Here’s my overall itinerary.*
I’ll leave Mobile on Monday, May 16, and spend the next three days driving (most of that through Texas). The first park I’m visiting is Chaco Culture National Historic Park. From there, it’s on to Mesa Verde for a couple of days, then a night in Monument Valley, and on […]
Authors unknown, but I snarfed ‘em from here.
-If you are a sitcom character and your camping trip is going badly, do not say, “Look on the bright side: At least the weather’s nice.”
-Though not widely reported, America’s raccoons and opossums are pitted against each other in a fierce turf war. Avoid getting caught in the […]
Just when I need them, camping tips by Larry G. Some of my favorites:
- While the Swiss Army Knife has been popular for years, the Swiss Navy Knife has remained largely unheralded. Its single blade functions as a tiny canoe paddle.
Good for those times you’re up a creek.
- You can duplicate the warmth of […]
Firmed up itinerary today: here are the parks I’m visiting this summer.
Chaco Culture National Historic Park
Mesa Verde NP
Monument Valley (technically not a park, but whatever)
Canyon de Chelly National Monument
Grand Canyon NP (south and north rims)
Zion NP
Bryce Canyon NP
Sequoia/King’s Canyon NP
Yosemite NP
Olympic NP
Glacier NP
Yellowstone NP
Bit mad, really, but there you go. Or there I go, […]
CNN.com has a report about the completion of a “restoration” of the area surrounding Yosemite Falls. Folks from the “Yosemite Fund” praise the “restoration,”* while members of “Friends of Yosemite Park” say it’ll damage the natural landscape by encouraging more tourists to visit.
The two goals of the National Park Service are in […]
On my trip there are going to be some loooooooong days in the middle of nowhere with no good radio stations. Therefore, I’m asking for help with tunes.
It’s kairos: The Travel Channel is running a week of programming about America’s national parks.
ETA:Oh. Apparently it’s National Parks Week. Cool.
This summer, on the way from my home in Alabama to my school in Pennsylvania, I am going to take a seven thousand (or so) mile side trip to the American West.
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