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Our National Park Trips Timeline

Our Story 12 Mins Read
National Parks Travel Timeline

I officially LOVE reading lists of travels like the one we’re sharing here! Putting together our National Park trips timeline was therapeutic in a sense. In creating this, I got to see my own growth and development that has been directly shaped by the travel I have completed. Lists like this are also interesting because you get to see the logistical fit of the sites visited. I will do my best to group itineraries and link to things we may have shared on this site that can help with your own planning. A couple of other guiding thoughts: since we both work full time jobs, we usually have one “major” trip each year and several others on the periphery we like to visit as many sites as we can fit into our limited vacation days, so the pace of our trips is often pretty fast I’m only including parks that…

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Explorer Edition Passports: A National Park Sub-Culture?

National Park Interest 5 Mins Read
Explorer Edition Passport

On more than one occasion, my National Park Passport Explorer Edition has opened up lines of communication with other park visitors. It is almost as if the act of possessing one of these over-sized binders gives you access to the back stage of the park goers attitude towards the passport program. Often friendly but always unsolicited opinions, questions and glances roll in. Before I get into the meeting with a stranger on public lands (this week’s #NatureWritingChallenge topic), I want to provide a little bit of background for those that might be unfamiliar with the Passport Program. National Park Passport Explorer Edition – A Little Background My husband, Jason, and I started our love of the passport program with basic passports celebrating the 25th anniversary of the passport program. This was in 2011. Even though the program was 25 years old at the time, it was new to us. Like…

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