Our National Parks: 2008

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4/14/10

(66) Point Reyes National Seashore

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December 2008

Type: National Seashore
Region: Western Region
Location: Point Reyes, CA
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: A spectacularly scenic panorama of thunderous ocean breakers, open grasslands, bushy hillsides and forested ridges is home to nearly 50 species of land and marine mammals.

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Point Reyes, December 2008

(65) Bandelier National Monument

Visited Together:

September 2008
February 2011

Type: National Monument
Region: Southwest Region
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: Best known for mesas, sheer-walled canyons, and several thousand ancestral Pueblo dwellings found among them, Bandelier also includes more than 23,000 acres of designated wilderness. The best-known archeological sites, in Frijoles Canyon, were inhabited from the 1100s into the mid 1500s.

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Bandelier, September 2008

4/13/10

(54) Great Sand Dunes National Park & (55) Great Sand Dunes National Preserve

Visited Together:

June 2007
August 2007
September 2007
May 2008
May 2009
May 2015 + OZL & CZL

Type: National Park & Preserve
Region: Rocky Mountain Region
Location: Mosca, CO
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: Nestled in southern Colorado, North America's tallest sand dunes rise over 750 feet high against the rugged Sangre de Cristo Mountains. This geologic wonderland also includes alpine lakes and tundra and six peaks over 13,000 feet in elevation.

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Great Sand Dunes, June 2007

Great Sand Dunes, August 2007

Great Sand Dunes, September 2007

Great Sand Dunes, May 2008

Great Sand Dunes, May 2009

Great Sand Dunes, May 2015

3/17/10

(53) Rocky Mountain National Park

Visited Together:

October 2006
February 2007
June 2007
October 2007
April 2008
September 2008
November 2008
March 2009
August 2009
September 2009
June 2010
September 2010
September 2011
February 2012
March 2012
July 2012 + OZL
November 2013 + OZL
September 2014 + OZL & CZL
September 2018 + OZL + CZL + mZL

Type: National Park
Region: Rocky Mountain Region
Location: Estes Park and Grand Lake, CO
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: A living showcase of the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains, this park offers 60 peaks rising above 12,000 feet, and elevations ranging from 8,000 feet in the grassy valleys to 14,259 feet at the top of Long's Peak.

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