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 Monday was even [...]
Posts Tagged ‘California’
Earth Day Week: Muir Woods National Monument
Posted in National Monument, tagged California, Conservation, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, John Muir, National Monument, Redwoods, Tall Trees on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Crowded Park Week: Yosemite National Park
Posted in National Parks, tagged California, Crowded, National Park on November 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Did you leave your house last weekend? Then you’ll completely understand this week’s theme: most crowded National Park Sites. First up is the crowdiest of them all: Yosemite.
Over 3,000,000 people pack into Yosemite NP every year, most of them visiting only the Yosemite Valley, home to all the marquee attractions. In addition, the tourists come [...]
Veterans Day: Port Chicago Magazine National Memorial
Posted in National Memorial, tagged California, Soldiers, Tragedy, Veterans Day on November 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In honor of Veterans Day, today we are remembering a forgotten set of American servicemen, the 200 that were killed by the 1944 explosion at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine and the 50 seamen who were then wrongfully charged with mutiny and, over 50 years later, offered a pardon by the President of the United [...]
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 [...]
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Posted in National Parks, tagged California, Glacial Lakes, Sierra Nevadas, Volcano on July 5, 2005 | 2 Comments »
near Mineral, Calif.
Visited: July 5, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 210 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Mount Lassen erupted in 1921, making it the site of the second most recent volcanic eruption in the continental United States.
BEAUTY (8/10)
Lassen Volcanic NP is a pristine Sierra Nevada alpine wilderness. Glacial lakes, snowy mountain peaks and glimmering blue skies. [...]
Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site
Posted in National Historic Site, tagged California, Great Rangers, House Tour, Playwright, Writers on June 17, 2005 | 4 Comments »
Danville, Calif.
Visited: June 17, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 204 of 353
NPS Website
WHAT IS IT?
Home where Eugene O’Neill, our country’s only Nobel Prize-winning playwright, wrote his last six plays which included Long Day’s Journey Into Night and The Iceman Cometh.
BEAUTY (5/10)
Eugene O’Neill and his third wife, Carlotta, designed their house in accordance to both Taoist principles and [...]
