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10/13/2009 5:35 pm - Is It "Elitist" To Try to Visit All 58 National Parks? : I've been to 191 units (29 NP's by my rough count) and my 13-year-old son has seen 113 units. Every site is important to me. We've made it a part of our kids' homeschooling. Horseback riding in Teddy Roosevelt NP. Digging for fossils near Fossil Butte. Next year, now that ...
9/27/2008 8:36 pm - Floods Washing Across Big Bend National Park : Once again, mother nature wins. Yet, we'll continue to rebuild and sandbag and rebuild again. We're like little ants with littler brains. Looking forward to visiting Galveston Island National Memorial and Seashore someday too.
9/27/2008 8:26 pm - Backcountry Volunteer Survives 100 Foot Fall While Canyoneering at Zion National Park : I'm curious as to what other canyoneering experiences anywhere else in the western hemisphere are comparable (or better) than Utah. Strange you chose to single out the "lower 48" but didn't expand that further. If it's a secret, I'll understand. For a long time I didn't tell many (if any) ...
9/27/2008 8:20 pm - At Statue of Liberty National Monument, Save Ellis Island, Inc., Works to Restore Ellis Island’s Time-Ravaged Buildings : I think the key to these sorts of renovations succeeding is when the final product is actually put to good use, rather than having a giant shell of a building that people come to simply gawk at. And the use of the building(s) should be a good fit with the ...
9/27/2008 8:08 pm - Grand Canyon Railway May Expand Rail Service to the South Rim at Grand Canyon National Park : We did this trip a few years ago with the kids in the month of March... the kids loved it, and you definitely don't need a vehicle once you get to the South Rim. When I worked at Grand Canyon there were trees growing up through the rotting RR ties. ...
9/26/2008 5:43 pm - A Section of the Appalachian Trail Designed for Wheelchair Access Opens in Vermont : It's not an anti-disabled perspective that I'm attempting (albeit poorly) to express, it's a "stop trying to improve nature and stop spending money on something we'll just have to spend more maintenance money on later" perspective. Believe me, when I see people parking in handicap spots that have no right ...
9/20/2008 9:50 am - A Section of the Appalachian Trail Designed for Wheelchair Access Opens in Vermont : My point is that there are plenty of other places where you can build a boardwalk in the woods for people to enjoy. A bridge over or a tunnel under a major highway so hikers don't get run over -- sure... but heaven forbid if someone had to walk in ...
9/18/2008 8:42 pm - Federal Judge Blocks Recreational Snowmobiling in Yellowstone National Park : They do make perfectly quiet snow transportation with zero pollution. It's called cross country skiing.
9/18/2008 8:37 pm - A Section of the Appalachian Trail Designed for Wheelchair Access Opens in Vermont : So much for getting away from it all. Next they'll install people-movers so you don't really need to hike the trail. Walk left, stand right folks.
9/18/2008 8:34 pm - Trigger-happy Man Shoots Another Rustling in the Brush : I can see that most of you haven't camped at the various National Recreation Areas. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms are staples there. The "issues" at Chickasaw are legendary.

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