I have traveled around the USA
for both business and pleasure for many years. Recently I began writing as a
form of personal pleasure while out there, and sometimes after I have returned home.
I write about nature, my adventures, my observations, my opinions, memories,
imaginations and most anything else that occurs to me at the time. When I write
about the past, it is Story Telling, and as such, is subject to some misremembered information. You get what you pay for. Some of those writings are worth
sharing, so here they are.
Ranger Bob at Shenandoah National
Park in 2005
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Bob volunteering at Shenandoah National
Park in 2004
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What a job!
In 2009, I will be a seasonal National Park Ranger as a Visitor Use Assistant at Dickey Ridge
Visitor Center in Shenandoah National Park, near Front Royal, VA. During 2005 through 2008, I was stationed
at Byrd Visitor Center at the center of the park. I am also a Volunteer Photographer for Shenandoah National Park.
Some of my photos end up in park publications including the park offical website at www.nps.gov/shen.
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During 2004, I volunteered at the Byrd Visitor Center information desk in
Shenandoah National Park.
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Favorites
Some of my favorite movies:
Princess
Bride,
Patriot Games,
The Hunt for Red October,
Dances with Wolves,
The Great Escape,
The Magnificent Seven,
and of course, STAR WARS.
Some of my favorite music:
Dvorak,
Tchaikovsky,
Copland,
Rochmaninov,
Brennan,
Almost anything on guitar,
Anything I play on my own guitar,
Bowfire.
Nora Jones.
Celtic Women.
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To see the full list of 392 (Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial added in October 2009) facilites
listed as National Parks Units, follow the link below which may not yet list the newest units.
Bold
font indicates sites visited for the first time within the last two years.
1.
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
2. Andersonville National Historic Site
3. Antietam National Battlefield
4.
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
5. Appomattox Court House National Historic Park
6. Arches National
Park
7. Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
8. Assateague Island National Seashore
9. Badlands National Park
10.
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
11. Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
12. Blue Ridge Parkway
13. Booker
T. Washington National Monument
14. Bryce Canyon National Park
15. Canyonlands National Park
16. Cape
Cod National Seashore
17. Cape Hatteras National Seashore
18. Capitol Reef National Park
19. Catoctin
Mountain Park
20. Cedar Breaks National Monument
21. Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
22. Chesapeake
& Ohio Canal National Historical Park
23. Clara Barton National Historic Site
24. Constitution Gardens
25.
Cowpens National Battlefield
26. De Soto National Memorial
27. Delaware National Scenic River
28. Delaware
Water Gap National Recreation Area
29. Devils Tower National Monument
30. Dinosaur National Monument
31. Eisenhower
National Historic Site
32. Flight 93 National Memorial
33. Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
34. Fort Laramie
National Historic Site
35. Fort Larned National Historic Site
36. Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
37. Fort Necessity National Battlefield
38. Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
39. Fort Washington
Park
40. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
41. Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
42.
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
43. George Washington Memorial Parkway
44. Gettysburg National
Military Park
45. Glacier National Park,
46. Glen Echo Park,
47. Golden Spike National Historic Site
48. Grand
Teton National Park
49. Great Falls Park
50. Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve
51. Great Smoky Mountains
National Park
52. Greenbelt Park
53. Green Springs National Historic Landmark District
54. Guilford Courthouse
National Military Park
55. Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
56. Hampton National Historic Site
57.
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
58. Jewel Cave National Monument
59. Jimmy Carter National Historic Site
60.
John D Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway
61. Johnstown Flood National Memorial
62. Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield
Park
63. Kings Mountain National Military Park
64. Korean War Veterans Memorial
65. Lincoln Memorial
66. Lyndon
B Johnson National Historical Park
67. Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac
68. Mammoth Cave National
Park
69. Manassas National Battlefield Park
70. Minute Man National Historical Park
71. Monocacy National Battlefield
72.
Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
73. Mount Rushmore National Memorial
74. National Capital Parks
75. National
Mall
76. Ninety Six National Historic Site
77. Oregon National Historic Trail
78. Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic
Site
79. Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
80. President's Park (White House)
81. Prince William Forest Park
82.
Rock Creek Park
83. Rocky Mountain National Park
84. Santa Fe National Historic Trail
85. Shenandoah National Park
86.
Suitland Parkway
87. Theodore Roosevelt Island Park
88. Thomas Jefferson Memorial
89. Thomas Stone National
Historic Site
90. Timpanogos Cave National Monument
91. Vietnam Veterans Memorial
92. Washington Monument
93.
Wind Cave National Park
94. Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
95. Wright Brothers National Memorial
96.
World War II Memorial
97. Yellowstone National Park
98. Zion National Park
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