Thanks to everyone who made it out for the Valentine's Day #parkchat! We are so glad you could join us in sharing our love for the National Parks! @naturetechfam.bsky.social @59nationalparks.bsky.social

A10) We show our love for the parks by writing about them, encouraging others to visit, proudly wearing park shirts, and covering things we own with stickers. And we hope to one day do some volunteering our camp hosting at a park. 📸 : Taking advantage of the WiFi at the Yosemite NP #ParkChat

Q10) What’s your favorite way to show love for national parks—volunteering, donating, visiting, or sharing stories? 📸 : A volunteer giving a house tour at Cane River Creole NHP #ParkChat

A9) We always love returning to Yellowstone National Park… we always seem to find something new, despite having been there multiple times. #ParkChat

Q9) Many of us are focused on visiting a lot of different parks, while others have a local favorite. Is there a park that you “love more” with every visit? 📸 : Rankin Ridge Trail in Wind Cave NP #ParkChat

A8) For a first date adventure, we’d choose a local National Recreation Area to do some hiking or paddling. For a long-term love getaway, we’d go big with a trip to one of the Alaska or Hawaii parks. 📸 :'Ohe'o Gulch in Haleakalā NP #ParkChat

Q8) Our parks offer many different experiences. Which park is perfect for a first-date adventure vs. a long-term-love getaway? 📸 : Ozark National Scenic Riverways #Parkchat

A7) We are big fans of both bison and prairie dogs and love the way their ecosystems are mutually beneficial. 📸 : A bison herd hanging out by a prairie dog town in Theodore Roosevelt NP #ParkChat

Q7) One of the most popular activities at a national park is wildlife viewing. Which animal couple in a national park do you think has the cutest love story? 📸 : Burros in Custer State Park #ParkChat

A6) We absolutely fell in love with Death Valley National Park. There’s just something about the varied terrain and ruggedness that captured us! #ParkChat

Q6) Which national park feels like a love letter from nature? Is there a particular park view that made you fall in love with the outdoors? 📸 : Grand Prismatic Spring from the Fairy Falls Trail, Yellowstone NP #ParkChat

A5) There are so many good options for this. But our vote is Acadia National Park. There are iconic spots for sunrise and sunset, plenty of opportunities for hiking trails and carriage roads and, of course, Bar Harbor is a great town for shopping and dining. #ParkChat

Q5) Love is a popular theme for movies and shows. Which park would make the best setting for a love story or rom-com? 📸 : Rocky Mountain National Park #ParkChat

A4) We had a great sunset hike with a picnic dinner along the Desert View Trail at Oregon Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona. It’s remote enough that, while popular, wasn’t completely overrun with people! #ParkChat

Q4) What’s your favorite “little love story” moment in a park—wildlife encounter, sunset, quiet trail, etc.? 📸 : Lover's Leap Trail in Custer State Park #ParkChat

A3) Despite most of our travels involving national parks and always traveling on our wedding anniversary, we’ve only been in a national park a few times. But doing a tour of Lake Kabetogama at Voyageurs NP on our 13th Anniversary was a great way to spend the day! #ParkChat

Q3) Valentine’s Day is one of the most popular days for weddings and proposals. Have you ever had a memorable date, proposal, or anniversary in a national park? 📸 : A wedding party we helped take pictures of at Cape Cod National Seashore. #ParkChat

A2) Pinnacles National Park. This Valentine’s Day marks the 17th anniversary of our first date & this summer is our 16th wedding anniversary. Pinnacles is also in the “teenage years” of being a National Park. Sadly, we don’t have a photo because we didn’t make it as planned this winter. #ParkChat

Q2) Valentine’s Day is celebrated by couples in all stages of a relationship. Which park best represents your relationship status right now? (New, Secure, Quiet, Adventurous, etc.) 📸 : Badwater Basin, Death Valley NP #ParkChat

A1) By February, we are usually ready for a warm-weather getaway… we’ve actually visited the South Florida parks twice in February. A Valentine’s Day visit to Dry Tortugas, followed by a nice dinner in Key West would be a great day! 📸 : The lighthouse at Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas NP #ParkChat

Q1) If you could spend Valentine’s Day in any national park, where would it be and what would you do? 📸 : Bryce Canyon #ParkChat

Hope to “see” you in 20 minutes for #ParkChat ❤️

This week #ParkChat celebrates #ValentinesDay with @wanderfilledlife.bsky.social as usual! They have a fun presentation so please join us at 9 PM ET Wednesday. @naturetechfam.bsky.social

So, we decided to take the backroads on the way home. Starting in Pagosa Springs, we are taking US 84 east. Our first spot of interest along the way? Billy the Kid’s grave in Fort Sumner, NM! #wanderfilled #NewMexicoTrue

A lovely sunset in the San Juan Mountains in Pagosa Springs! #wanderfilled #Pagosa

Today, we did a little in-person research for the second edition of our book at Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park in Utah. What a unique site… pink sand dunes you can hike, sand sled or even tour via ATV! #wanderfilled #visitutah

After a cloudy/rainy day yesterday, we were glad to have some sunshine for Christmas Day! Merry Christmas from Horseshoe Bend! It is every bit as awe-inspiring in person as the many photos you have seen of it! #wanderfilled #Visitarizona #FindYourPark

Merry Christmas Eve from the Glen Canyon Dam in Page, AZ, our home away from home for the next three days! #wanderfilled #FindYourPark #VisitArizona

For today, we visited our final stop of our original itinerary: Tonto NM. Honestly, we were really surprised at how beautiful these cliff dwellings were. Meanwhile, we have scrapped our California plans due to the incoming atmospheric river! #wanderfilled #FindYourPark #VisitArizona

When traveling through West Texas, you just gotta stop at Prada Marfa! Marfa is known for its quirky roadside art installations and this faux Prada store is easily the most famous. #wanderfilled #texplorer

So glad to be on the road again! It’s been way too long! We are done with class and headed west for California! #wanderfilled #travelingteachers

There’s nothing like listening to the grunts of a bison herd, especially anywhere east of the Mississippi River! It made for the perfect final stop on our summer road trip! #Itsallyours #TravelKY #WanderFilled #bison

Oh, the struggles of doing research for the new route in our second edition. This is really tough work! 😎 #TravelKY #WanderFilled #WhiskeyThief

Just doing a little research for new route for the second edition of our book! #AlmostHeaven #WanderFilled

Pro Tip: Fold your mirrors IN when you park your new camper van on a busy street. It will help you avoid expensive repairs! #WanderFilled

Today, we had an excellent guided tour at Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site by the Park Ranger on duty (I want to say his name was Nate Cahill???). We spent just about an hour walking through the various elements of this late 1770s-1880s iron furnace. #FindYourPark #VisitPA #WanderFilled

The National Memorial Arch at Valley Forge National Historical Park is both a striking tribute to the difficult winter the Continental Army endured and an interesting piece itself, drawing inspiration from the Arch of Titus in Rome. #FindYourPark #VisitPA #WanderFilled

As we do every year, tonight we celebrated our 15th Anniversary in a new city. This year, we celebrated in Atlantic City at Il Mulino. We look forward to many more years of never celebrating in the same place! #WanderFilled

Today, we followed the Delaware River along the borders of New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, visiting three NPS sites, including our 350th, Delaware Water Gap NRA! While we still have a lot of sites to visit, we have seen amazing NPS sites in every state! #FindYourPark #WanderFilled

After two nights in a hotel in Hartford, it’s great to get back out camping! Besides, you can’t beat the view from this farm we found on Hipcamp! #ILoveNY #Wanderfilled #Hipcamp #PanoramicRV

Happy Independence Day from the Adirondacks! We spent today exploring this unique combination of public and private land… we even found this amazing waterfall right at our campground! #ILoveNY #ADK #WanderFilled

Today, Grant got to live out one of his Olympic dreams: he got to shoot where the winter biathlon athletes train! He shot well, too! He hit 3/5 on the much smaller prone target (4.5 cm)! Bonnie hit 4/5 on the 11 cm target! #ILoveNY #WanderFilled

The Adirondacks are also home to the John Brown Farm State Historic Site, where the famous (or infamous) abolitionist is buried. It was interesting to see how Brown is regarded here versus what we were taught about Brown in high school as Southerners. #ILoveNY #WanderFilled

The bobsled simulator at the Lake Placid Olympic Center was sooo cool. It is amazing how fast those sleds go! #ILoveNY #WanderFilled

Ahhh… can’t beat a cold beer on a beautiful afternoon looking over Lake Placid from the Crowne Plaza… because, sometimes, you just want a nice hotel rather than shower houses at a state park! #ILoveNY #WanderFilled

Gotta love grilling out on a beautiful afternoon at the campground! #IloveNY #WanderFilled #PanoramicRV

There’s something really special about being in the (restored) room where it happened. This is the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, NY. In 1848, this is where the first Women’s Rights Convention was held. -at the Women’s Rights National Historical Park #FindYourPark #ILoveNY #WanderFilled

Located off Seneca Lake, one of the Finger Lakes, in Western New York, Watkins Glen State Park is a must visit! while you are there, hike the Gorge Trail, which follows this narrow gorge by 19 different waterfalls! #ILoveNY #WanderFilled

If there was one thing we weren’t expecting to find in Western New York, it’s bison! But here they are at Mud Creek Bison Ranch! Aside from being able to see the bison, they also have a restaurant with a full bar and a pretty good sized dance hall/concert venue! #bison #ILoveNY #WanderFilled

Today is all about visiting the oldest state park in the country: Niagara Falls! This place truly is spectacular! We made a point to get out on the Maid of the Mists for an up close and personal look at the falls! #ILoveNY #WanderFilled