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Bon Secour National Wildlife Reserve Visitor Center
Gasque, AL, April 2026 Kate wanted to get a cancel stamp at Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, so we planned a visit on Thursday. The drive from the campground is about two hours because you have to drive around Mobile and then south to the shore. The cancel stamp is at the visitor center, but…
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Poverty Point Marina Store
Poverty Point State Park, LA, February 2026 Poverty Point State Park has so many amenities like many fishing piers, fish cleaning facilities, parking and picnic areas. On top of this, the park has a large well-maintained marina with a store. The back of the store next to the minnow tubs had information related to native…
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Poverty Point National Monument
Poverty Point World Heritage Site, LA, February 2026 Poverty Point is a State Historic Site, National Monument, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The site is owned and operated by the State of Louisiana. Poverty Point is the location of a major cultural and trade center from around 1700 to 1100 BC. Archaeologists have unearthed…
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Mohawk Park
Tulsa, OK, February 2026 Despite the name, this is not a place you go for punk hair styles. At 3,300 acres, this is the largest park in the city of Tulsa, OK. It is also one of the largest city parks in the United States. John has started scanning paper photos from his mother’s collection…
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Prairie Park Nature Center – boy it sucks to diet?
Lawrence, KS, October 2025 We visited Prairie Park Nature Center in 2024 and saw the plumpest prairie dogs that were absolutely adorable. This year the nature center had the same 2 prairie dogs but they have been put on a diet. We were told they have lost 1 lb. This might not sound like a…
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Wildlife Visitor Center Custer State Park
Custer State Park, SD, July 2025 John would tell you that I have an obsession with 2 things. Post cards and cancel stamps. I did not collect my cancel stamp when we went to the visitor center at the entrance of the park because I was out of cancel stamp pages in my book. At…
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Bighorn National Forest (North)
Burgess Junction, WY, July 2025 We stayed at Garryowen, MT because Kate wanted to drive the Northern Route through Bighorn National Forest on Route 14. Route 14 through the forest is almost 60 miles south of Garryowen and about 35 miles long. In total, it is about 2 hours of driving, each way, due to…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 9: Part 2
Yellowstone National Park, WY, May 2025 Grant Visitor Center recently opened. The building has Forest Rangers who assist with answering questions and a museum that focuses on the impact of forest fires on the park. The chart below displays the fires by year and the impact. A key to helping get control of the fires…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 7
Yellowstone National Park, WY, May 2025 Today’s plan was to get things done around the trailer and visit the Fishing Bridge Visitor Center. The fishing Bridge Visitor Center was built in 1930 / 1931. The structure helped define what was called the National Park Service Rustic style. This building design was then used in other…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 4
Yellowstone National Park, WY, May 2025 (Note: The animal pictures are set up as links to the pictures because you need to zoom in to see the details. This requires the back button to return to the page. The other pictures are embedded. Just click on them to return to the page.) This morning started…