Comments on: The National Parks: America’s Best Idea http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/2009/09/14/the-national-parks-americas-best-idea/ Life is too short to stay in one place! Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:29:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Angela http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/2009/09/14/the-national-parks-americas-best-idea/#comment-872 Angela Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:50:30 +0000 http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/?p=1430#comment-872 Thanks for the tip on the Ken Burns documentary. Definitely going to check that out. Posted a link to this post on my blog today: http://myyearwithoutspending.blogspot.com/2009/09/free-museum-and-national-public-lands.html Thanks for the tip on the Ken Burns documentary. Definitely going to check that out. Posted a link to this post on my blog today:
http://myyearwithoutspending.blogspot.com/2009/09/free-museum-and-national-public-lands.html

]]> By: Married with Luggage » Black Canyon National Park http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/2009/09/14/the-national-parks-americas-best-idea/#comment-860 Married with Luggage » Black Canyon National Park Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:01:51 +0000 http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/?p=1430#comment-860 [...] at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park website. And don’t forget to watch the Ken Burns documentary on National Parks on PBS later this [...] [...] at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park website. And don’t forget to watch the Ken Burns documentary on National Parks on PBS later this [...]

]]> By: Betsy Talbot http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/2009/09/14/the-national-parks-americas-best-idea/#comment-849 Betsy Talbot Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:23:32 +0000 http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/?p=1430#comment-849 I agree, Angela. My friend Joan commented in Facebook that seniors age 62 or older can get a year-long pass to all the parks for only $10 - a steal! I agree, Angela. My friend Joan commented in Facebook that seniors age 62 or older can get a year-long pass to all the parks for only $10 – a steal!

]]> By: Angela http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/2009/09/14/the-national-parks-americas-best-idea/#comment-847 Angela Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:10:52 +0000 http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/?p=1430#comment-847 We just returned from a cross-country drive from Eastern Tennessee to Los Angeles, and visited Mesa Verde National Park in southern Colorado. Not only was it fantastic- beautiful, inspiring, fascinating, and unusual- but the cost was only $15 to get in and park and explore the cliff dwellings built by Native Americans over a thousand years ago. National Parks were a brilliant government project that worked and lasted, preserving these places for generations to enjoy. They're a budget vacation only because of their low cost. I would take a national park over Las Vegas any day. It actually depresses me sometimes that so many people would rather go to Las Vegas than any of the natural wonders we're so lucky to enjoy in the U.S. We just returned from a cross-country drive from Eastern Tennessee to Los Angeles, and visited Mesa Verde National Park in southern Colorado. Not only was it fantastic- beautiful, inspiring, fascinating, and unusual- but the cost was only $15 to get in and park and explore the cliff dwellings built by Native Americans over a thousand years ago.

National Parks were a brilliant government project that worked and lasted, preserving these places for generations to enjoy. They’re a budget vacation only because of their low cost. I would take a national park over Las Vegas any day. It actually depresses me sometimes that so many people would rather go to Las Vegas than any of the natural wonders we’re so lucky to enjoy in the U.S.

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