Invite Allen Johnson to address your club or association. He will share first hand his marvelous adventures with his grandchildren and give you pointers for having successful and memorable adventures with your own family and grandchildren.

Cost of Lectures: For schools, churches, and libraries, there is a $50 speaking fee plus travel expenses. For other organizations, the fee is negotiable. E-mail for details.

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African Queen — Tour Humphrey Bogart’s famous riverboat, the African Queen.

The African Queen

2

Airborne Comm — Explore the history of airborne communications from balloons to spacecraft.

Two Hundred Years of Airborne Communications

3

Airplanes — Visit aircraft from the WWI open cockpit fighters to the fastest airplane in the world.

Airplanes — From Waco to SR-71

4

Alaska — See the magnificent mountains, forest, and rivers of our last frontier.

Alaska — The Last Frontier

5

Argentina — Experience Argentina’s European flavor cities, cattle ranches, and ski mountains.

Argentina — Land of the Gaucho

6

Ascension Island — This desert island is the home of volcanos, donkeys, and ghosts.

Ascension Island — The Ghost Wore Red

7

Aurora — Learn about the aurora; the legends, causes, effects, and science.

Explaining The Aurora

8

Australia — Travel with 7-year-old Kelsey as she explores Aborigines sacred sites in the Outback.

Australia from the Back of a Camel

9

Australia — Dive on the Great Barrier Reef and see the immense variety of fish, coral, and shells.

Australia — The Great Barrier Reef

10

Barbados — Enjoy the quiet beauty and warm charm of a tropical paradise - Barbados.

Barbados — Island of Sun and Flowers

11

Bay of Fundy — Join my granddaughters and me as we kayak the 40-foot-high tides in the Bay of Fundy.

Kayaking the Bay of Fundy

12

Bermuda — See the sparkling-blue water, pink sand beaches, and relaxed atmosphere of Bermuda.

Bermuda — Pink Sand and Afternoon Tea

13

Biking Alaska — Come with me on a 4,000-mile bike trip across the U.S., Canada, and the Alaskan Highway.

Biking to the Arctic Circle

14

Biking Canada — Join my granddaughters as they bike across Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Biking Across the Canadian Maritime Provinces

15

Biking Mid-West — Follow 9-year-old Tracy biking adventure through Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.

Biking Across the Devil’s Backbone

16

Bora Bora — See the South Pacific island of Bora Bora with its beautiful coral reef and swaying palm trees.

Walking on Water in Bora Bora South Pacific

17

Brazil — Explore the beauty of Rio, the jungle and magnificent Iguasu Falls.

Brazil — Jungle and The Iguasu Falls

18

Canada — Come along on a 200-mile canoe trip through the pristine Canadian wilderness.

Canoeing the Canadian Wilderness

19

Canada — The first morning in Churchill, Manatoba we encountered 14 polar bears, and that was just on the way to breakfast.

Nose-to-Nose with Polar Bears

20

Canada — Nine-year-old twins, Emily and Jessica, rode horseback with their grandfather through the 1,700-square-mile Willmore Wilderness Park in the Canadian Rocky Mountains of Alberta for two weeks.

Willmore Horseback Adventure

21

Chile — Explore the peculiarities of a country 3,000 miles long and a few hundred miles wide.

Chile — The Long Thin Country

22

China — Visit the cities, people, burial tomb, monuments, and industry in this ancient country.

The Great Wall of China

23

Chunnel — Ride the car-train through the Chunnel and visit the museum to see how it was constructed.

The English Channel Tunnel

24

Denmark — Tour the cities, castles, and countryside of Denmark to understand this fairy tale land.

Denmark — Castles and Fairy Tales

25

Easter Island — Learn how the ancient "heads" of Easter Island were constructed and transported.

Exploring the Caves of Easter Island

26

England — Visit London, Winchester, Windsor and the quaint countryside of England.

England — Castles and Royalty

27

England — Join the Holliday twins as they explore the 2,000-year-old Roman wall running from the North Sea to the Irish Sea.

England — Walking Hadrian's Wall

28

Greenland — Track seals, polar bears, reindeer, arctic fox, arctic hare, and muckox across Greenland.

Greenland — Land of Ice

29

Hawaii — Enjoy the colorful land of flowers, pineapples, sun, and fun - Hawaii.

Hawaii — Land of Pineapples

30

Holland — Follow Kelsey as she rollerblades 400 miles around the flower capital of the world - Holland.

Rollerblading Around Holland

31

Iceland — Watch eight-year-olds kayak the Arctic Ocean around Iceland with their grandfather and visit the most volcanic active island in the world.

Iceland — Kayaking Around Iceland

32

India — Drive an elephant through New Delhi, visit the Taj Mahal, and meet an Indian snake charmer.

India and the Taj Mahal

33

Japan — Tour Tokyo’s Ginza, ride the bullet train, and visit a monastery overrun with monkeys.

Japan — Gardens and Green Tea

34

Kodiak Island — Kodiak Island, Alaska is known for its good fishing, huge bears, and beautiful scenery.

Kodiak Island, Alaska — The Emerald Island

35

Labrador — Experience the struggle of life in this northern land with its hostile environment.

Labrador — Land of the Midnight Sun

36

Leadville CO — The old mining town of Leadville offers museums, opera, skiing, and mountain climbing.

The Ice Palace of Leadville Colorado

37

Mauna Loa — Join me as I spent a chilly night in the thin atmosphere atop Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano.

Climbing Mauna Loa Volcano

38

New Zealand — New Zealand is an English-speaking version of Switzerland with fewer people.

New Zealand — Sheep and Forests

39

NORAD — Tour NORAD Headquarters buried 1,500 feet below Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado.

Cheyenne Mountain — City in a Mountain

40

Norway — The picturesque fjords of Norway provide both beauty and isolation.

Norway — Land of Fjords

41

Peru — Visit the ancient Inca religious centers hidden in the mountains.

Peru — Land of the Incas

42

Philippines — Retrace the campaigns of WWII and visit the colorful native markets.

Philippines — Jungles and Sugarcane

43

Puerto Rico — Enjoy the beaches, rain forest, casinos, and Spanish Forts of Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico — Spanish Forts

44

Russia — Travel with us on a 4,000 mile drive through Communist Soviet Union.

Drive through Russia? Impossible!

45

Russia — Join 10 Americans and 4,000 Russians as they ski a cross-country race in the Russian arctic.

Skiing the Russian Arctic

46

Samoa — Visit the tropical paradise complete with palm trees, beautiful beaches, and grass shacks.

Samoa and Fiji Islands

47

Satellites — Learn how satellites can provide communications, navigation, and surveillance.

How Satellites Work

48

Singapore — Singapore is a sparkling clean city with attractive shops, flower-lined streets, and warm weather.

Singapore — Tiger Balm Gardens

49

South Africa — See the lions, ostriches, giraffes, zebras, and other wild beasts roaming freely through the game park.

South Africa — Wild Animal Park

50

Spain — Tour the armory of Toledo, bullring of Madrid, and beaches of Madera.

Spain — Land of the Matador

51

Sweden — Visit the glass factories of Smoland, 16th century ships in Stockholm harbor, and the canals.

Sweden — Land of The Vikings

52

Terra del Fuego — Explore Ushuaia, Argentina, the southern-most town in the world.

Terra del Fuego — The End of the Earth

53

Vermont — Come along as we go cross-country skiing around Craftsbury, Vermont .

Vermont — Snow and Maple Sugar

54

Wabash — Travel with my grandson and me as we canoed the 500-mile length of the Wabash River.

Canoeing The Wabash

55

Wales — Join me while we explore the castles and breathtaking landscape of Wales.

Wales — Land of Sheep and Castles

56

Yucatan — Visit the Yucatan Peninsula and explore ancient Mayan ruins.

Mysteries of the Yucatan

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