(78) Kings Canyon National Park

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1. July 2009

Type: National Park
Region: Western Region
Location: In the southern Sierra Nevada in Tulare and Fresno counties, CA
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: This park and its neighboring Sequoia NP are home to giants: immense mountains, deep canons, and huge trees. The Generals Highway climbs over 5,000 feet from chaparral and oak-studded foothills to the awe-inspiring sequoia groves.

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 Fallen Monarch, July 2009

 

General Grant Tree, July 2009

 

 Kings Canyon, July 2009

(77) Sequoia National Park

Visited Together:

1. July 2009

Type: National Park
Region: Western Region
Location: In the southern Sierra Nevada in Tulare and Fresno counties, CA
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: Thanks to their huge elevation range, 1,500 to 14,491 feet, this park and its neighboring Kings Canyon NP protect stunningly diverse habitats with immense mountains, deep canyons, and huge trees.

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 Sequoia, July 2009

Sequoia, July 2009

(76) Cedar Breaks National Monument

Visited Together:

1. June 2009

Type: National Monument
Region: Rocky Mountain Region
Location: Cedar City, UT
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: A huge natural amphitheater has been eroded out of the variegated Pink Cliffs. Millions of years of sedimentation, uplift and erosion have created a 2,000-foot-deep canyon of rock walls, fins, spires and columns that spans some three miles. 

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 Cedar Breaks with Gabe, June 2009

(75) Fort Union National Monument

Visited Together:

1. June 2009

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

Passport Description: Established in 1851 as a guardian and protector of the Santa Fe Trail, the Fort Union site actually held three different forts over its 40-year history. The third and final Fort Union was the largest in the American Southwest.

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 Santa Fe Trail, June 2009

Fort Union, June 2009

(74) Pecos National Historical Park

Visited Together:

1. June 2009

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

Passport Description: Pecos preserves 12,000 years of history, including the ancient pueblo of Pecos, two Spanish Colonial Missions, Santa Fe Trail sites and the site of the Civil War Battle of Glorieta Pas.

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Pecos, June 2009

 Pecos, June 2009

(73) Chaco Culture National Historical Park

Visited Together:

1. June 2009

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

Passport Description: Chaco Canyon was a major center of Puebloan culture between 850 and 1250 AD. The Chacoan people combined pre-planned architectural designs, astronomical alignments, geometry, landcaping, and engineering to create an ancient urban center of spectacular public architecture.

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Chaco Canyon, June 2009

 Chaco Canyon, June 2009

(72) Hovenweep National Monument

Visited Together:

1. June 2009

Type: National Monument
Region: Rocky Mountain Region
Location: Blanding, UT
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: Hovenweep National Monument protects six prehistoric, Puebloan-era villages spread over a twenty-mile expanse of mesa tops and canyons along the Utah-Colorado border.

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 Hovenweep, June 2009

  Hovenweep, June 2009

(71) Yucca House National Monument

Visited Together:

1. June 2009

Type: National Monument
Region: Rocky Mountain Region
Location: Cortez, CO
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: Yucca House was built by the ancestors of today's Pueblos, and now exists as a monument to the cooperation between tribes and stewardship of natural, cultural, and historical resources.

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 Yucca House, June 2009

Yucca House, June 2009

 

 Yucca House, June 2009

(70) Mesa Verde National Park

Visited Together:

1. June 2009

Type: National Park
Region: Rocky Mountain Region
Location: Cortez and Mancos, CO
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: From 600 through 1300 AD, people lived and flourished in communities throughout the area, building elaborate stone villages in the sheltered alcoves of the canon walls. These cliff dwellings represent the last 75 to 100 years of occupation at Mesa Verde.

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  Cliff Palace, June 2009

  Cliff Palace, June 2009