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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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National Parks in the Carolinas and Tennessee: A Fast Travel Case Study

Itinerary 13 Mins Read
Kings Mountain had some gorgeous forested areas. During the Revolutionary War, Continental Soldiers used the cover of trees to defeat British troops. #FindYourPark #KingsMountain #ParkTripsAndMore

Want to visit more parks, but short on time? You likely have some strategic road trip planning in store! But how much is too much activity to pack into a short trip? In this post, I share a case study of a recent trip in which Jason and I sandwiched 6 National Park Units into 2 days while traversing 5 States! We maximized our 2-days in the parks to collect as many National Park Passport stamps as possible, and share some of our tips to do this. But did we go too far? We will let you decide. A Quick Story (for Context) I’m embarrassed to admit this… I’m not even sure that I should… but I suppose that transparency is a good policy to have when trying to build online friendships, right? You’ll forgive me, won’t you…? Ok, here it goes …on our most recent road trip, I did…

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What is “Stamp Cramp”…? (Our National Park Passport Story)

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park Cancellation Stamps

As we start our journey with Park Trips and More, we thought that we would let you know right away what “Stamp Cramp” is, and why Jason and I have made it a part of the site. It all started with our very first National Park trip (yes, every great National Park addict story seems to begin this way)… Our first National Park trip together was to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 2011. This park is consistently one of the most visited parks in the National Park Service (NPS) system. It is huge, spanning the border of Tennessee and North Carolina, and there is a ton to do there from hiking and fishing to scenic drives and historical tours. We stayed in Gatlinburg, TN, and enjoyed the charm of the town against the backdrop of unimaginable beauty! We were so excited to enter the park, but hardly knew anything…

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