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Showing posts with label 2016. Show all posts

6/6/16

(86) Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site



Visited Together:
  1. June 2016 + OZL & CZL
Type: National Historic Site
Region: Rocky Mountain
Location: La Junta, CO
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: William and Charles Bent, along with Ceran St. Vrain, built the originbal fort on this site in 1833 to trade with plains Indians and trappers. For much of its 16-year history, the fort was the only major permanent white settlement on the Santa Fe Trail between Missouri and the Mexican settlements.

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 Bent's Old Fort, June 2016

  Bent's Old Fort, June 2016

6/5/16

(85) Capulin Volcano National Monument



Visited Together:
  1. June 2016 + OZL & CZL
Type: National Monument
Region: Southwest  
Location: Capulin, NM
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: The first fiery explosions of molten rock happened here 60,000 years ago, when the rain of cooling cinders and four lava flows formed Capulin Volcano. This nearly perfectly shaped cinder cone is dramatic evidence of the volcanic processes that shaped northeastern New Mexico.

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 Capulin Crater, June 2016 

Hike Into Crater, June 2016

(84) Petroglyph National Monument


Visited Together:
  1. May 2016 + OZL & CZL
Type: National Monument
Region: Southwest
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Link: NPS website
 
Passport Description: An estimated 25,000 images carved by native peoples and early Spanish settlers are protected here. Many of the images are recognizable as animals, people, brands and crosses; others are more complex - their meaning, possibly, understood only by the carver.
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 Visitor's Center, May 2016

 Petroglyph Hike, May 2016

4/14/10

(60) San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park


Visited Together:
  1. July 2007
  2. September 2016 + OZL + CZL 
Type: National Historical Park
Region: Western Region
Location: San Francisco, CA
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: Located at the west end of San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf, this park includes the fleet of national historic landmark vessels at Hyde Street Pier, a maritime museum, and a library/research facility.

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(59) Golden Gate National Recereation Area


Visited Together:
  1. July 2007
  2. September 2016 + OZL + CZL
Type: National Recreation Area
Region: Western Region
Location: San Francisco, CA
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: One of the largest urban national parks in the world, GGNRA contains numerous historical and cultural resources, including Alcatraz, Marin Headlands, Nike Missle Site and Fort Mason, as well as Muir Woods National Monument, Fort Point National Historic Site, and the Presidio of San Francisco.

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 Golden Gate Bridge, July 2007