Woo-hoo... I got my patch from the Adirondack Mountain Club for completing the entire Northville-Lake Placid Trail last October!

Another long distance trail to check off the dream list. And what a terrific hike it was!

The Northville-Placid Trail in upstate New York is an outstanding 11-day backpack trip not too far from home.

But there's so many more hikes to be done...

Where to go and what to do next year?

The West Coast Trail, a challenging backpacking route along the coast and through the thick rain forests of Vancouver Island, British Columbia is under serious consideration for next September.

Maybe, too, a return trip to the Alps and a circumnavigation of Mont Blanc through France, Switzerland and Italy. I sure love those cozy mountain huts and the incredible scenery.

Or a circuit around Jebel Toubkal in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco? A little mingling with the Berbers in North Africa?

Or maybe another coast to coast trek, this time across the green of Ireland? Maybe a pint of Guinness here and there?

So many trails, so little time...

Kamchatka in the far reaches of Siberia has also been on my mind. A long string of active volcanoes, glaciers and the world's highest concentration of grizzly bears is mighty appealing.

Closer to home I'd like to knock off New Hampshire's tough Cohos Trail, maybe in long weekend chunks.

And of course, there'll be the usual hikes and backpacks and paddles and mountain bike rides around good ol' Maine.

Winter is such a wonderful time for planning. What to do? What to do? Got to save those pennies, that's for certain!

What are your big adventure plans for 2007?