Our National Parks: 2003

(5) Mammoth Cave National Park

Visited Together:

September 2003

Type: National Park
Region: Southeast
Location: Mammoth Cave, KY
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: The most extensive known cave system on earth lies beneath the sandstone ridges of this park's surface. More than 350 miles of passageways have been surveyed and mapped...but to this day, the water-formed caves largely remain a mystery.

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(4) Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Visited Together:

September 2003
November 2005
June 2016 + OZL & CZL

Type: National Park
Region: Southwest
Location: Carlsbad, NM
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: Established to preserve numerous caves within a Permian-age fossil reef, this park contains more than 100 known caves, including Lechuguilla Cave - the nation's deepest and fourth longest limestone cave at 1,567 feet.

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Other Photos:

Being bats with Lauren, September 2003

Lower cave tour, November 2005

Carlsbad Caverns, June 2016

Big Room, June 2016

(3) Montezuma Castle National Monument

Visited Together:

September 2003

Type: National Monument
Region: Western
Location: Camp Verde, AZ
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: Nestled into a limestone recess high above the flood plain of Beaver Creek in the Verde Valley stands one of the best-preserved cliff dwellings in North America. The five-story, 20-room cliff dwelling served as a "high-rise apartment building" for prehistoric Sinagua Indians over 600 years ago.

Other Photos:

Montezuma Castle, September 2003

(2) Statue of Liberty National Monument

Visited Together:

April 2003

Type: National Monument
Region: North Atlantic Region
Location: New York, NY
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: Located on 12-acre Liberty Island in New York Harbor, the Statue of Liberty was a gift of international friendship from France. Between 1892 and 1954, nearly 12 million steerage and third class steamship passengers were inspected at Ellis Island.

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Statue of Liberty, April 203

Statue of Liberty, April 2003

(1) Yosemite National Park

Visited Together:

February 2003
July 2007
December 2008
July 2009
March 2010
May 2010
May 2013 + OZL
June 2013+ OZL
December 2014 + OZL & CZL
July 2018 + OZL + CZL + mZL
March 2019 + OZL + CZL + mZL

Type: National Park
Region: Western
Location: the Sierra Nevada, CA
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: This spectacular tract of mountain-and-valley scenery in the Sierra Nevada harbors a grand collection of waterfalls, meadows, and forests that include groves of giant sequoias, the world's largest living things.

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