10 Best of Everything Families

The collection of books are best read as reference by topic and collect the bits so I can use them when planning trips in the future. Here are the notes I took based on our interests (local attraction, adventure travel, ranch, trains, native american history etc). I also omitted the topics that we’re interested in, but pretty comfortable to find resource everywhere, e.g. zoos.

Berkeley Marina Adventure Playground

Carlsbad riverwalk

A good stop near Carlsbad Caverns. 16 miles from Carlsbad Caverns. Cross the river at a floating bridge near a playground.

Rock Climbing:

Grand Teton national parks

www.nps.gov/grte.

Park’s licensed concessionaires.

Ranches

Tangque verde guest ranch at AZ, www.tvgr.com

Between Coronado National Forest and Saguaro National Park

Kids 4-11

Animals:

uc davis raptor center http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/calraptor/

It’s a great idea  to save voice

It’s a great idea to save voice and sounds!

The 10 Best of Everything National Parks: 800 Top Picks From Parks Coast to Coast (National Geographic the 10 Best of Everything)

Notes from reading this book. It's a good reference book when planning to visit a particular park, or plan by interests.

The book is organized by topics:

I started getting interested when get to the page of “fossils”

The list of books is also interesting.

Books about u.s. Parks

Fictions

Bob Flame: Rocky Mountain Ranger, Dorr G. Yeager

The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara

Non-fictions:

Oh, Ranger! True Stories From Our National Parks, Edited by Mark J. Saferstein

Lost in My Own Backyard: A Walk in Yellowstone National Park, Tim Cahill

The Man Who Walked Through Time, Colin Fletcher

Our National Parks, John Muir

The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns

Ranger Confidential: Living, Working and Dying in the National Parks, Andrea Lankford

The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida and the Politics of Paradise, Michael Crunwald

Western National Parks’ Lodges Cookbook, Kathleen Bryant

I also like the index that give me an overview of what the national parks are best at.

Coicidently, National Geography’s current issue also quoted this book for its coverage of Yellowstone National Park.