Today the president announced a new National Monument is coming. It will be the 425 park of the National Park Service. It will be called Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument that is located in Mississippi and Illinois. This monument it about a 14 year old black kid getting kidnapped and killed and his…
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Texas: Marfa
There is a town called Marfa, TX. This is a artist town. We drove around and looked at the buildings.We also went to a place where you can see the Marfa Lights. People hang around this area and the sun goes down you can start seeing Marfa Lights. The Marfa lights are a natural phenomenon…
Missouri: Route 66
While I was in Missouri in summer of 2022, I went to a couple of places that were part of Route 66. We stopped by and looked at the Gateway Arch. You can get a stamp there for the Route 66. And also Ted Drewes was also located on Route 66. Very good Frozen Custard…
New Mexico: Route 66
In October 2022, my dad came picked me up in Arizona and we went to some parks on the way to Santa Fe, NM. At some point we drove along Route 66. One of the towns we stop in was Grant, NM. We stayed there for a couple of days. Here is the sign of…
Happy Birthday America!!
Today we are celebrating the Birthday of the United States. America will be 247 years old. On this day the Declaration of Independence was ratified by the US Second Continental Congress. Some of the people that were part of Congress were John Hancock, George Washington, Richard Henry Lee, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Peyton…
Happy 1st Anniversary
On this date 6/12/2022 a year ago I started working on this blog. This has been a great year for traveling. I will be putting more stuff up of all of my trips over the years. Thank you for stopping by and reading my stories. Thank you Shayne Touring America’s Parks with Shayne
Arizona: Route 66
In Sept. 2022, we went on a trip to Grand Canyon NP and on the way home we stopped in Williams for the night. Route 66 came through Williams, AZ. Williams was the last Route 66 town to be bypassed by the Interstate in 1984 and it maintains the nostalgia of a bygone era. The…
Arizona: Arizona’s Monuments Film at WNPA
Today me and my mom went to the Western National Park Store here located in Tucson, AZ. We went to see a film called Arizona’s Monuments. It talked about some of the monuments here in Arizona. The Grand Canyon may be the most well-known destination in Arizona, but 18 other places in the state certainly…
Arizona: Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area (Part 2)
I got this stamp when I went to The Western National Parks Association that is located here in Tucson, AZ. Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area is recognizes the rich history natural and cultural resources and heritage of the Santa Cruz River watershed. It is a unique and diverse watershed in the southwestern US that…
5/29/2023 – Memorial Day
Memorial Day is for remembering the men and women soldiers that lost their lives during the wars. There is a lot of places that you can go to pay your respects to the soldiers in the National Park Service. I have been to a couple of places. These places are in DC. Korean War Veterans…