Today’s National Park Week theme is fun! How fun! 😉 It’s really hard to not have fun when visiting our national parks! What’s a fun memory from a national park from you? Happy National Park Week!
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The theme for today in this year’s national park week focuses on inspiration. The national park system definitely contains a lot of sources for inspiration from the people to the landscapes to the wildlife to the history and so on! The national parks can also inspire creativity. National parks have inspired artistic expression and creativity for many, many years. The national parks have definitely inspired me! Our national parks inspired me to write children’s book set in a national park. I created a magical national park, Erutuf National Park, as the setting for my children’s book series. The first book in the series is Turtle Tube: An Erutuf National Park Novel. It’s not a real national park, but an idealistic and magical one. How have the national parks inspired you? Happy National Park Week!
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Today’s national park week theme focuses on ingenuity. Ingenuity means “the quality of being clever, original, and inventive.” How you seen any wildlife do something ingenious? Or have you learned about someone in history using their ingenuity to make an impact? Or have you had to use your own ingenuity while visiting a park place? Happy National Park Week!
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Today, the National Park Week looks at sharing your story about traditions. The national parks provide a great opportunity to learn about past cultures and traditions. I love learning about the land’s history within each national site. The national parks remind of the animals and people who lived on these lands before us. What traditions do you find within our national parks? Happy National Park Week!
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Today’s national park week theme focuses on sharing your story about an accomplishment. Accomplishments come in all sizes and reasons. One accomplishment could be visiting a national park for the first time. Another person’s accomplishment could be hiking a difficult trail. Another accomplishment could be becoming a junior ranger. For me, I find accomplishments in our national parks every visit. I have been pretty lucky to visit quite a few national park sites. Check out our fun map of visits by clicking here. National parks can provide a sense of accomplishment in our lives in many different ways. How have national parks provided a sense of accomplishment to you? Happy National Park Week!
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Today’s theme encourages people to find something new by visiting a national park – to discover. I love to learn and discover something new while visiting national parks. The Junior Ranger programs provide great opportunities for both children and adults to learn in greater detail about the park and its’ unique details. The visitor centers also provide a great resource for discovering something new. Stop in and enjoy some fun facts there! Talk to the Park Rangers and ask them some questions. If you can’t get to a national park today in person, visit one virtually online. Explore it virtually! Whether you go in person or online, what might you discover? “Learning never exhausts the mind,” ~Leonardo da Vinci
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National Park Week kicks off the week on Earth Day celebrating the theme of your park story relating to connections. Each time I enter a national park, I feel that connection. I feel that connection to the park, to nature, to the people, to the history, and to the national parks system. I always leave feeling a bit more connected in life. It’s a pretty special feeling. How do you all feel connected to the national parks? Happy Earth Day and Happy National Park Week!
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Yay! It’s one of my favorite weeks all year! National Park Week starts tomorrow, April 22nd, and goes through the 30th this year! This year’s theme is “Your Park Story”. Each day will present a new theme relating to your story and I will highlight them each day on this blog to celebrate this fun week! Let’s all enjoy our amazing national parks!
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National parks visitor numbers continue to rise as more people discover our nation’s great treasures. Since National Park Week starts on Saturday, I wanted to share some unique gifts for all the national parks fans in your lives for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, birthdays, or even for yourself. Enjoy some unique ideas for your friends and families who love the national parks suited for a variety of ages and at reasonable prices: 1. Yahtzee: National Parks Edition game It’s just like the original Yahtzee game, but has unique, colorful dice and a barrel-themed cup. A portion of the proceeds for this game benefit the National Parks Foundation. 2. Uncommon Ground’s Redwood & Saguaro Crystal Growing Kit Kids will love this science fun of crystals forming on paper in this cool kit. 3. Turtle Tube: An Erutuf National Park Novel by Kathy Arnold Cherry In this first children’s book in the series, siblings Reese and Dean’s wild adventure at Erutuf National Park is sure to expand the reader’s imagination and, likely, a curiosity about animals and the world through a magical national park. 4. Rumpl National Parks Blankets Instead of giving boring blanket, add some splash with one of these awesome national parks blankets. I have the Yellowstone one and love it! 5. Park Project’s National Parks Candles Why not bring the scent of a certain national park to someone’s home? Give the unique scents of redwoods or lodgepole pines to a friend or family to enjoy. Enjoy some national park goodies for yourself or a loved one! Happy early National Park Week!
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On this day 58 years ago, Congress established the Wilderness Act in 1964. Congress wanted to protect undeveloped and wild areas as an enduring resource for the American people. Today, this act protects nearly 112 million acres of wilderness preserving more than 800 wilderness areas in 44 states. Many benefits exist today from this land conservation including providing habitats for wildlife; clean air; clean drinking water; boosting local economies with tourism and recreation; and providing some really amazing places to escape and appreciate this great land here! Fun fact: The smallest wilderness area in the National Wilderness Preservation System is the five and half acres Pelican Island Wilderness in Florida. Enjoy this anniversary and get out in the wilderness today!
