You can collect stamps in a passport book for lighthouses as well as National Parks. As we traveled to historic forts and National Seashores, we were passing by lighthouses as well, so we included visits and collected 12 stamps. Continue reading “Staying Close to Shore”

National Parks in the east preserve many sites related to the Civil War, and have to tread that narrow line … Continue reading Both Sides Now: Civil Discourse on the Civil War

That’s what they told us at Edgar Allan Poe’s house: One Park per person, unless you are Lincoln or Roosevelt. Continue reading “One Park Per Person”

My history education is so limited and biased. Here in the northeast, we think of Jamestown in 1604 and Plymouth in 1620 as the start of New World settlement. But that is so British. Continue reading “British and Spanish and French, oh my!”

The Hudson River was an important transportation corridor in 1777 and it still is today. Continue reading ““Turning Point of America’s Revolutionary War””

I made arrangements for my trip with the Youth Group so that I could visit the one National Park in Vermont. I was hoping that I might also get the one National Park in New Hampshire. Continue reading “Care for the Environment”

The Park Ranger told the young visitor, “If you earn your Junior Ranger Badge in all three of New Jersey’s National Parks, you will also get a certificate.” Continue reading “New Jersey’s Got It”

I told the ranger that greeted me “thanks for providing the full desert experience, with 114 degree heat.” Continue reading “The Full Desert Experience: Saguaro”

When 900 years old your house is, look as good it will not. Continue reading “Ancient Handiwork Parts 2 and 3: Community”