Category: US National Parks & Monuments
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Nicodemus, KS, 2023
African American families stayed in the area, settling on farms in the surrounding township.
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Saguaro National Park East, Again
I have returned with more of my desert hiking experiences forthcoming.
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Poetry is Nature
Words describe what is visually sighted, allowing your mind, body, and soul to absorb the picturesque poetic surroundings.
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Grove of the patriarchs
Dozens of day hikes and overnight backpacking within Mount Rainer National Park.
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Voyagers National Park
International Falls MN becoming one of the best outdoor actives destinations in the U. S.
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“Sacred spiritual site for all.”
A sense of reverence is experienced as you pass the enormous Coast Redwood Trees
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“Theodore Rossevelt National Park.”
Serendipity is attached to my nomadic travels when I discover the incredible beauty of hundreds of bison, several dozen feral horses, along with hundreds of prairie dogs wandering the grassy landscape of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The park was established to protect bison, deer, and feral horses, among other animals. The south end of the…
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Everglades “Waste management.”
These birds are the official and original waste management facilitators of the Florida Everglades
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“A National Parks Geek.”
It was a day after the American Labor Day holiday and the unofficial end of summer. But more importantly for me, it is the demographic transition of the US National Parks. I learned a couple of new phrases distinctive to Yellowstone National Park with the upcoming change of seasons, as the winds blow new color…
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Arizona’s Route 89A, a scenic drive.
Everyone who visits Arizona always recommends the Grand Canyon and their next recommendation is usually the city of Sedona AZ to see the picturesque red mountains surrounding the town. Many travelers use some form of an electronic map on their cellular phone or the built-in mapping system in their vehicle providing the most economical way…
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“Petrified Forest National Park.”
Oh yes, the Petrified Forest National Park has been on my must-visit list for years, and my recent scenic drive tour has only conjured up plans for a re-visit to backpack the backcountry overnight and hike some of the incredible trails. The park was initially dedicated in 1906 and became a National Park in 1962.…
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“Appreciating natural surroundings.”
Usually, on the weekends mostly during the morning hours, a hiking trail fills with groups of people flaunting their newly purchased hiking and backpacking gear. These groups move along in packs of ten or more resembling a social bubble with verbal noise drowning out the beauty of songbirds chirping from the trees above. Many within…
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“Montgomery Alabama.”
On a cold rainy spring day, I toured several critical locations in the city of Mongomery Alabama which is ground zero of the Civil Rights Era in America. In 1877 the Dexter St. Baptist Church was founded when congregants moved from the First Colored Baptist Church in Montgomery Al. In 1954, at 26-years of age,…
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