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National Parks and Monuments

PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 2:29 pm
by asirimarco
did not have any idea there were this many - keep scrolling down and down

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_areas_in_the_United_States_National_Park_System

Re: National Parks and Monuments

PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 3:41 pm
by Sparkle
Oh dear, now I'm depressed. There is no way I'll live long enough to see them all. But what a challenge it would be.

Re: National Parks and Monuments

PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 6:47 pm
by WickedLady
Those I have been to:

North Cascades Nat Park,WA--Mt Baker's Artists Point
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Olympic Nat Park,WA--Hurricane Ridge
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Mt Rainier Nat Park, WA--I have hiked most of the trails here.
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Mt Saint Helens Volcanic Monument,WA
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Crater Lake Nat Park, OR--Wizard Island
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Death Valley Nat Park, CA--Date Palms near golf course
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Teddy Roosevelt Nat Park, ND--North Unit
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Petrified Forest Nat Park and Painted Desert,AZ
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Grand Canyon Nat Park,AZ--South Rim
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Zion Nat Park, UT
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There are also several Nat Monuments and as a kid with my parents there was Craters of the Moon, Redwoods, and Yellowstone.

Re: National Parks and Monuments

PostPosted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 7:20 am
by Cedar518
What wonderful pics. I always find Crater Lake a bit spooky,... I guess because i try to imagine what it would have been like when it happened,.. huge volcano, etc. Really like all those shots!

Re: National Parks and Monuments

PostPosted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:44 pm
by snowball
just think of what a diverse nation we live in
so pretty thanks for posting them
sheila

Re: National Parks and Monuments

PostPosted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:25 am
by Nasoosie
What beautiful pictures, Wicked!!! You have really made the rounds! I remember being all those places in the 'old' days before I could afford a pot to pee in, let alone a camera! I was traveling in my VW bus with my dogs, doing odd jobs to make enough money for gas, and living off dehydrated soups and whatever I could 'catch' or pick in the environs around me! How nice to actually have pictures! I had forgotten the beauty of many of those places, but how well I remember the 'feeling' of Craters of the Moon, as I attempted to find a spot to set up a tent while there to get out of the van for a while! Sleeping on cinders and hard lava was not my cup of tea! What memories!

Thanks so much to all of you for the great pics that get posted on this forum....I LOVE them!

Re: National Parks and Monuments

PostPosted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 10:27 am
by JanetA
WOW, Soos! you've had quite a life!

love to hear about ya'll's experiences!

Re: National Parks and Monuments

PostPosted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:39 am
by oregontocal
Fabulous pictures!!! I've visited and camped at Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, Crater Lake, Mt. Lassen (climbed the mountain with my son), Grand Canyon (both rims), Zion, Bryce, Glen Canyon, Petrified Forest, Mesa Verde, and Mt. Rainier. So many more to see. It will be much easier now with my old-timer's pass. :D