We visited nine NPS sites in five days on the way home from Maine for a total of 18 NPS sites on this 23 day trip. NEW HAMPSHIRE AND VERMONT One of our goals is to visit all of the NPS sites in each state. That was easy in Vermont and New Hampshire. They eachContinue reading “Maine Summer 2024 Part 5”
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Maine Summer 2024, Part 4
This portion of our trip includes visits to Saint Croix Island IHS on the Maine-Canadian border and Katahdin Woods and Waters NM in central Maine. Saint Croix Island IHS The French settled on Saint Croix Island in 1604 in an attempt to establish the first European Colony north of Florida. This first settlement was unsuccessfulContinue reading “Maine Summer 2024, Part 4”
Maine Summer of 2024, Part 1
We visited six mostly Civil War related National Park Sites (NPS) on the way to Maine – Booker T Washington NM, Appomattox Court House NHP, Cedar Creek and Belle Grove NHP, Harpers Ferry NHP, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal NHP, and Antietam NB. We have now visited 108 of the 429 NPS units in our questContinue reading “Maine Summer of 2024, Part 1”
Washington DC – Monuments and Presidents
We visited all 26 NPS sites in the greater Washington DC area in one jam packed week this summer with our grandson. We have been to DC many times, but seeing it through someone else’s eyes, especially a child’s eyes, brings a fresh experience. Seeing all of the NPS sites in one visit, including manyContinue reading “Washington DC – Monuments and Presidents”
Virgin Islands NP
Virgin Islands NP is one of five NPS sites scattered around three of the islands in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The logistics were a complicating factor. Visiting these five sites required an airplane, an island hopper plane, various taxis, an open air safari bus, a ferry, and a few sailboats. Our visit was a celebrationContinue reading “Virgin Islands NP”
Cape Lookout National Seashore
One might wonder why we did not go to Cape Lookout when we were “in the neighborhood” – visiting the other coastal NPS sites in NC. The answer is that Cape Lookout is hours and hours out of the way from just about anywhere. Plus, a ferry ride is required, and we needed to rentContinue reading “Cape Lookout National Seashore”
Carl Sandburg Home NHS
Our visit to the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site (NHS) in March 2023 was a trip back in time to the peaceful 264-acre Connemara farm where Sandburg spent 24 years after he and his family moved from Michigan in 1945. We delighted in visiting the Sandburg residence, the goat farm, sheds, and rolling pastures.Continue reading “Carl Sandburg Home NHS”
Canaveral NS
We must be obsessed! With only one NPS unit left in Florida, we decided to scratch that itch and drive 7 hours after work Friday for a one-day visit to Canaveral National Seashore. It is our 58th NPS unit in our quest to visit all 423. We are currently focusing on the SE sites sinceContinue reading “Canaveral NS”
Mississippi & Tennessee – Civil War Sites
During our summer 2022 trip we visited all of six the NPS sites in Mississippi and finished up the last two sites of the nine NPS sites in Tennessee. One of the overall themes of the trip was our visit to five Civil War sites in Mississippi and Tennessee. Along the way, we thought aboutContinue reading “Mississippi & Tennessee – Civil War Sites”
Poverty Point NM and UNESCO World Heritage Site
The name Poverty Point doesn’t give us any clue as to why the site is so noteworthy that it was selected to be a World Heritage Site. For background, there are only 23 World Heritage Sites in the entire U.S. (Everglades, Grand Canyon, Great Smoky Mountains, etc.), and only three others are archaeological sites. PovertyContinue reading “Poverty Point NM and UNESCO World Heritage Site”