1973 Great Smokey Mountain National Park
1973 & 1985 Shenandoah National Park
1975 Yosemite National Park
1975 and 2021 Grand Canyon National Park
1985 National Park of American Samoa
The southernmost national park is on three Samoan islands in the South Pacific. It protects coral reefs, rainforests, volcanic mountains, and white beaches.
1994++ Rocky Mountain National Park
1997 Haleakala National Park, Hawaii
2000 Badlands National Park & Mount Rushmore
2011 Great Sand Dunes National Park
2011 Virgin Islands National Park, St. John
The Virgin Islands National Park is an American national park preserving about 60% of the land area of Saint John in the United States Virgin Islands, as well as more than 5,500 acres (2,226 ha; 9 sq mi) of adjacent ocean, and nearly all of Hassel Island, just off the Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas harbor.
2014 & 2020 Arches National Park
2017 & 2021 Yellowstone National Park
2017 on way back for Spokane parade. 2021 RMR Grand Loop tour to Cody, Wy, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Park City, UT
2017 & 2021 Grand Teton National Park
In 2021 the visit to Grand Teton was impacted by numerous wildfires at that time, covering the park in a definite haze.
2019 Everglades National Park
2019 Gateway Arch National Park, St. Louis
2020 Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado
Our travels in 2020 were in the midst of the pandemic. The parks were pretty empty and many of the facilities had restricted operations.
2020 Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
2020 Canyonlands National Park, Utah
2022 Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
A short stop on our way to Chandler, AZ. The remnants of old Route 66 crosses through the Park.
Zion National Park
May 2023
On the way to San Diego.
Cabrillo National Monument
On the way to Palm Springs we visited Death Valley National Park
Furnace Creek - The Ranch - Borax Museum
Pictures of the Borax Museum
Sunset at Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes
We drove about 20 miles to Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes to take in the sunset
Sunrise at Zebriski Point
The next morning we arose early to catch the sunrise at Zabriskie Point
While we visiting Palm Springs we took a drive to the nearby Joshua Tree National Park. The park is located where the Mohave and the Sonoran deserts meet.
On a visit to San Antonio we visited both the Alamo and the San Antonio National Historical Park. The Alamo is a owned and operated by the state of Texas, while the other missions are operated by the National Park Service
On our way back from Texas we stopped at Bent's Old Fort in La Junta, Colorado. The fort is a recreation of a fur trading post from the 1840's located near the Santa Fe trail and Arkansas River The original fort burned down in a fire in 1849 and was reconstructed in the 1970's