By Rachel Schnalzer From Los Angeles Times Los Angeles—There’s something special about a holiday trip to a national park. At many parks, you get more space to yourself, with crowds dispersing after summer ends. Snow falls, depending on the park, and certain plants and animals go into hibernation. It can be a quiet, contemplative time…
Road-Tripping Mom Shows How It’s Possible to Travel With Young Children While Keeping Costs Low
For many, backpacking is just a side hobby—for Care Willink, it’s a way of life. Standing on top of the Grand Canyon, with her two-week-old daughter, Willink knew she never wanted this to stop. Traveling has enabled her to teach her children important life lessons, reminding them to embrace the journey just as much as…
So Much Space, so Little Time: 2 Days in America’s Largest National Park
By Colleen Thomas From Tribune News Service The rutted dirt road was proving a challenge for our rented SUV. We were 50 miles from our destination, and our speed was barely 20 mph. Would we find a place to set up camp before dark? We were winding our way through Alaska’s Wrangell-St. Elias National Park…
Find a Landscape You Love on the Island of Hawaii
Some vacationers soak up sun on beaches with white or black sand. Not far away divers suit up for a deep dive to get close-up and personal with a variety of denizens of the deep. Other people check out a surreal moonscape of hardened pitch-black lava, then hike through a lush tropical rainforest. If this…
(Gallery) America the Beautiful: Tour All 63 US National Parks
In 1882, choirmaster Samuel A. Ward took a leisurely ferry ride from Coney Island into New York City, was struck with inspiration at the summer scene, and immediately composed a tune. A decade later, on an 1893 summer day in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Katharine Lee Bates gazed out from a window and saw a “sea-like…
Enjoy Free Entry to Any US National Park One Day in April
By Laurie Baratti TravelPulse Nature lovers around the nation should prepare to celebrate the presidentially proclaimed National Park Week this month, coming up April 16-24. During the event, the National Park Service (NPS) joins with U.S. national parks’ official booster, the National Park Foundation, to spotlight America’s precious preserved lands. And, as a means of…
Now Active-Duty Military, Veterans, And Gold Star Families Can Visit National Parks and Other Federal Lands For Free For Life
January 6, 2022
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The 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), signed into law on Dec. 27 after passing the House and the Senate, includes the Alexander Lofgren Veterans in Parks (VIP) Act, which lets military veterans, active-duty service members, and Gold Star families access the United States’ National Parks and other federal recreational lands without paying a dime….
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