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agesilaus wrote:
3) Capital Reef National Park - Another interesting park. Another park that features lots of rock formations, but totally different from the rock formations at Craters of the Moon. Plus there are other features to view while there.
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Not sure what you are getting at here. Capital Reef is not a volcanic features park, not in the last many millions of years anyway. It's more a different red rock type park where the red rock isn't red...heh. Craters on the other hand is 100% recent volcanic and indeed they expect a new eruption at any time.
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5) Mesa Verde National Park - Down in the 4 corners region of Colorado, I mention this one because I don't hear it bandied around a lot. Again, a different national park due to it centering on the Ancestral Puebloan culture, and their cliff dwellings.
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Mesa Verde is just the most spectacular of many Indian Ruin parks in that area, Hovenweep is another example within sight of MVNP and there are a score or more down thru New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado. They have made MV a lot less visitor friendly by shifting to that online reservation system. You can't just show up and do tours anymore you better make reservations days ahead of arrival.
โNov-15-2018 01:54 PM
dedmiston wrote:agesilaus wrote:
Thanks to an all expenses paid trip, paid by the USN, I spent 10 months in Arco. That included the coldest weather I've yet to see. 41 deg below w/o the wind chill.
That's hardcore. Thanks for your service!
I see you bailed on the cold and moved to FL. Good call. :B
โNov-15-2018 01:51 PM
agesilaus wrote:
Thanks to an all expenses paid trip, paid by the USN, I spent 10 months in Arco. That included the coldest weather I've yet to see. 41 deg below w/o the wind chill.
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โNov-15-2018 01:50 PM
ReneeG wrote:
And did you tour EBR1, the first nuclear power plant? Fascinating. North of Arco, north of McKay is the earthquake epicenter where you can view the fault.
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โNov-15-2018 12:27 PM
dedmiston wrote:Atlee wrote:
2) Craters of the Moon National Monument - It's near Arco, Idaho. Really enjoyed my visit there. A good day will cover it in fine detail. Liked the other worldly rock formations found here.
Arco was such a trip. We had fun looking around town and eating at Pickle's Place.
https://www.picklesplacerestaurant.com/
What a throwback town: The first "atomic powered" city in the US.
โNov-15-2018 09:30 AM
Atlee wrote:
2) Craters of the Moon National Monument - It's near Arco, Idaho. Really enjoyed my visit there. A good day will cover it in fine detail. Liked the other worldly rock formations found here.
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โNov-15-2018 07:32 AM
shelbyfv wrote:ppine wrote:Yeah, mixed feelings about that! Nobody wants crowds but there may be an upside to more folks caring about the parks. As OP mentioned earlier, protection may not mean forever. National monuments in particular seem subject to random dismemberment.
A good list. There are many more. I do not like to mention them and make them more popular.
I mostly avoid the popular ones except in winter or off season.
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โNov-14-2018 03:43 PM
agesilaus wrote:
We've been to a number of the fossil sites, there are good pay sites near Rawlins WY too. I've noticed several people mention Lava Beds, usually when Lassen is mentioned. The big draw back is that you have to enter California to get there.
We've visited a couple of state park Indian Mound sites in the east.
We've been to a number of Military parks and even with knowledge of the battle, I'm a military history buff, I find the parks underwhelming, They need to come up with a better way to present the history. A stone monument saying the 6th Volunteer Wisconsin lined up here doesn't work. I suspect the topography has changed a lot over 150 years too.
Wiki has good lists of all the parks.
โNov-14-2018 03:21 PM