N is for...

N is for National Parks

When my kids were little, we took a trip to one or more National Park each summer. We took along our National Park passport

and stamped it at every ranger station                       

and we took our picture in front of every entrance sign...and we camped or stayed in the grand old lodges...

and then we took it international....to Waterton- Glacier International Peace Park- a National Park that borders two countries...the U.S and Canada...and then to Manuel Antonio in Costa Rica

and we revisited our honeymoon spot for our 25th anniversary

where I put on that totally outdated wedding dress and we celebrated on the rim...

...and took in the beauty...and toasted to

the next 25 years...

My favorite National Park is probably the Grand Tetons....but I would love to backpack through Glacier...and then there's all the others I haven't been to that are on the bucket list....

...and to return to those we barely made it through- Yosemite- we passed through in a day on the way to pick up Daughter #1 from a 2 week backpacking trip south of Yosemite....although I did backpack there in high school.

We are sure lucky to Andrew Jackson, Abe Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt to set aside these areas that are now National Parks.

*LIVESTRONG*LOVESTRONGER*LAUGH HARDER*VISIT A NATIONAL PARK*