National Parks

I have been wanting to write this one for a long time.

Thanks to the trip we just completed, our list of National Parks visited grew. The year is the year the park was established.

Acadia National Park Maine 1916
Arches National Park Utah 1971
Badlands National Park South Dakota
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park Colorado 1999
Bryce Canyon National Park Utah 1928
Canyonlands National Park Utah 1964
Capitol Reef National Park Utah 1971
Carlsbad Caverns National Park New Mexico 1930
Crater Lake National Park Oregon 1902
Death Valley National Park California, Nevada 1994
Denali National Park and Preserve Alaska 1971
Dry Tortugas National Park Florida 1992
Everglades National Park Florida 1947
Glacier National Park (part of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park) Montana 1910
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Alaska 1980
Grand Canyon National Park Arizona 1919
Grand Teton National Park Wyoming 1929
Great Basin National Park Nevada 1986
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Colorado 2004
Great Smoky Mountains National Park North Carolina, Tennessee 1934
Guadalupe Mountains National Park Texas 1966
Hot Springs National Park Arkansas 1921
Isle Royale National Park Michigan 1940
Joshua Tree National Park California 1994
Kings Canyon National Park California 1940
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve Alaska 1980
Lassen Volcanic National Park California 1914
Mammoth Cave National Park Kentucky 1941
Mesa Verde National Park Colorado 1906
Mount Rainier National Park Washington 1899
North Cascades National Park Washington 1968
Olympic National Park Washington 1938
Petrified Forest National Park Arizona 1962
Redwood National and State Parks California 1968
Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado 1915
Saguaro National Park Arizona 1994
Sequoia National Park California 1890
Shenandoah National Park Virginia 1935
Wind Cave National Park South Dakota 1903
Yellowstone National Park Idaho, Montana, Wyoming 1872
Yosemite National Park California 1890
Zion National Park Utah

I am a pretty lucky guy to see all this beauty. My top four would include going to the sun road to Glacier, bear tooth pass to Yellowstone, Yosemite and Rocky Mountain National Parks. I like mountains, streams, and landscape.

We keep the color brochure from each park and each on is a treasure. I have 24 on my office wall and we have enough to do another 24. It is fun to look at.

They are all beautiful in their own right.

Visit a National Park, I highly recommend it.

Ed