Have you watched any of the PBS series "The National Parks -America's Best Idea" by Ken Burns? It started on Sunday and was on again last night. I have been watching & it has brought back some great memories. In the summer of 1972 I travelled across the country ( and into Canada & MX) with a friend--this was our setup......A '63 Falcon, an orange 2 person pup tent and a coleman stove! We travelled from June-Sept, staying in a hotel only 2 nights ( but we did look up family & friends when we could!) This is me at our campsite in Niagara Falls--1st day on the road!
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During the trip we purchased Golden Eagle Passes --good for entry to all parks for 1 year. I think we ended up going to at least 10 parks that summer. But a few photos from a few places--the car going through a giant sequoia in Yosemite.
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Our day at Yellowstone was awesome! Here's some thermal hot springs
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And colorful hot springs. This trip was the 1st time I'd been off the east coast & we travelled about 4000 miles through 23 states.
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And what's a trip to yellowstone without a visit to Old Faithful! We lucked out & didn't have to wait long for it to erupt!
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During the trip we purchased Golden Eagle Passes --good for entry to all parks for 1 year. I think we ended up going to at least 10 parks that summer. But a few photos from a few places--the car going through a giant sequoia in Yosemite..jpg)
Our day at Yellowstone was awesome! Here's some thermal hot springs.jpg)
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6 comments:
GREAT POST !! those trees always amazed me. I remember looking at them thru that.....thing? what was it? you held it to your face, and it had a round disk with pics on it, and you clicked it for a different pic? what the heak was that called?
Post more of these pics, i even liked the old ford falcon:-))
carl/debbie
A View Master? I remeber we had those, too!
Wow...what a trip! I would love to do something like that someday...minus the pup tent thing. Think I'll go with a Holiday Inn Express instead! Ha! Great photos!
What cool photos Ann! We've done a lot of the national parks since we've lived out West. I'll never forget Yosemite because Michael was a hormonal jr. high boy and refused to get out of the car to look at anything! Thanks for the tip on the Ken Burns special!
Oh WOW! What a cool trip and great pictures you pulled out. I bet you had a great time writing this post and looking up old photos.
i would like to se the pictures maybe tom can resite them for me
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