National Parks Journey

It was as a travel social worker that I discovered our National Parks System.  During National Parks Week in 2016, I visited Yosemite on my days off.  I fell in love.  Here, I'll share some photos from my National Parks journey.

Yosemite, California - 4/19/16 - 4/20/16

Pinnacles, California - 4/26/16

Petrified Forest, Arizona - 5/8/16

Everglades, Florida - 6/21/16

Biscayne, Florida - 6/22/16
Sadly, and I have since learned my lesson - I never backed up my photos from Biscayne, which only means I have to go back!!!

Congaree, South Carolina - 7/10/16

Haleakalā, Hawai'i - 9/6/16 (I was fortunate to live at this base of this dormant volcano for a year!)


Hawai'i Volcanoes, Hawai'i - 4/3/17

North Cascades, Washington - 9/30/17


Mt. Rainier, Washington - 11/18/17

Olympic, Washington - 1/6/18 - 1/7/18


The parks below are still on my list to get to.  I generally jump on assignments that will get me closer to these locations!  I plan on going to Shenandoah and The Great Smoky Mountains in the next couple months!
  • Acadia, Maine
  • American Samoa, American Samoa
  • Arches, Utah
  • Badlands, South Dakota
  • Big Bend, Texas
  • Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado
  • Bryce Canyon, Utah
  • Canyonlands, Utah
  • Capitol Reef, Utah
  • Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico
  • Channel Islands, California
  • Crater Lake, Oregon
  • Cuyahoga Valley, Ohio
  • Death Valley, California
  • Denali, Alaska
  • Dry Tortugas, Florida
  • Gates of the Arctic, Alaska
  • Gateway Arch, Missouri
  • Glacier, Montana
  • Glacier Bay, Alaska
  • Grand Canyon, Arizona
  • Grand Teton, Wyoming
  • Great Basin, Nevada
  • Great Sand Dunes, Colorado
  • Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee/North Carolina
  • Guadalupe Mountains, Texas
  • Hot Springs, Arkansas
  • Isle Royale, Michigan
  • Joshua Tree, California
  • Katmai, Alaska
  • Kenai Fjords, Alaska
  • Kings Canyon, California
  • Kobuk Valley, Alaska
  • Lake Clark, Alaska
  • Lassen Volcanic, California
  • Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
  • Mesa Verde, Colorado
  • Redwood, California
  • Rocky Mountain, Colorado
  • Saguaro, Arizona
  • Sequoia, California
  • Shenandoah, Virginia
  • Theodore Roosevelt, North Dakota
  • Virgin Islands, US Virgin Islands
  • Voyageurs, Minnesota
  • Wind Cave, South Dakota
  • Wrangell-St. Elias, Alaska
  • Yellowstone, Wyoming/Montana/Idaho
  • Zion, Utah

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