WOW! 45? I'm certainly impressed. Lee and I are big fans of the national park system, and have visited all the usual suspects, plus the two in Hawaii and Katmai in Alaska, which is very difficult to get into but most rewarding.
Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 10:38 AM ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > I cant resist giving you guys my numbers now.. with relatively brief > explaination of how I managed it. > Printed out the list of 62 NP's and checked off 45 for sure and a couple > of more with question marks > because I was likely there as a child before they were designated as > National Parks. all 45 are those that > can be reached by car and are either in the contiguous 48 or in Alaska. > Been in every state but HAwaii. > > My father was old enough to be my grandfather when I wsa born.. he was, > unfortuantely, something of a boozer > and had some problems with heart - in January 1945 he was "retired" > from a sales management job > when he though he was going to be promoted and given only a few months > severance.. something I didn't know > until recently (that is, the reasons). A lot of what contributed to my > having seen 44 of the 48 states before I was > 12 was our trips were , post war, partly business trips as Pop's old > cronies from the salad days gave him sales jobs > and he took my mother and me with him. Traveling before 1945 was for > pleasure and visiting family, but parents > were always interested in the parks. Mammoth Cave was a strong memory > from childhood. > > I lived in Maine in the 60's - so there was Acacia.. took geology in > college which got me to Yellowstone on a field trip. > > Then I met Richard in 1980 , who had travelled widely in Europe and Asia > but didn't know the USA - so road trips began.. > and most of the parks on the list were visited with him, sometimes for > the second time, many for the first. > I kept taking them on my own after I lost him in 1993.. Because Richard > hit senior landmark when we were > together I got my Golden Age Passport card and I still have it, hoping > to be able to use it again one day. I think > it is supposed to be good for the National Monuments as well. > > ann > > On 9/1/2020 1:29 AM, John Francis wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 11:04:25AM -0400, John wrote: > >> I've been to 5 of them as an adult; 7 if you count Yosemite that my > parents > >> took the kids to see back during one of the two California trips that > >> included me. > > Hmm. I'm pretty sure I've been to more than that. Let's see: > > > > Acadia, Bryce Canyon, Death Valley, Grand Canyon, King's Canyon, > Sequoia, Yosemite, Zion. > > (It certainly helps living in California; all but one of those we've > visited by driving > > from home since we moved here 25 years ago. Acadia we visited when we > lived back east, > > and took our local Girl Scout troop camping in Acadia one year). > > > > I've been to Yosemite more than once. Larry and I took a quick trip out > there when I had > > just purchased my K5. One of these years I'll get out there during the > spring snowmelt. > > > > My bucket list includes Joshua Tree and the parks in Oregon and > Washington (state). > > I suppose I should visit my closest one, too - Pinnacles - it's visible > from around here. > > > > > > -- > ann sanfedele photography > https://annsan.smugmug.com > https://www.cafepress.com/annsanstuff > https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan > https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
