National Parks

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My fascination with national parks was ignited on June 3, 1996, during an excursion with my best friend and her mother. This pivotal journey kindled my profound appreciation for nature, waterfalls, and the art of capturing the essence of our nation. Read more

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Hiking, Nature, Photography, Sightseeing, Solo travel, Wilderness, Wildlife

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- Day 10,487
- Monday, February 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
- 🌬 61 °F
- Altitude: 1,161 ft
- United States Amistad Village 29.459518, -101.03196629°27’34” N 101°1’55” W
Amistad NR
February 17 in the United States ⋅ 🌬 61 °F
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- Day 10,484
- Friday, February 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
- ☁️ 55 °F
- Altitude: 23 ft
- United States Big Hill 27.491839, -97.27957727°29’31” N 97°16’46” W
Padre Island National Seashore
February 14 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
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- Day 10,470
- Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
- ☀️ 52 °F
- Altitude: 968 ft
- United States Steel Creek 36.039069, -93.33587236°2’21” N 93°20’9” W
Buffalo National River
January 31 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 52 °F
I'm leaving NWA on my new adventure, stopped at Buffalo National River.
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- Day 10,437
- Sunday, December 29, 2024 at 12:20 PM
- ☀️ 63 °F
- Altitude: 194 ft
- United States Park Lake 34.016894, -91.34521134°1’1” N 91°20’43” W
Arkansas Post National Memorial
December 29, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
Completed Arkansas National parks
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- Day 10,400
- Friday, November 22, 2024 at 1:27 PM
- ☀️ 61 °F
- Altitude: 1,056 ft
- United States Limestone Creek 34.505462, -96.95187334°30’20” N 96°57’7” W
Chickasaw National Recreational
November 22, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
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- Day 10,366
- Saturday, October 19, 2024 at 2:21 PM
- ☀️ 73 °F
- Altitude: 525 ft
- United States White Haven 38.552098, -90.35124338°33’8” N 90°21’4” W
Ulysses S Grant NHS
October 19, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
Completed Missouri National Parks.

Ulysses S. Grant is known as the victorious Civil War general who saved the Union and the 18th President of the United States. He first met Julia Dent, his future wife, at her family home, named White Haven. From 1854 to 1859 the Dents, Grants and an enslaved African-American workforce lived on the property.Read more
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- Day 10,359
- Saturday, October 12, 2024 at 1:04 PM
- ⛅ 84 °F
- Altitude: 364 ft
- United States President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site 33.667572, -93.59612433°40’3” N 93°35’46” W
President Clinton Birthplace
October 12, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
While down in the area for Arkansas Sole Sisters campout at Albert Pike. Teri , Sara and I visited the National Historic Site.

Named for the father who died shortly before his birth, William Jefferson Blythe III later became the 42nd President of the United States. In Hope, the experiences shared with his mother and grandparents in rural Arkansas developed the broad views on race relations, social justice, and public service that defined his presidency and life after the White House. For Bill Clinton, "Hope was home."Read more
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- Day 10,345
- Saturday, September 28, 2024 at 10:10 AM
- ☀️ 68 °F
- Altitude: 1,040 ft
- United States Harry S. Truman Library and Museum 39.093948, -94.42365339°5’38” N 94°25’25” W
Harry S Truman NHS
September 28, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
While in Kansas City with Austin and my parents to see the NASCAR races, I checked out the National Historic Site.

President Harry S Truman took America from its traditional isolationism into the age of international involvement. Despite his power, he never forgot where he came from. Today, visitors can experience the surroundings Truman knew as a young man of modest ambition through his political career and final years as a former president.Read more
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- Day 10,272
- Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 12:58 PM
- ☁️ 77 °F
- Altitude: 1,237 ft
- United States McElhaney Branch 37.115713, -93.41969437°6’57” N 93°25’11” W
Wilson's Creek NB
July 17, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
The Second Major Battle of the Civil War
Wilson's Creek was the first major Civil War battle fought west of the Mississippi River, and the site of the death of Nathaniel Lyon, the first Union general killed in action. The costly Southern victory on August 10, 1861, focused national attention on the war in Missouri. Wilson’s Creek NB commemorates and interprets the battle within the context of the war in the Trans-Mississippi West.Read more
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- Day 10,253
- Friday, June 28, 2024 at 12:03 PM
- 🌬 81 °F
- Altitude: 830 ft
- United States Fort Scott National Historic Site 37.843404, -94.7044937°50’36” N 94°42’16” W
Fort Scott National Historic Site
June 28, 2024 in the United States ⋅ 🌬 81 °F
Forging a Nation: Fort Scott in the Mid Nineteenth Century
Promises made and broken! Who deserves to be free? The fight for freedom! Soldiers fighting settlers! Each of these stories is a link in the chain of events that encircled Fort Scott from 1842-1873. All of the site's structures, its parade ground, and its tallgrass prairie bear witness to this era when the country was forged from a young republic into a united transcontinental nation.Read more
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