If you want to experience what it’s like to visit another planet without getting in a spaceship, consider these five national park areas with out-of-this-world landscapes. Let’s start with one of the most obvious: Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve This enormous park, 400 square miles, located in Idaho definitely has a different planet-type appearance to it. Much ... Read More »
For people who are indoors but yearn to be outdoors and visit a national park, Google has teamed up with the National Park Service to give us a Virtual Guide to five fantastic, and incredibly diverse parks. Take a hike from your computer and view stunning videos that make it appear you are actually walking on a park trail. In ... Read More »
If your resolution this year is to spend more time off the couch and on a park bench or hiking in our national parks, here are some free goodies that might keep you motivated in 2020. Let’s start with free admission. Every year, the National Park Service issues a list of days when entrance fees are waived. This is for ... Read More »
This Labor Day as far as jobs and economic development are concerned, when there are attractions that draw more than 330 million visitors every year, there is going to be a major amount of money spent and jobs created. The attractions we are talking about are not Disneyland or Universal Theme Parks. They are our National Parks. National Parks (and ... Read More »
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