The Mighty Five National Parks!

A retirement trip that many plan is a visit to one of our National Parks! The United States has 63 of these beauties all across our lands. Many are well known and visited by thousands of tourists each year while others remain somewhat more mysterious and uncharted. Today we talk to Deb and Chris as they fulfill a bucket list item of visiting the Mighty Five.

Show Notes

00:44 A life lesson from Curt's book Fix the Problem and Other Life Lessons from a Pragmatic Dad. You can get it here:https://www.amazon.com/Fix-Problem-other-Lessons-Pragmatic/dp/1091400830/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= 

04:04 Which parks did they visit? The Mighty Five in Utah. Learn more about them here: https://www.visitutah.com/places-to-go/parks-outdoors/the-mighty-5

05:42 Information on Senior Passes for the National Parks here: https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/senior-pass-changes.htm

06:32 Moab and the Arches information here: https://www.discovermoab.com/

09:10 Cable Mountain Lodge outside of Zion. Learn about this beautiful place here:https://cablemountainlodge.com/

11:48 Canyon Lands tour at night was a favorite experience. Learn about that experience here: https://www.moabadventurecenter.com/canyonlands-by-night

14:39 Capitol Reef National Park information here: https://www.nps.gov/care/index.htm

15:25 Giffords Homestead /farm is a great stop! Learn about this stop here: https://www.nps.gov/care/learn/historyculture/giffordhomestead.htm

18:02 Dixie National Forest route discussed here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/dixie

19:00 Deb talks about the weather they experienced in May here. Pack your sweatshirts.

20:00 Goblin Valley State Park was a great stop! More here:https://stateparks.utah.gov/parks/goblin-valley/

22:05 Deb talks about the hikes they went on here.

26:00 Deb and Chris tell us which park was their own personal favorite here.