Departure Gate – Past Adventures

With our December 2015 trip to Antarctica, we’ve visited all seven continents. What’s our favorite? You decide. Don’t ask us to choose — they are all fabulous. Here are videos and photos of our past adventures. Click any photo to enlarge and view a slideshow. (Have a specific interest? Check them out by type of adventure.)

Flying to the Bahamas in N8475Y – Mar. 2023 (coming soon)

ISO Bengal Tigers — Feb./Mar. 2023

Skiing Sun Valley — Jan. 2023

Miramar Air Show & La Jolla — Sept. 2022

Iceland & Arctic/Svalbard — Aug.-Sept. 2022

Copenhagen (Sept. 2022 — coming soon!)

Adventures in British Columbia (Vancouver to Whistler) — June 2022

Winterthur & Nemours Estates (N8475Y) — May 2022

Voyage to Panama Canal — March 2022

Beautiful Barcelona, Spain — Oct. 2021

Antelope Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Monument Valley — Sept. 2021

Historic Malta — Sept. 2021

Biking Normandy & Brittany — Aug. 2021

Beautiful Alaska (& Seattle) — Aug. 2021

Summiting Old Rag Mountain (Shenandoah National Forest) — July 2021

O Shenandoah! (N8475Y) — June 2021

Flying to Niagara Falls (N8475Y) — May 2021

Escape to Charleston, SC (N8475Y) — March 2021

Flight to the West (N8475Y cross-country adventure) — Sept. 2020

Back Sailing in the British Virgin Islands (our former home!) — Jan. 2020

Diving the Red Sea & mini-tour of Egypt — Nov. 2019

Visiting the Holy Land — Jordan & Israel — Sept./Oct. 2019

Biking Loire Valley & Versailles — July 2019

Sailing Costa Smeralda (Sardinia & Corsica) — June/July 2019

Kenya & Tanzania (including Masai Mara, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Crater) — May 2019

Powder Skiing at Jackson Hole – March 2019

Swimming with Humpback Whales — Feb. 2019

Cuba Libre — Nov. 2018

African Safari Adventure – Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe — Aug. 2018

Sailing Corfu — June 2018

Discovering Berlin, Dresden, and the Green Vault — June 2018

Amazon to Monte Carlo (aboard Seabourn Quest, including Atlantic crossing) — March 2018

Adventure Down Under: Tasmania, Australia, New Zealand — Sept. 2017

75Y to Martha’s Vineyard, Block Island and Montauk — June 2017

French Polynesia (aboard the sailing yacht Leo) — June 2017

Skiing Mammoth (50 years later!) — Feb. 2017

Flight to Manhattan and Lady Liberty (flying our Twin Comanche N8475Y) — Feb. 2017

Eight Countries from Dubai to Singapore aboard Seabourn Sojourn — Dec. 2016-Jan. 2017

Grenada (scuba diving) – Oct. 2016

Spain | Portugal | Morocco – Sept. 2016

Russian Adventure (Moscow to St. Petersburg) – June 2016

Ski Zillertal Valley, Tyrol, Austria – Feb. 2016

Jamaica (scuba diving) – Oct. 2015

Sicily & Aeolian Islands (sailing) – June/July 2015

Flying the MIG-29 fighter jet – May 2015

Antarctica & Patagonia – Antarctica, South Georgia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay – Dec. 2014-Jan. 2015

Fiji (+ scuba diving with sharks) – Sept. 2014

Croatia – Dubrovnik, Montenegro, Dalmation Islands (sailing) – June 2014

Ski Tahoe (Heavenly, Kirkwood, Squaw Valley) – March 2014

Ski Chamonix/Mt. Blanc, France – Feb. 2013

Maya Riviera, Yucatan, Mexico (diving) – May 2012

Ski Colorado – Feb. 2012

Sri Lanka – Nov. 2011

Maldives (diving) – Oct. 2011

Bermuda (diving) – Aug. 2011

Ski Zermatt, Switzerland – Feb. 2011

Bali & Raja Ampat, Indonesia (diving) – Oct. 2010

Sailing the Cyclades Islands (sailing) – June 2010

Ski Telluride, CO – Feb. 2010

Mozambique, Africa (diving with whale sharks) – Nov. 2009

Rwanda, Africa (gorilla trekking) – Nov. 2009

St. Lucia, West Indies (diving) – Aug. 2009

Ski Whistler/Blackcomb, BC – Feb 2009

Cocos Island (diving with sharks), Costa Rica – May 2009

Ski Whistler/Blackcomb, BC – Feb 2009

Galapagos & Ecuador (diving/touring) – Sept. 2008

Palau, Micronesia (diving) – May 2008

Ski Garmisch, Germany – Feb. 2008

Papua New Guinea – Sept. 2007

Nassau, Bahamas (diving) – July 2007

Ski Courmayeur, Italy – Feb. 2007

Himalayan Kingdoms – Tibet, Nepal, and Bhutan – Sept. 2006

Ski Kitzbuhel, Austria – Feb. 2006

Ski Cortina, Italy – Jan. 2005

Viet Nam – Oct. 2004

Angkor Wat, Cambodia – Oct. 2004

Ski Courchevel, Meribel, Val Thornes, France –  Feb. 2004

Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabve, Africa – Aug.2003

Easter Island / Rapa Nui – Aug. 2002

Machu Picchu, Peru – Sept. 2002

Italy – Aug. 2001

Ski St. Anton, Austria – Feb. 2001

China & Yangtze River – Sept. 2000

Tahiti, French Polynesia – Dec. 1999

Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico – Jan. 1999

Hong Kong & Macau – June 1998

Thailand – June 1998

Concorde Flight (LHR-JFK) – May 1998

Skydiving – June 1997

Cabo San Lucas – Nov. 1996

Nice & Monte Carlo – Aug. 1996

India – Nov. 1995

Egypt – Sep. 1990