| Park |
State |
Date |
# |
Experience |
Adventure |
blog post |
To-Do list |
Rhyme Line |
| Hot Springs |
AR |
2022 Mar 1 |
1 |
enjoy a bathhouse treatment |
|
Get Spa'ed |
|
Visit a bath house, Klause |
| Gateway Arch |
MO |
2022 Mar 3 |
2 |
ride the pod |
ask an unanswerable question |
Ride the pod |
|
Look over the city, Kitty |
| Mammoth Cave |
KY |
2022 Mar 4-5 |
3 |
horseback ride
4-hr cave tour |
|
Let horses trod
cruising the cave |
take a 'wild cave' tour |
Go down in the cave, Dave |
| Shenandoah |
VA |
2022 Apr 24-25 |
4 |
forest bathing (shinrin-yoku)
stay in a primitive cabin |
surviving the 'wilderness' |
Plug into the land (Forest bathing)
An Almost-there Day |
bike thru autumn colors |
Bathe in the forest, Doris |
| New River Gorge |
WV |
2022 Apr 26 |
5 |
Walk a catwalk |
|
Plug into the sky (Bridge-Walk) |
Mountain bike
Zip line |
Catwalk in the air, Claire |
| Great Smoky Mountains |
TN/NC |
2022 Apr 27-29 |
6 |
hike to remote lodge |
the LeConte experience |
Endure the crowds (and meet A.J.)
Unplug (Leconte Lodge)
Unplug (Leconte pt. 2) |
see synchronized fireflies |
Try a stay in the lodge, Rog |
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| Congaree |
SC |
2022 May 1-2 |
7 |
overnight canoe trip |
call for an NPS rescue |
Plug into the water (canoe the Congaree)
Unplug (Congaree pt. 2) |
|
Canoe down the creek, Zeke |
| Saguaro |
AZ |
2022 May 16-17 |
8 |
interview a ranger |
rappin' with a ranger |
Cactus Cha-Cha and Rappin' with the ...
More Cactus Cha-Cha and a history hike |
|
Interview a ranger, stranger |
| White Sands |
NM |
2022 May 19 |
9 |
sled a white sand dune |
|
Sledding White Sands |
|
Sled the white dune, June |
| Petrified Forest |
AZ |
2022 May 21-22 |
10 |
geo-caching
hiking into wilderness |
my first try at geocaching
striking out into the wilderness |
Findings in the Stone Forest
Let's Do It Again, with wilderness |
spend a night in wilderness |
Go geo that cache, Flash |
| Acadia |
ME |
2022 June 7-8 |
11 |
riding a horse-drawn carriage
bicycling the carriage roads |
|
Getting Carriaged Away
All Wet and Volunteering |
Hike Precipice/Beehive
See sunrise |
Ride a horse-drawn cart, Bart |
| Fundy |
NB |
2022 June 9 |
C1 |
kayak a super-high tide |
exploring a Canadian park |
Moose vs. Flark and other Canadian... |
Tidal-bore rafting |
See the tide high, Guy |
| Cuyahoga Valley |
OH |
2022 June 11-12 |
12 |
ride a scenic train |
get adopted by a 90-yr-old
get lost in the Ledges |
Cuyahoga Choo-Choo
Finding the Cuyahoga Rhythm |
Kayak the Cuyahoga River |
Hop on the train, Jane |
| Indiana Dunes |
IN |
2022 June 14 |
13 |
pick up litter |
|
Sand-kicking, Tree-splitting, butt-dip ... |
|
Pick up some trash, Nash |
| Theodore Roosevelt |
ND |
2022 June 18-20 |
14 |
bicycle the scenic road |
get lost on Caprock Trail
avoid the bison |
Give Those Men a Map
Iron Man & Ringo Meet Buffalo and Ticks
Iron Man and Ringo Cysle the Scenery |
Float between park units |
Bike thru the park, Mark |
| Badlands |
SD |
2022 June 21-22 |
15 |
take a helicopter tour |
|
1 if by Land, 2 if by Air (3 if by Ladder?)
Peacekeepers, Prairies, and Presidents |
|
Take a 'copter ride, Clyde |
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| Wind Cave |
SD |
2022 June 23 |
16 |
hike to a fire tower |
coping with cancellation |
Ringo Recalibrates / Cadence of Dakotas |
take candle-light cave tour |
Hike on the prairie, Gary |
| Crater Lake |
OR |
2022 July 23-24 |
17 |
e-bike around the lake |
circumpedalate the lake |
Circumpedalate the Lake
Notes on a Day at the Lake |
boat tour to Wizard I. |
Bike 'round the lake, Jake |
| Redwood |
CA |
2022 July 25-27 |
18 |
get my feet wet, hiking in ferns |
seeing Fingers of God |
Headaches and Neckaches
Feet: Frozen and Frying
The Fingers of God |
Yurok Redwood canoe tour |
Get your feet wet, Bette |
| Lassen Volcanic |
CA |
2022 July 28-30 |
19 |
hike a volcano |
Bumming from Bumpass Hell
to Cold Boiling Lake |
Volcano Tourism 101
Bewildered in Bumpass Hell / Charcoal ...
Cinder Up |
see the faux geyser |
Climb a cinder cone, Joan |
| Yosemite |
CA |
2022 July 31-Aug 2 |
20 |
hike 3 waterfalls in a day |
survive the waterfall hike |
Falls, Flyboy, & Fire Watch
(Water)falling in with the Crowds
Learning to Relax |
take an art class
golf nine holes |
Watch the water fall, Paul |
| Kings Canyon |
CA |
2022 Aug 3 |
21 |
take a dip in a mountain stream |
|
A Yosemite Without Waterfalls |
backpack to a lake |
Hike in the meadow, Gepetto |
| Sequoia |
CA |
2022 Aug 4 |
22 |
hug a giant tree |
blaze a trail, rescue a foreigner |
Hug a Tree, Rescue a Foreigner |
|
Hug a big tree, McGee |
| Pinnacles |
CA |
2022 Aug 5 |
23 |
hike a talus cave
see a condor soar |
looking for condors |
A Different Kind of Cave |
|
Move thru the talus, Alice |
| Great Basin |
NV |
2022 Sept 7-8 |
24 |
pilfer pinyon nuts
see ancient organisms |
give campground talk |
Talk the Walk
Pinyons and Bristlecones |
|
See a bristlecone, Sloan |
| Capitol Reef |
UT |
2022 Sept 9-10 |
25 |
look at the sun
drive through scenic sand |
|
Revision at the Reef
Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This |
Forage fruit |
Catch a solar view, Hugh |
| Bryce Canyon |
UT |
2022 Sept 10-12 |
26 |
hike in the dark
greet sunrise |
|
The Lost Days |
Full-moon hike |
Welcome the dawn, Shawn |
| Grand Canyon |
AZ |
2022 Sept 14-16 |
27 |
ride a mule
interviewed by a ranger |
photograph clouds & canyons |
Right Place, Right Time
The Hardest Sedentary Activity
Keep It Rolling |
Hike along the rim |
Ride a mule, you fool |
| Zion |
UT |
2022 Sept 16-18 |
28 |
hike thru a river
escape crowds |
Narrows hike |
Keep It Rolling
Crowds: Yea or Nay
A Caterpillar to the Narrows Butterfly |
Hike the entire Narrows |
See the red rocks, Knox |
The following table lists the other NPS sites I visited and wrote up. The value in the # column represents where my visit fell in respect
to the National Parks I visited. (For instance, a 9.5 indicates I visited between the 9th and 10th National Parks I visited.)