Summer Trip

I hope to do my big summer trip next month.  I am still looking at the NPS.gov website to get all the info.  There are still quite of places that are still closed.  I was thinking maybe going to small parks this trip and wait for the big parks for another year.

Maybe I can go to:

City of Rocks

Hagerman Fossil Beds

Minidoka

Fossil Butte

Big Hole

Grant-Kohrs Ranch

Golden Spike

Timpanogos Cave

I heard the big parks that you have to get there early to find a spot.  I know Yellowstone and Grand Teton are big parks and busy ones.

I do have state parks I can visit to while I am there.

Keeping my finger crossed.

What National Parks Are You Going To This Summer?

What national parks are you going to this summer? 

I did have a big list of parks that I was going to in Washington DC for a convention, but it got postponed until next year.

But I am planning a new parks to go that I haven't see before.  We are thinking of going to Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and Utah this summer.

Here is a list of parks:

City of Rocks

Hagerman Fossil Beds

Minidoka

Yellowstone (I have seen before)

Fossil Butte

Grand Teton (I have seen before)

Big Hole

Grant-Kohrs Ranch

Timpanogos Cave

Golden Spike

I know that they are just starting to open parks up but I can dream.  I keep looking at the National Park Services website to get updates.  I hope to have a fun summer.

Tell me what your park plans are.

Goodbye 2019, Hello 2020

Has 2019 is coming to end in a couple of days.  It was a good time with parks that I went too.  I went six new parks.  I added three new states to my list.  I went to NV, WA, and ID.  I also revisit some parks too here in Arizona.

I am looking forward to get to 2020.  I have big plans in the new year.  So far I have three big trips planned. Going to New Mexico to finish my last four parks I have left.  Going to California/Arizona to see some new parks.  Going to Washington DC for a convention and revisit some parks and see new ones too.

I want to get has many stamps that I can, brochure to save, pictures to take.  I am getting a pin, postcard and starting a new tradition and get ornaments.

I am so excited.

Happy New Year!!

Western National Parks Association/100 post

https://www.wnpa.org/ - This is the website for the Western National Parks Association.  WNPA is located in Tucson, AZ.  It's a store the helps the funds of all the parks that they support.  There are 71 parks.

Arizona - Canyon de Chelly, Casa Grande Ruins, Chiricahua, Coronado, Fort Bowie, Hubbell Trading Post, Montezuma Castle, Navajo, Organ Pipe Cactus, Saguaro, Sunset Crater Volcano, Tonto, Tumacacori, Tuzigoot, Walnut Canyon, Wupatki

California - Channel Islands, Eugene O'Neill, John Muir, Juan Bautista de Anza, Mojave, Pinnacles, Port Chicago Naval Magazine, San Francisco Maritime, Santa Monica Mountains, Whiskeytown

Colorado - Bent's Old Fort, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Curecanti, Great Sand Dunes, Sand Creek Massacre

Kansas - Brown v. Board of Education, Fort Larned, Fort Scott, Nicodemus

Montana & Wyoming - Bighorn Canyon, Little Bighorn Battlefield

Nebraska - Lewis & Clark

Nevada - Great Basin, Lake Mead

New Mexico - Aztec Ruins, Bandelier, Capulin Volcano, Carlsbad Caverns, Chaco Culture, El Malpais, El Morro, Fort Union, Gila Cliff Dwellings, Pecos, Petroglyph, Salinas Pueblo Missions, Santa Fe, Trail of Tears, White Sands

Oklahoma - Chickasaw, Washita Battlefield

Texas - Alibates Flint Quarries, Big Thicket, Chamizal, Fort Davis, Guadalupe Mountains, Lake Meredith, Lyndon B. Johnson, Padre Island, Palo Alto Battlefield, San Antonio Missions

Utah - Golden Spike, Timpanogos Cave

They have so many things about all the parks.  They also have speakers and workshops.

This is the 100th post on the blog.  Thank you for stopping by.

1st Anniversary

This blog National Parks/Other National Parklands is celebrating it's first year of being up online.  It has been a lot of fun going back to all the places that I have been too.  I have a lot more to put up.  And a lot more traveling to go.  Please keep coming back to check out my adventures.

I'm Home

Hello All!!

I am back from a great trip in New Mexico.  I saw my father and step-mother.  My father took me to five new parks and three new trails.

They were:

Bandelier
El Cumino Real de Tierra Adentro Trail
Fort Union
Manhatten Project
Old Spanish Trail
Petroglyph
Santa Fe Trail
Valles Caldera

It was a lot fun.  I will be putting up pictures of all the places I have been to soon.

Keep Coming Back!!

PS: While I was there I found out that I have been to two other parks from AZ, SD.  Now I am at 72 sites mark off in my book.  A lot more to go see which I can't wait to do.