Where to go in September, maybe October
We are currently slated to go to Wyoming in July but due to an unexpected expense regarding the new house build, we need to postpone a trip until September/October. We are still thinking of going to ...
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Early October is our very favorite time of year to visit the national parks in the western states. It will just be you, the retirees, and the Germans.
I studied German for 9 years in high school and college, plus an exchange program to Switzerland, so my German language skills used to be pretty good. They aren't so hot anymore though. It's funny to have a German tourist walk up to me and strike up a conversation in his native language (because he assumed I wasn't a retiree yet) and have me respond with my very rusty vocabulary. He looked at me like I was developmentally challenged and asked me where I was from: "Ich komme aus Los Angeles!"
Not only will the crowds be down and the fall colors will be out, but the staff at the NPs will be in a great mood in the last week or two of the season.
One year as we were pulling out of Mesa Verde in Colorado, the staff locked the gate behind us and closed the campground for the year. Good stuff.
I studied German for 9 years in high school and college, plus an exchange program to Switzerland, so my German language skills used to be pretty good. They aren't so hot anymore though. It's funny to have a German tourist walk up to me and strike up a conversation in his native language (because he assumed I wasn't a retiree yet) and have me respond with my very rusty vocabulary. He looked at me like I was developmentally challenged and asked me where I was from: "Ich komme aus Los Angeles!"
Not only will the crowds be down and the fall colors will be out, but the staff at the NPs will be in a great mood in the last week or two of the season.
One year as we were pulling out of Mesa Verde in Colorado, the staff locked the gate behind us and closed the campground for the year. Good stuff.
