It’s Been How Long?

But now we are back. And just in time to get ready to celebrate the day we set off to see all of the National Park locations 5 years ago.

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Earth Day Week: John Muir National Historic Site

Happy Earth Day week! In honor of wonderful planet Earth we are going to highlight National Park areas this week that examine the glories of conservation, preservation, and sustainability. There’s one man that immediately springs to mind when those topics are mentioned: environmentalist pioneer John Muir. It also just so happens that today is Muir’s [...]

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Sickness Week: George Rogers Clark National Historical Park

So last week you’re reading usa-c2c.com. There’s a post on Monday about Jimmy Carter. It seems that their President’s Day week has continued into two President’s Day weeks. But you come back Wednesday…still Jimmy. Then Thursday…still Jimmy. Even Friday…still Jimmy. What has happened? Have they forgotten about me, the dear reader?
No, not at all. The [...]

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President’s Week: Herbert Hoover National Historic Site

It’s that time of year again…President’s Day and President’s Week! We have been counting down the days to when we can tell you about some of our favorite U.S. President-related National Park Sites and Presidential Libraries. First up is the long reviled and somewhat misunderstood Herbert Hoover.
Was he a great president? Not at all. Was [...]

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Black History Month: Carter G. Woodson National Historic Site

Happy February. The month that has become synonomous with Black History. We wonder what the founder of Black History Month would think about his creation’s longevity and lasting importance. He would probably be brimming with pride.
Who created Black History Month, you ask?
Meet the latest addition to the National Park Service family and the Site [...]

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Kosciuszko Week: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library

Tadeusz Kosciuszko isn’t the only beloved American hero who challenged the Russians that’s celebrating a birthday this week. That’s right, today would have Ronald Reagan’s 97th birthday. His Dixon, Illinois boyhood home isn’t a National Park Site yet although its pending Park status was established by law six years ago today. Our didn’t take us [...]

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Kosciuszko Week: Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial

Today is February 4th, a/k/a Tadeusz Kosciuszko’s Birthday. Sure, we mentioned him everyday last week but that matters little. If you thought we wouldn’t honor our great Polish hero on his 262nd birthday than you would have been wrong.
Why should we continue to honor him? Well, after an early Revolutionary War setback, our dashing [...]

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Crowded Park Week: Manassas National Battlefield

Did you leave your house last weekend? Then you’ll completely understand this week’s theme: most crowded National Park Sites. On Monday we went to the crowdiest of them all: Yosemite. But not every crowded Park Site teems with people because of their extreme popularity. Some just happen to be located in population centers.
Battlefield sites are [...]

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Thanksgiving Week: Salem Maritime National Historic Site

Nothing says Thanksgiving like turkey, football, and pilgrims. We took care of the turkey bits at Mammoth Cave National Park and the football at Wyoming’s Fossil Butte National Monument. (See Below) But what about the pilgrims? Through vociferous readings of our website we are sure that you know that there is no National Park Site [...]

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Thanksgiving Week: Fossil Butte National Monument

Nothing says Thanksgiving like turkey, football, and pilgrims. We took care of the turkey bits at Mammoth Cave National Park. Today we talk about the football. Puritans will follow.
We’re driving through one of the more sparsely populated places in the lower 48’s most sparsely populated state. Southwest Wyoming. The sagebrush and large flat buttes never [...]

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