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#8 Petrified Forest National Park, AZ
Looking out over the Painted Desert in Petrified Forest the thought "Hey, looks like it was once a hot, humid rain forest" does NOT cross...


El Malpais National Monument #2
Approaching the El Mapais Visitor Center I was intrigued by the lava rock I was seeing everywhere in the foreground of what looked very...


Fort Union National Monument #1
I can hear what you're thinking..."hmm, I thought she was doing National Parks, not Monuments", and that would be true, but hey, why not...


Big Cypress National Preserve #1
On our way out of the Everglades to the Gulf Coast of Florida we drove through Big Cypress National Preserve. I know, I know, I'm running...


#7 Everglades National Park
Well, the Everglades were not what I was expecting! Aren't the Everglades just a big scary swamp with alligators bellowing all around...


#6 Dry Tortugas National Park
What do the 3rd largest barrier reef, John Wilkes Booth, and our National Parks Service have in common? Fort Jefferson! Fort Jefferson...


#5 Biscayne National Park
Question: How do you run/hike in a National Park that covers nearly 173,000 acres and 95% are underwater? Answer: You don't...you kayak....


#4 Congaree National Park
Conga-who?!? Most people have never heard of Congaree National Park. I had never heard of Congaree either until I started planning this...


#2 & 3 Great Smoky Mountains NP TN & NC
It wasn't hard to see how the Great Smoky Mountains attained their name as I started driving into the fog filled mountains early, before...


#1 Mammoth Cave...49 to go!
Anna's teddy bear & I at our 1st stop of 50 this year. First Park stamp in my passport book What a great day to kick off the campaign! ...
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