‘Tis The Season: Planning a U.S. National Park Trip This Year

Planning a trip depends on many factors, research is needed

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Our first glimpse of the Redwoods in the California named National and State Parks. © Carol Labuzzetta,2024.

We love going to our national parks. The list of those we’ve been to includes, the USVI on St. John, Redwood National Park, Haleakala National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, Arches, Saguaro, Joshua Tree, Haleakala, Acadia, Everglades, Smokey Mountain, Petrified Forest National Park, and more.

We’ve been to some of these parks more than once or even more than twice.

This year, we considered going on a National Park Trip again. But we also considered going to Nashville, Portland, Ireland, and Santa Fe, New Mexico (where we are now).

Sante Fe. 2024. Photo by Author of Canyon Road Art Galleries.

Plan ahead

After ruminating about the pros and cons of these places, I started to investigate going to Yosemite, Kings Canyon, and Sequoia National Parks as one trip, visiting these parks as one trip in June.

When I started to look at going back in March of this year, Yosemite was nearly booked. As they say, timing is everything. Yosemite is one of the most popular parks for many reasons and thus, receives many…

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Carol Labuzzetta, MS Natural Resources, MS Nursing
Globetrotters

Environmental educator with a passion for teaching youth using the science of awe. Traveler, Photographer, Author, Wife, Mother. Boosted Writer x 10