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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855
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    alumni94 said:

    I just completed a trip to Montana, South Dakota and Wyoming.

    Went to:

    Little Big Horn
    Devil's Tower
    Mount Rushmore
    Crazy Horse
    Custer State Park (Needles Highway)
    Badlands
    Grand Tetons
    Yellowstone.

    I think as a family we were most impressed with Custer State Park and the Needles Highway.
    https://www.google.com/search?q=needles+highway+south+dakota&rlz=1C1GCEB_enUS910US910&sxsrf=AOaemvJ924yFwlnp1RkQ0fCX31pUG2iu-g:1630356056992&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjU_YjNzdnyAhU-STABHZz8CH4Q_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=2400&bih=1171#imgrc=BbLkCZPf-WWKAM

    My kids as liked this small little place the best of everything:
    Columbia Falls about 10 miles outside of Hot Springs, SD.




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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855
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    dnc said:

    Of the ones I've been to I'd rank them roughly

    Tier 1 - Wood go out of my way to go back anytime I had the opportunity
    Yellowstone
    Mount Rainier
    Arches
    Olympic
    Grand Teton
    Glacier

    Tier 2 - Wood gladly visit again
    Grand Canyon (was mildly disappointing)
    Crater Lake
    Rocky Mountain
    North Cascades
    Great Smoky Mountain
    Badlands
    Wind Cave
    Mammoth Cave

    Tier 3 - Glad I visited, wouldn't go out of my way to go back
    Gateway Arch
    Hot Springs
    Shenandoah

    Incomplete - just barely been inside, not enough to have a real opinion
    Petrified Forest (really liked the little bit of the Painted Desert I saw)
    Mesa Verde
    Theodore Roosevelt

    Updated tier rankings

    Tier 1 - Wood go out of my way to go back anytime I had the opportunity
    Yellowstone
    Mount Rainier
    Arches
    Olympic
    Grand Teton
    Glacier
    Everglades

    Tier 2 - Wood gladly visit again
    Grand Canyon (was mildly disappointing)
    Crater Lake
    Rocky Mountain
    North Cascades
    Dry Tortugas
    Great Smoky Mountain
    Badlands
    Wind Cave
    Mammoth Cave

    Tier 3 - Glad I visited, wouldn't go out of my way to go back
    Gateway Arch
    Hot Springs
    Shenandoah
    Congaree

    Incomplete - just barely been inside, not enough to have a real opinion
    Petrified Forest (really liked the little bit of the Painted Desert I saw)
    Mesa Verde
    Theodore Roosevelt
    Biscayne
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855
    edited August 2021
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    dnc said:

    alumni94 said:

    I just completed a trip to Montana, South Dakota and Wyoming.

    Went to:

    Little Big Horn
    Devil's Tower
    Mount Rushmore
    Crazy Horse
    Custer State Park (Needles Highway)
    Badlands
    Grand Tetons
    Yellowstone.

    I think as a family we were most impressed with Custer State Park and the Needles Highway.
    https://www.google.com/search?q=needles+highway+south+dakota&rlz=1C1GCEB_enUS910US910&sxsrf=AOaemvJ924yFwlnp1RkQ0fCX31pUG2iu-g:1630356056992&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjU_YjNzdnyAhU-STABHZz8CH4Q_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=2400&bih=1171#imgrc=BbLkCZPf-WWKAM

    My kids as liked this small little place the best of everything:
    Columbia Falls about 10 miles outside of Hot Springs, SD.




    You are a must follow on Twitter my fren.
    Wait @alumni94 did you go to Glacier also? If not you're not the person I thought you were. There's another UW fan who just did almost this exact same trip (including Custer State Park) but hit Glacier one direction.
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  • alumni94
    alumni94 Member Posts: 4,878
    dnc said:

    dnc said:

    alumni94 said:

    I just completed a trip to Montana, South Dakota and Wyoming.

    Went to:

    Little Big Horn
    Devil's Tower
    Mount Rushmore
    Crazy Horse
    Custer State Park (Needles Highway)
    Badlands
    Grand Tetons
    Yellowstone.

    I think as a family we were most impressed with Custer State Park and the Needles Highway.
    https://www.google.com/search?q=needles+highway+south+dakota&rlz=1C1GCEB_enUS910US910&sxsrf=AOaemvJ924yFwlnp1RkQ0fCX31pUG2iu-g:1630356056992&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjU_YjNzdnyAhU-STABHZz8CH4Q_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=2400&bih=1171#imgrc=BbLkCZPf-WWKAM

    My kids as liked this small little place the best of everything:
    Columbia Falls about 10 miles outside of Hot Springs, SD.




    You are a must follow on Twitter my fren.
    Wait @alumni94 did you go to Glacier also? If not you're not the person I thought you were. There's another UW fan who just did almost this exact same trip (including Custer State Park) but hit Glacier one direction.
    We did not. This was more of a rental car issue. We flew into Bozeman and the rental car companies were jacking up the prices if you didn't return to the same place. Trust me, my wife and I both said at the end of the trip that we should have added in Glacier, but it gives us a reason to go back.

    I would like to go back to the Grand Tetons in the spring, as it was a little smoky and that took away for the overall beauty of the place.

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  • 1to392831weretaken
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    Edwin_Bambino said:

    ...a married Japanese couple legit put their toddler on a wild elk who was just chillen on some grass in one of the tourist areas for a photo op. Kid didn’t get hurt but it still blows my mind.

    The fuck!?
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855
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    On an epic road trip taking the fam to 23 American NPs in 41 days (plus Banff). Been to four so far. Quick fupdate: Grand Teton and Glacier moving way up my list.
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  • YellowSnow
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    dnc said:

    On an epic road trip taking the fam to 23 American NPs in 41 days (plus Banff). Been to four so far. Quick fupdate: Grand Teton and Glacier moving way up my list.

    Crater Lake or GTFO
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855
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    YellowSnow said:

    dnc said:

    On an epic road trip taking the fam to 23 American NPs in 41 days (plus Banff). Been to four so far. Quick fupdate: Grand Teton and Glacier moving way up my list.

    Crater Lake or GTFO
    Wifey wants to drive the Oregon coast so Crater Lake 'tis not on the itinerary.

    Parks we've hit so far on the trip (bold = park I've never been to before this trip)
    Rocky Mountain Had to 86 this one because the pass was closed due to heavy snowfall the night before so we whiffed on our first target.
    Grand Teton
    Yellowstone
    Glacier
    Banff
    (Yoho, Glacier and Mt Revelstoke on the TransCanada highway but we didn't do anything but drive through so they don't really count)
    North Cascades

    Still to come (bold = park I've never been to before this trip)
    Mt Rainier
    Olympic
    Redwood
    Lassen Volcanic
    Yosemite
    Sequoia
    Kings Canyon
    Pinnacles
    Channel Islands
    Joshua Tree
    Death Valley
    Zion
    Grand Canyon (north rim)
    Bryce
    Capitol Reef
    Canyonlands
    Arches
    Mesa Verde
    Black Canyon of the Gunnison
    Great Sand Dunes
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  • CFetters_Nacho_Lover
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    dnc said:





    First up was Congaree National Park near Columbia, SC. This is one of the newer parks (promoted from National Monument in 2003), and one of the least visited parks in the nation (10th least according to


    So southward we rolled. We made it to St Augustine, FL for our first night out of Dad's house, with no other real sightseeing on day one except a brief drive around Old Town Savannah.

    Cool fucking city.



    I almost got arrested in Columbia for streaking through a hotel lobby and into the bar to order a drink. Bartender wouldn’t serve me.

    Savannah is a great fucking party town.
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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,498 Standard Supporter
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    Savannah Bananas is a great IG follow. Need to hit one of their games and I fucking hate baseball.

    SAV is a great town. NOLA without a major fear of getting killed.
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