Well did you watch it last night?
The PBS series The National Parks: America's Best Idea by Ken Burns started last night. It was excellent.
I took the above picture while enjoying Glacier National Park in Montana. What I will try doing this week is post a picture of mine from a national park each day. I have been to a few but there are so many more to see. Please join me with sharing pictures. Write in the comments and I'll link to your picture.
Back to last night's show.
Glacier National Park (above) was not part of it because it starts at the beginning and the story of Yosemite and Yellowstone alone is story that can fill a few hours.
An important part of the beginning story centers around John Muir. I had heard of him before and the woods named to honor him (have not made it there yet). This episode describes the quirkiness, the tenacity, and vision of John Muir. One thing I learned was he loved to walk through the wild.
Gretel Ehrlich, author of John Muir: Nature's Visionary, is interviewed for this episode. She said:
Often referenced as a national embarrassment was Niagara Falls. Leaders supporting the park would point out that you don't want "another Niagara Falls". I enjoyed a visit to Niagara Falls with my daughter a few years ago. It is commercialized and touristy but I gather it was much worst in the 1800's.
I hope to see some the beautiful national parks presented in this series.
The PBS series The National Parks: America's Best Idea by Ken Burns started last night. It was excellent.
I took the above picture while enjoying Glacier National Park in Montana. What I will try doing this week is post a picture of mine from a national park each day. I have been to a few but there are so many more to see. Please join me with sharing pictures. Write in the comments and I'll link to your picture.
Back to last night's show.
Glacier National Park (above) was not part of it because it starts at the beginning and the story of Yosemite and Yellowstone alone is story that can fill a few hours.
An important part of the beginning story centers around John Muir. I had heard of him before and the woods named to honor him (have not made it there yet). This episode describes the quirkiness, the tenacity, and vision of John Muir. One thing I learned was he loved to walk through the wild.
Gretel Ehrlich, author of John Muir: Nature's Visionary, is interviewed for this episode. She said:
"...I think we're born lost, and we remain lost until we remove the shell of who we think we are, all the preconceptions of who we think we are and to expose ourselves to the great power of the natural world and to let that power reshape us..."
Often referenced as a national embarrassment was Niagara Falls. Leaders supporting the park would point out that you don't want "another Niagara Falls". I enjoyed a visit to Niagara Falls with my daughter a few years ago. It is commercialized and touristy but I gather it was much worst in the 1800's.
I hope to see some the beautiful national parks presented in this series.
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