Last Week we delved into the National Parks of Harry Potter, imagining the little magician as written by Park-honored American writers. This week we’re looking at another cultural phenomenon and another hit summer film: The Simpsons Movie. But which National Park Sites will we choose? Parks that honor Simpsons? Er, couldn’t come up with any? [...]
Archive for July, 2007
The Simpsons Week: Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Posted in National Historic Site, tagged The Simpsons on July 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Rainbow Bridge National Monument
Posted in National Monument, tagged Arches, Remote, Utah on July 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Southeastern Utah.
Visited: No Time Soon
NPS Site Visited: Not There Yet
NPS Website
This is one that got away. We fear that getting to Rainbow Bridge NM , Utah will be near impossible, at least on our budget. Options: a.) $110/person boat ride or b.) a 34-mile round trip hike with limited camping options along the way. A [...]
Harry Potter Week: Carl Sandburg National Historic Site
Posted in National Historic Site, tagged Carl Sandburg, Harry Potter on July 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In recognition of the 8.3 million Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows books sold last weekend, this week we are looking at National Park Sites that honor authors. Earlier this week we imagined the new Harry Potter book as written by Eugene O’Neill and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Today we turn our attention to America’s [...]
Harry Potter Week: Longfellow National Historic Site
Posted in National Historic Site, tagged Boston, Harry Potter, Massachusetts on July 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »
In recognition of the 8.3 million Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows books sold last weekend, this week we are looking at National Park Sites that honor authors. On Monday we imagined the new Harry Potter book as written by America’s only Nobel Prize for Literature winning playwright: Eugene O’Neill. Today we see Harry through [...]
Harry Potter Week: Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site
Posted in National Historic Site, tagged California, Eugene O'Neill, Harry Potter on July 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
In recognition of the 8.3 million Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows books sold last weekend, this week at we are looking at National Park Sites that honor authors. First up is the only American playwright to win the Nobel Prize for Literature: Eugene O’Neill.
Harry Potter rumors and spoilers are everywhere and have elicited scores [...]
Newborn Baby Week: Piscataway Park and National Colonial Farm
Posted in Uncategorized on July 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Michael’s sister and her husband Adam weren’t last week’s only lucky first time parents. Our friends Mike and Bridget also welcomed a beautiful baby girl into the world. So in honor of our prolific procreators, this week we are revisiting National Park sites where we saw newborn animals. This week we have seen a day [...]
Newborn Babies!
Posted in Uncategorized on July 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Michael’s sister and her husband Adam weren’t last week’s only lucky first time parents. Our friends Mike and Bridget also welcomed a beautiful baby girl into the world. So in honor of our prolific procreators, this week we are going to National Park sites where we saw newborn animals. On Monday we went to hill [...]
Newborn Baby Week: Lyndon Baines Johnson National Historical Park
Posted in Uncategorized on July 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Michael’s sister and her husband Adam weren’t last week’s only lucky first time parents. Our friends Mike and Bridget also welcomed a beautiful baby girl into the world. So in honor of our prolific procreators, this week at www.usa-c2c.com we are remembering National Park sites where we saw newborn animals. First up: hill country Texas [...]
Change of Plans, Welcome To The World E-Bizzy!
Posted in Uncategorized on July 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We meticulously planned our two year trip to America’s National Park treasures. Our fine tuned spreadsheet told us exactly where we were going to be on every single day of the year. We knew how many miles we would have to drive, heck we might have even planned where we were going to stay. Very [...]
July 4th Week: Moore’s Creek National Battlefield
Posted in National Battlefield, tagged American Patriots, North Carolina on July 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In the winter of 1775-76, both the Carolinas and the South, in general, were undecided in revolutionary spirit. A few were vehement American patriots and some were loyal to the Crown. Most were waiting to see which side would be successful first; the Carolinians were very pragmatic. Who would have guessed?
Eager unresolved eyes watched when, [...]
