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I was surprised going through the National Parks at their dates of their parking... park-ism... coronation?
A lot of the dates are 1980 and up. Seems a lot were National Monuments, National Historic something or other, or National Big Trees Place. I've a feeling the federal laws must have changed for some designations to get maintenance and funding. Or to keep the oil drillers and cattle ranchers at bay which is harder if it's not a park..
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My son and his friends camped at the bottom of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. There are no trails down, and a park ranger told then the best route to get down there, but he said they slid on their buts most of the way, it was so steep. Climbing out was a chore.
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I think "chore" is a large understatement, glatt. 
I'm surprised how many parks I haven't been too, probably near half of them.
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Capitol Reef is perhaps my favorite national park, in large part because it is mostly undiscovered.
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65,000 acres which is 99% water, where in hell does DRY Tortugas come from??
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On the subject of National Parks WAPO had a great story about Brad Ryan and his grandmother Joy. In 2015 Joy was 85, 20 years widowed and living in the same small Ohio town she grew up in. She mentioned she had never seen a mountain so Brad took her to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. She is now 92 and they've visited 62 of the 63 national parks.
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The third(last) one in line looks like it's been worked over.
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Turns out I have a crush on the National Parks
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griff wrote:
Turns out I have a crush on the National Parks
Yeah, when I was traveling a lot I hit everyone I could but they've added a bunch since then.
I grabbed a senior pass when they were introduced. Might have been free or $10 I don't remember but really cheap.
But they're $80 now. I haven't used it 
for a couple good reasons.
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Back to the irregularly posting...
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The second North Cascades should read Olympic National Park, 1938
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The parks are in deep shit. The last minute is a commercial, but a good video.
$12,000 for toilet paper? The parks are full of trees. You know, with leaves.
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Put the car in Park. (credit: footfootfoot).
I think there's a mixup in the captions and the pictures for Sequoia and for Shenandoah.
I think the little embedded black and white thumbnail could well be Sequoia in 1890. Color me skeptical about the big color picture it's embedded in of what looks like Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, date unknown. And Shenandoah...probably Shenandoah (I was a child the last time I was on the east coast in that area, so who knows) but I'm certain that particular picture wasn't captured in 1935.
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"Crystal Cave is located off the Generals Highway in Sequoia National Park, between the Ash Mountain entrance and Giant Forest. There's a half-mile hike required to get to the cave entrance - the reward is well-worth the scenic stroll."
No, the Shenandoah photo was not taken in 1935, on that photo as on the 54 before it is the date it became a National Park.
I see I screwed up the North Cascades posting though. FIXED!
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Big finish...
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Beautiful!