Roc Doc Travel

Mt. Etna Volcano, Sicily, Italy Visit Europe's highest and most active volcano, Etna on the island of Sicily. And see how the people of Catania have lived with their lava-spewing neighbor for more than two millennia!

Yellowstone SW, Early Spring Madison River, Firehole River, Grand Prismatic Spring, Old Faithful Come see Yellowstone like few see it - in early Spring before the grass turns green, before the animals completely lose their winter coats, and before the crowds arrive. This trip covers southwestern Yellowstone from West Yellowstone to Old Faithful.

Guadalupe Mountains and the National Park, Texas and New Mexico Visit the best preserved ancient reef on Earth!

Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Part 2 These stalactite blades are just fascinating! When I was a boy I pictured what it would be like to be here in an earthquake. Chop! Chop! 

Car lsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico Explore this giant cavern network that developed in an ancient reef!

Salmon River, Idaho Early Spring Tour North America's longest undammed river, the Salmon in Idaho, from its headwaters to the canyon where Lewis and Clark had to give up and turn around. In this trip, we'll see it in early Spring when the snow has just melted off the lower valleys but still caps the peaks. I'll take you there in Summer and Fall in later trips.

Buffington Window, Nevada Explore this scenic geologic wonder just 32 miles NE of Las Vegas, Nevada, next to Valley of Fire State Park.

Mexico City A Geologic Perspective See what happens when you build a city on a lake and pump out the water!

Venice Subsidence and Flood Control As one of the world's most beautiful and historically important cities, Venice is certainly worth saving.  What is being done, and at what cost?

Venice, Italy Isn't it about time you checked this one off your bucket list?  Visit Venice, Italy and see how one of the world's most beautiful and historic cities lives with subsidence and perilously high tides.

Banff National Park, part 2 This place will exhaust your vocabulary!

Banff National Park, part 1 When you visit Banff National Park bring a thesaurus, or you'll run out of synonyms for "WOW!"

Kananaskis Trail, Highway 40 In addition to having some of the best mountain scenery in North America, the Kananaskis Trail (highway 40) south of Banff is a Mecca for geologists.  Take a road trip to see this world-class scenery through the eyes of a Geologist!

San Andreas Fault, San Francisco Area Take a day trip to see California's most famous geologic feature in the San Francisco area!

Bucketlist Trip: Pompeii I didn't expect it to, but visiting Pompeii affected me deeply.  I don't look at ancient calamities the same way any more.

The Frank Slide, Alberta Come see Canada's deadliest landslide, one of the biggest and most accessible rock avalanches anywhere -- the Frank Slide in Alberta.  It even has its own visitor center!

Lemhi Mountains, Idaho Upcoming posts in 2019-2020 will include: USA :   More about Yellowstone and its neighborhood (several trips) The Alps of Switzerland (several trips) Geology of The Matterhorn Geology of Germany's Rhine River In the Footsteps of William Smith - Geology of England Geologic sites in England Geologic sites in Scotland Newberry Caldera   Donner Pass Bryce Canyon National Park the Wasatch Front, Utah Wind River Mtns Wyoming The Sinks State Park, Wyoming Hamilton Dome, Montana ... and more! Pompeii, Italy Tidbits to Wet Your Appetite: Some of the best things to visit at Yellowstone are outside the park -- I'll show you! The Cascades volcanoes are a lot more dangerous than they look.  It is nearly certain that you will see another eruption or two there during your lifetime. There is a chunk of oceanic crust and mantle sitting along the Smith River in northern California! The lower half of The Matterhorn in Switzerland is oce...

Calaveras Fault at Hollister, California (Above) The Calaveras fault, a branch of the San Andreas, creeps through Hollister, displacing everything in its path.

Yellowstone Region -- Island Park and Mesa Falls, Idaho Some of the best things to see at Yellowstone -- especially Geology -- are just outside of the park.

Crater Lake National Park Go see the world's most beautiful caldera, Crater Lake, Oregon!

Mt. Rainier -- Paradise At 14,409 feet, Mt. Rainier has more glaciers on it than any other mountain in the continental U.S.

What Can RocDocTravel Do For Me? Cool geologic sites!

The Biggest Dam Failure in History -- the Teton Dam, Idaho    (Rexburg Historical Society,  photo by Mrs. Eunice Olson, 5 June 1976 )

Santorini, Greece & the Legend of Atlantis Santorini is the volcanic caldera that gave us the legend of Atlantis -- and one the most romantic and scenic places in the Mediterranean!

The Amazing San Andreas Fault, I-15 to I-5 What?  You've never been to California's most infamous geological feature?  You've never explored the only fault most people know by name?   Really!?! Lone Pine Canyon, looking south