North to Alaska - Redwoods National & State Parks

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North to Alaska - Redwoods National & State Parks

In Orick, we stopped briefly at the Redwoods National & State Parks Visitor Center Headquarters to get acquainted with the park and its facilities. The national park and three California state parks have joint responsibility for protection of the redwood forests in this area. In 1980, UNESCO designated the parks as a World Heritage Site and International Biosphere Reserve. Our national parks pass gets us into all the parks including the three associated state parks for free and also allows us reduced camping fees (50% off).

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St. Thomas – Lake Mead’s Ghost Town Uncovered

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St. Thomas – Lake Mead’s Ghost Town Uncovered

Recently I wrote about shrinking Lake Mead. The drought and the fact that the lake is shrinking are of great concern, but the discoveries since the water has diminished have been interesting and sometimes quite gruesome. Several bodies have been recovered and boats, sunken and lost decades ago, have now been found. Beyond the bodies and the boats, St. Thomas, the tiny community that was flooded in 1938 when the lake was formed is now dry once again and we decided to visit.

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Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site

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Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site

While we were in Richmond visiting Brennan and Hannah this past December, we visited the Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site. Like us, our kids enjoy National Park sites. Also like us, and maybe like you, we had no idea who Maggie L. Walker was and why she would merit a national historic site dedicated to her. We were interested in finding out.

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