Touring America's Parks with Shayne!
National Parks, State Parks & Other Places
Have you ever heard of the Prada Store? This Prada Store has shoes and purse to look at, but the catch is that this building is not a real store. It’s a building of art. On the way to Marfa, Texas you can see this building in the middle of the desert. A couple of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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….
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…
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.
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…