That sounds like a good way of spending your time. B
> On 1 Sep 2020, at 15:38, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
