Organ Pipe: Music in the Desert As the desert begins to cool off, our thoughts turn to getting out to some of the wonderful national park… Continue reading “Organ Pipe: Music in the Desert”…
Flight 93, Never Forgotten National Memorials are a special kind of national park unit – memorializing a historic person or event. One of these… Continue reading “Flight 93, Never Forgotten”…
Labor Day at Lowell National Historical Park When you think of national park units, you don’t often think of a factory. But that is what Lowell National… Continue reading “Labor Day at Lowell National Historical Park”…
National Park Units in 50 States Last week we talked about the 50th anniversary of the National Trails System. This week we celebrated a “50” of… Continue reading “National Park Units in 50 States”…
Lassen: Celebrating 50 years of the National Trails System Did you know that Lassen Volcanic National Park in California includes seven trails that are part of the National Trails… Continue reading “Lassen: Celebrating 50 years of the National Trails System”…
Oregon Caves – more than the name implies… On a recent visit to Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve, we found that there was much more to the… Continue reading “Oregon Caves – more than the name implies…”…
Manzanar: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Manzanar National Historic Site in California preserves a “relocation camp” but many would refer to it as an internment camp… Continue reading “Manzanar: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly”…
Custer’s Last Stand – Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument As you plan your travel to some of the large National Parks in the west, like Glacier National Park and… Continue reading “Custer’s Last Stand – Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument”…
Kenai Fjords: Christmas in July When we hiked at Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska in the month of July, we began our hike on… Continue reading “Kenai Fjords: Christmas in July”…
Death Valley: Bad to the Bone So, you think it is hot where you are? How about Death Valley, California? Death Valley National Park is the… Continue reading “Death Valley: Bad to the Bone”…