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Spring break is just around the corner. What’s a parent to do? The kids have been locked in the house forever. But making travel plans is tricky even if California’s stay-at-home advisory eases.
Lezlie McKenzie faced the same problem last year. She wanted to plan a family vacation, but fear of COVID-19 caused pandemic paralysis: How could they see and do new things and still be safe? Her solution: a private bike tour.
Two weeks later she and husband David Mira and kids Anabel, 12, and Lucas, 14, were in Yellowstone National Park watching the Old Faithful geyser blow its top, sending 8,000 steamy gallons of water 150 feet into the bright blue Wyoming sky.
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Grand Canyon National Park is actually designated as both a national park and national monument. This view from Bright Angel Trailhead is from the South Rim of the park. NPS/Michael Quinn
America s national parks are places of wonder and natural beauty, playing host to activities as diverse as the people who visit them. In 2019, there were 327.5 million recreational visits across the system.
There are actually 20 types of national parks that fall under the protection of the National Park Service (NPS). These include battlefields, historical parks, national lakeshores, parkways and other recreational areas. Perhaps the two most popular among tourists are national parks and national monuments.
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When the pandemic struck last year and dashed my travel plans for Germany and Austria, I instead planned a different adventure: Acadia National Park in Maine. Acadia National Park is Continue Reading
When the pandemic struck last year and dashed my travel plans for Germany and Austria, I instead planned a different adventure: Acadia National Park in Maine.
Acadia National Park is just one of the National Park System’s 62 official national parks, but the federal agency also oversees national battlefields, national monuments, national reserves and more.
One of the best parts of traveling to our national parks is how budget-friendly this kind of trip can be. And in the era of COVID-19 and widespread unemployment, traveling on a shoestring budget to a national park might be one of the safest and most affordable ways for many of us to g