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20 November 2023 With my 60-Ways Challenge behind me, people delight in asking, "What's next?" Such a good question, one for which I do...
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nationalparks7
- Nov 17
- 9 min
63: What the Island Gives
Saturday, 14 October 2023 Given the twice-a-week schedules for the only flights into American Samoa from the states, I faced three more...
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nationalparks7
- Nov 13
- 7 min
63!
Thursday, 11:00 p.m. 12 October 2023, American Samoa Okay, I'm here. Luggage has arrived and cleared customs. Now how do I get to my...
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nationalparks7
- Nov 11
- 8 min
Great American Park
early November 2023, home Trying to get used to a new 'normal', without the weight of 'the next parks' hanging over me. I still have to...
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nationalparks7
- Nov 5
- 6 min
Overseas Odyssey
Thursday, 12 October 2023 - traveling After twenty months of flying coast-to-coast-to-coast, chasing special lands across the country, I...
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nationalparks7
- Nov 3
- 4 min
Petrified Preservations
Wednesday, 11 October 2023, Florissant Fossil Beds NM Fall foliage has passed peak in these arid hills. Trees have a few spindly,...
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nationalparks7
- Nov 1
- 5 min
Sand In My Pocket
You don’t have to be good at everything in your life, but it doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy new experiences even if you are not good at...
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nationalparks7
- Oct 30
- 2 min
My Favorite Parks
early October 2023 While we ate dinner with Scott and his wife in Hotchkiss, Scott asked the question I have received so many times: "So...
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nationalparks7
- Oct 28
- 5 min
Location, Location, Location
Location, Location, Location Saturday, 7 October 2023, Mesa Verde NP We pulled into Mesa Verde, the country's 8th oldest national park...
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nationalparks7
- Oct 25
- 5 min
The Senior Scramble
You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide [or canyon?], overthinking it. You have to go down the chute. - Tina Fey...
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nationalparks7
- Oct 24
- 3 min
Yearning for Yellow
Held in a late season At a shifting of worlds, In the golden balance of autumn, Out of love and reason We made our peace. - Richard O....
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nationalparks7
- Oct 21
- 3 min
Borne of Fire
Thursday, 5 October 2023, Rocky Mountain NP Far more people visit the east (Estes Park) side of RMNP than do the western side. Often...
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nationalparks7
- Oct 19
- 7 min
Ringo and Iron Man for the Win
PREFACE: How could this happen? I'd taken 15 trips over the past year and a half, visiting 58 of 63 parks, seeing spectacular and...
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nationalparks7
- Oct 16
- 5 min
The Way of the Voyageurs
Saturday, 16 September 2023, Voyageurs NP I remember the ranger in Florida who told me, "The grand parks out west - think Glacier,...
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nationalparks7
- Oct 8
- 4 min
Lyrical Lakeland
Friday, 15 September 2023, Voyageurs NP Such a struggle. Do I push to fit in as much touristing as possible during my fleeting visits to...
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nationalparks7
- Oct 5
- 5 min
Wisconsin's Best
Wednesday, 13 September 2023, Bayfield WI I scored the co-pilot seat on the seaplane back to Houghton - the final planned small plane...
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nationalparks7
- Sep 30
- 10 min
Closing the Park
Tuesday, 12 September 2023, Isle Royale NP So nice to wake up to the sound of waves breaking on the rocks below my balcony. A sound that...
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nationalparks7
- Sep 28
- 7 min
... a tale of an isle ...
Monday, 11 September 2023, Isle Royale NP Isle Royale in Lake Superior: The fourth-largest lake island in the world, 45 miles long and up...
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nationalparks7
- Sep 25
- 3 min
Again? Already?
Sunday, 10 September 2023, Houghton MI How can it be time for another parks trip? I'm still reviewing and posting blogs of my Alaska...
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nationalparks7
- Sep 24
- 6 min
Tidewater Tapestry
from my 1991 cruise through Glacier Bay: From 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., we cruised through spectacular scenery spying abundant wildlife on the...
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