(88) Scotts Bluff National Monument

Visited Together:

1. June 2018 + OZL + CZL + mZL

Type: National Monument
Region: Midwest  
Location: Gering, Nebraska
Link: NPS website
 

Passport Description: A prominent natural landmark for emigrants on the Oregon Trail, this 3,000-acre National Monument protects Scotts Bluff, Mitchell Pass, and the adjacent prairie lands and the memory of westward expansion on the historic Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails.

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Scotts Bluff 2018

(87) WWII Valor In The Pacific National Monument & USS Arizona Memorial (Now Pearl Harbor National Memorial)

 Visited Together:

1. April 2017 + OZL + CZL

Type: National Monument
Region: Western  
Location: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii  
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: The Japanese surprise air attack on Pearl Harbor left the Pacific Fleet in smoldering heaps of broken, twisted steel. In hours, 2,390 people were dead, half of these casualties from the battleship Arizona. American's involvement in World War II began on this day.

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USS Arizona Memorial 2017

(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

(83) Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

Visited Together:

1. November 2011

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

Passport Description: This beautiful mountain valley just west of Pikes Peak holds huge petrified redwoods and detailed fossils of ancient insects and plants. Almost 35 million years ago, enormous volcanic eruptions buried the valley. A lake formed, and the fine-grained sediments at its bottom compacted into layers of shale preserving the delicate organisms as fossils.

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 Petrified Forest Loop, November 2011

Big Stump, November 2011 

(36) Washington Monument

Visited Together:

1. October 2005
2. July 2019 + OZL

Type: National Monument
Region: National Capital Region
Location: Washington, DC
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: Alone among the founders of the United States, George Washington earned the title "Father of Our Country" in recognition of his leadership in the cause of American independence.

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 Washington Monument, October 2005

  Washington Monument, October 2005

 
Washington Monument with Apollo 11 Projected on it, July 2019