Last week I went to a ranger talk at the National Park Store. I learned a lot of new things about the National Park Service. One of things I learned was the Mackinac Island National Park was the second National Park of the National Park Service. I never heard of this place before but there…
Arizona: Ranger Talk from Butch Farabee Jr. at WNPA
Today me and my mom went to the National Park Store located in Oro Valley, AZ. There was a talk from a former ranger Charles R. “Butch” Farabee Jr. He was a ranger for most of his life and lived in a lot of parks. Claire Marie Hodges was the first female ranger of the…
Arizona: January 8th Memorial at Downtown Courthouse
On my vacation last week me and my family went to the Courthouse in Downtown Tucson. Why we went there was to see the new January 8th Memorial for the victims and survivors of a shooting that happened at a grocery store in 2011. There are different gardens with the names of the victims that…
Texas: Terlingua Ghost Town
On our way to Big Bend we stopped by a ghost town called Terlingua. There are a lot different ruins of buildings. They have a shop for gifts and a local theater. This town use to be a old mining town. There are also art statues around.
Texas: Judge Roy Bean
While I was in Texas in March 2022. We went to a museum about Judge Roy Bean. He was the law West of the Pecos. He owned a saloon and he decided to approve himself to be a judge. At the museum there is still a saloon, that was also a courtroom and billiard hall….
Texas: Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site
On 3/5/2022, while I was in Texas I went to the Seminole Canyon State Park. In this park you can see Pecos River rock art dated back to 4,000 years old. It is considered to be some of North America’s oldest pictographs. You can hike down to the canyon where you can see it. They…
California: Baker
There was a little town called Baker, CA. In this town they have the tallest thermometer in the states. It goes up to 130 degrees. That day it was only in the 60’s but in summer time it can get very hot.
Texas: Fort Davis National Historic Site #100
A Frontier Post Fort Davis is my newest park in Texas. It is also my 100th park of my collection to go too. It made me very happy to go. I got to see this park with my dad and my stepmom Cathy. Thank you for helping me reach my goal. This fort had the…
Texas: Big Bend National Park #101
Splendid Isolation: Big Bend Here is me in front of the Big Bend sign. For first stop in Big Bend beside the visitor center we went to Santa Elena Canyon. We had our lunchand walked around. This is a pretty little place to hang around. This is part of the river. There is aarea where…
Texas: Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River #102
A Wilderness of Stone and Water One of the new parks I went to was the Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River located in Big Bend NP. Inthe early years you were able to go rafting along the river which was very popular. Right now the riveris very low that you can’t go rafting anymore….