Touring America's Parks with Shayne!
National Parks, State Parks & Other Places
On our last night in St. Louis, Missouri we went to Ted Drewes for Frozen Custard. It was a busy place to be even in the rain. We had two different kinds of custard. My mother did a plain vanilla custard and I had a caramel flavor custard. They were really good. This a place…
While we were in Saint Charles in Missouri this summer 2022. We walked along the Katy Trail. This park walk built on a Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad that is 240 miles long and runs between Clinton and Machens. There are 26 trail heads and four restored railroad depots along the trail. Section of the trail between Cooper…
While I was at the Gateway Arch I got this stamp for the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. The Old Courthouse is important for the National Unground Railroad Network to Freedom. At this courthouse there was a lot of legal challenges for the slaves. The masters use to auction the slaves of on the…
While I was at the Lincoln home I got this stamp for the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. A important person named Jameson Jenkins helped out a lot of slaves to get their freedom and he played a role in the Underground Railroad. Why it’s important because Jameson Jenkins and his family lived only…
The first time I went to a National Park was when I went with my mom and dad. Later on in life I went to a lot of parks with my dad. He use to work for the National Park Service in Alaska, Colorado and New Mexico. When I would visit him in his home…
On our last day of being in Missouri we drove to a little town called Saint Charles. In the town there is a museum called the Lewis & Clark Boat House and Museum. This place shows a great display of all the things that Lewis and Clark did on the trail. In this town Lewis…
While we were at the Gateway Arch I got a stamp for the Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail. In this area is where Lewis & Clark went down the Mississippi River on their travels. Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)
While we were in Missouri and seeing the Gateway Arch National Park. Our last activities for that day was taking a riverboat cruise along the Mississippi River. There is a walkway that you take to get to the river. At the dock they had a little shop and a bar for a drink before going…
Today we are celebrating the 106th year of the National Parks. 8/25/1916-8/25/2022. Thank you for having all 423 National Parks. They are amazing to see. Can’t wait to see more in the future. Happy Birthday!!.
This summer of 2022 I got to see the Gateway Arch National Park for the third time. The last time I was there was the summer of 2015 and it was called Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. The Park turned to a National Park in 2018. This trip was different experience. We got to do three…