” with Mary and Ken Campbell

With booked trips to Indonesia (Komodo dragons), the Galapagos, Mongolia (snow leopards), South Africa (aardvarks and pangolins), Madagascar (lemurs) and India (tigers) nixed by COVID, the Campbells — inspired by friends to see which couple could see the most species of birds in their respective state in the year — explore and enjoy the wildlife Washington state has to offer.

• April 7 — Travelers Journal #6: “Traveling Through Europe by Cycle & Train” with Mark Cohen and Kate Titus

After several postponements of a planned European adventure thanks to the COVID-19 outbreak, Cohen and Titus were able to travel through Europe during a lull in the outbreak this past fall. They spent 11 weeks enjoying cycle excursions through the countryside, visiting local cultural attractions and delighting in the local dining and markets.

• April 14 — Travelers Journal #7: “Walking the Dream: The Journey on the Camino de Santiago” with Maridee Bonadea

Bonedea calls the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage in Northern Spain one of the most rewarding trips she’s done in a long time. “Over the years I have bicycled all over the world so I know what long distant travel under one’s own power takes,” she says. With seven well-established pilgrimage routes, Bonedea chose the St. James path because “it seemed the oldest and most traditional as well as a better infrastructure that dates back thousands of years.”

2022 Traveler’s Journal

What: Travel series presentations

When: 7 p.m. on Thursdays, March 3-April 14 (door open at 6:30 p.m.)

Where: Dungeness River Nature Center, 2099 W. Hendrickson Road

Cost: Suggested $5 donation; funds go to Olympic Discovery Trail projects

More info: Email to amjcgj@gmail.com