| This page is under construction. It will primarily be for friends and family. It will also contain information about my continuing quest to visit all the National Parks which now number at about 380. Much to the chagrin of my family and friends, ever since my sister took me on a road trip to my first National Park in February of 1995 I have been what park rangers call a "Park Junkie." I travel around the country (whenever I can) with my faithful National Parks Passport book in hand and my eyes peeled for another park that I can just "swing by". My sister-in-law once said,'You drove 50 miles out of your way for a stamp in your book!?' Well, yeah. But its more than just the stamp. The stamp is just my little momento to say that I have visited another National Park and seen that much more of our great and vast country. To say you've seen Washington while never leaving Seattle, or to think you've seen Michigan when you've never crossed the Mighty Mac is a falacy. To really see the country you've got to get around! And the best way I've found to do that is to visit the National Parks. |
| National Parks I have been to Castle Clinton NM Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Federal Hall NM Manhattan Delaware Water Gap Mammoth Caves NP Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Gulf Islands National Seashore Picutured Rocks Isle Royale Sleeping Bear Dunes Pipestone National Park Indiana Dunes Lakeshore Keweenaw- Quincy Mine Keweenaw NHP and sites Keweenaw - Fort Wilkins New Orleans Jazz NHP Jean Lafitte NHP & P Chalmette NHP Mesa Verde National Park Yellowstone NP - Old Faithful Yellowstone NP - Hot Springs Badlands NP Mt. Rushmore Jewel Cave Devil's Tower John D Rockefeller Parkway Grand Teton NP Saguaro National Park Casa Grande Ruins NM Cabrillo National Monument Ebey's Landing NHS North Cascades NP Mt Baker-Snoqualmie NF Klondike Gold Rush NHS Mount Rainier - Longmire Mount St Helens Volcanic Monument Mount Rainier - Paradise San Juan Island NHP Ross Lake NRA Olympic NP - Hurricane Ridge Lake Chelan NRA Fort Vancouver NHS Lewis and Clark Historic Trail Lake Roosevelt - Coulee Dam Whitman Mission Olympic NP - Port Angeles Oregon National Historic Trail Tuskegee Institute Horseshoe Bend Nat'l Military Park Russell Cave National Monument Big South Fork Nat'l River & Park Cumberland Gap NHP Obed Wild and Scenic River Chatanooga Nat'l Military Park Little River Canyon Moores Creek National Battlefield Guilford Courthouse Nat'l Military Park Rocky Mountain Nat'l Park |
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| I Have Seen 85 Parks! |
| I have added a new feature to the web page. I am attempting to put a small discription of each park listed below. After each description is a rating system designed by me. One star being the lowest, five stars being the highest. Some parks; however, will have more than one rating. Go look at it! |
| New Park Rating System!! |
| last updated on October 21,2001 |
| Other Places Worth Seeing |
| Ok. Even I have to admit that there are some great places to see that are not in any way related to the National Park System. Listed below are some of my favorites. Click on the links to see descriptions and pictures. |
| Hat and Boots in Seattle Teapot Dome in Washington Heather Lake Tahquamenan Falls, MI Presidents' Museam, Sandusky OH Beacon Rock |