Podcast appearances and mentions of Junior Ranger Program

Over the years, our family has found ways to make traveling with children more enjoyable, economical, educational, and easy. Listen in for tips you can use on your next family vacation.  Show Notes RELATED SCRIPTURE: - Psalm 37:23 - "The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey." - Proverbs 16:9 - "A man's heart plans his way, But the LORD directs his steps." RELATED BOOKS & BLOG POSTS: - Pack Up & Leave - This book details all the tips I shared in today's episode and more  - Vacation Planning - nine noteworthy websites I use when planning road trips - Kids Eat Free - a list of restaurants across the country where kids eat free - Dining Out for Less - how to save money on restaurant meals using Restaurant.com - Making the Most of Frequent Flyer Miles - how our whole family flew to Europe for free - EP 23: A Hill Country Christmas - a few of our family's favorite free things to do in San Antonio - How to Plan a Fun Staycation - tips for creating great vacation memories right here at home OTHER LINKS MENTIONED:  - Home School Legal Defense Association - my HSLDA card gets us homeschool discounts  - Garden & Arboretum Directory - search by state for botanical gardens (many of which are free) - Reciprocal List for Zoos - check this list for zoos across the country that offer free admission - National Park Free Days - a list of dates you can visit national parks without paying an entry fee - Every Kid Outdoors - fourth graders (and their families) get free park admission for a full year - Junior Ranger Program - kids can earn badges by doing educational activities at each park - Factory Tours USA - state-by-state list of manufacturers that offer free tours of their facilities - AAdvantage Dining Program - earn frequent flyer miles by dining out - Restaurant.com - buy $25 gift certificates for as little as $2 apiece - Paint by Sticker - a fun and mess-free activity for kids to enjoy in the car - BlueGreen Vacation Club - if you decide to give BlueGreen a try, please tell them Jennifer Flanders referred you

www.atravelpath.com   00:00 Introduction 05:37 What Did Your Travel and Work Life Look Like? 08:06 How Did Your Plans Change? 09:21 Money Saving Tips 10:26 How Did You Find Campsites? 13:06 Recreation.gov 14:11 How Do You Travel with Children? 17:06 What is the Junior Ranger Program? 20:06 Did Bringing a Child on Your Road Trip Hold You Back from Anything? 21:47 The Impact of Travel at an Early Age 22:06 Get Your Child's Input 22:51 Bringing Your Dog to National Parks 24:19 How Long Did It Take to Plan Your Road Trip? 26:41 Homeschooling Tips 30:36 Travel Frustrations 32:41 What Was Your Coolest Travel Experience? 34:36 What Is One Thing You Can't Live Without While Traveling? 35:06 How Did You Transition Back to “Normal” Life? 36:06 How Did You Take Care of Your House? 37:22 What is One Thing Someone Could do to Get Started with a Road Trip? 39:26 What Are Your Favorite YouTube Travel Channels?   Laura and Jason on Social: YouTube Facebook Instagram Olympic National Park Video 5 Tips for Hiking with Kids 75 Day Road Trip Playlist   We had a great time chatting Laura, Jason, and special guest Alexis during this episode of The Travel Path Podcast! In today's show you will hear all about:

Travel Gluten Free Podcast Season 09 Episode 17 Traveling Gluten Free in Our National Parks   Here's the 411 on National Parks, activities to do, when to go and how to navigate the park you choose to visit. I'll also take you on a brief tour of the National Park Service website and tell you about the National Park Foundation, why you want to purchase a National Park Pass, why you want to bring gluten free food inside the parks, and how to reserve a camping spot!   National Park Activities   So, what can you do in a national park? What do you want to do? Find out about local geologic features? How about the history of how our country's government formed? Or maybe you want to learn about the ecosystem of the Everglades? Sound overwhelming? Why not start at the National Park website where you can search by activity, find out about ranger-guided hikes, tours, and presentations and also see if the park you are visiting has the Junior Ranger Program for kids.   When you visit the National Park website, you can: Search for National Parks by state see what parks, monument and national lands are in the state find out what activities each individual park has to offer Purchase a National Park annual pass (highly recommended!)   Eating Gluten Free in National Parks   Unfortunately, this has proven almost hopeless as the parks only provide mostly fast food. Every once in a while, you can find an upscale lodge with a dining room that can accommodate Celiac disease, but overall, plan on bringing your own food with you to be safe.   Gluten Free Resources   Journey safely with The Guide to Traveling Gluten Free which walks you through planning your next gluten-free travel adventure! Get the best tool for traveling gluten free with Equal Eats Cards Get the PracMedic Travel Medicine Bag. I just picked one up from Amazon, and I'm excited to travel with this handy medical bag. Looking for a warm getaway this year? Find your next vacation on Airbnb! Get Your Travel Gluten Free discount with a $40 credit towards your stay! Follow me on Social Media via Facebook, Youtube, Pinterest, or Instagram Spread the love of Travel Gluten Free podcast and share this episode with a friend   National Park Foundation National Park Week Donate to the National Parks Service Sign up to get National Park news here Hidden gems: parks off the beaten path

Pam Sanfilippo, Chief of Museum Services and Interpretation at Gateway Arch National Park joins Megan and Tom talking about Riverboats at the Gateway Arch and a new Junior Ranger Program.    (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The Nature Pyramid   Experience Nature: Find a place in the park (or nature) that speaks to you. Close your eyes. Focus on the feeling of the air . . . the sounds and scents around you. When you open your eyes, notice the small details—a drop of dew, light, and shadows. Describe your experience for someone who has never been here—what did you feel, hear, smell, and see . . .  Was there something you could taste?  (Amy Ireland, for Kenai Fjords National Park Explorer Journal)   Also, it's a mountain goat on the Explorer pin, not a bison! (though I did see a bison at another place)   Bonus Quote (not on the podcast episode, but in the booklet): “What we do not see, what we do not hear, what we do not touch, we can never really know.” St. Lawrence Island Yupik Elder   National Parks Service Jr. Ranger Program   Kenai Fjord National Parks Jr. Ranger Program (They even have an app!)   Book--Loose Parts Learning in K-3 Classrooms: https://www.gryphonhouse.com/books/details/loose-parts-learning-in-k-3-classrooms Loose Parts Play Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/LoosePartsPlay/ Loose Parts Play Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LoosePartsPlay/   Inside Outside Michiana Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/InsideOutsideMichiana/   Loose Parts Nature Play Website: http://insideoutsidemichiana.blogspot.com

Elise talks about Fish To Table & Junior Ranger Program. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wondering what is in store for the National Parks this summer? The Vacation Mavens chat with John Tillison, a former park ranger and publisher of the Park Ranger John website, to get his take on planning a visit to the National Parks in 2020 and what to expect. Plus we talk about virtual Junior Ranger programs that you can do at home. ON THE PODCAST 00:30 - Sponsors - COMRAD Socks and Moon Travel Guides 00:56 - Talking with Kim and Tamara about summer plans 03:40 - Talking with John Tillison 04:30 - What is happening with National Parks right now 06:30 - What to expect this summer 11:55 - Junior Ranger Program 19:30 - Virtual Tours 23:05 - Parks to visit 29:55 - Where John wants to go first 30:35 - John’s Favorite Travel Gear 33:20 - Coming up next ABOUT MOON TRAVEL GUIDES This episode is sponsored by Moon Travel Guides. What’s the best way to explore the world’s greatest cities like a local? On foot! 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Their aim is to make the best, most stylish, comfortable version of what’s traditionally been a boring but useful product—and that’s why travel customers that already know and wear compression are getting excited about. Receive 20% off your first using discount code VACATIONMAVENS. ABOUT JOHN TILLISON John was a Law Enforcement Park Ranger for 20 years before starting Park Ranger John. The goal of Park Ranger John is to share the things I learned while working and living in parks. I want our readers to have the best experiences possible in the parks they visit. Follow John on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. TIPS FOR VISITING NATIONAL PARKS As the National parks start to open you may see different rules and regulations for each park depending on the crowds that they are getting. Some parks may only be available for scheduled visits rather than just showing up. Crowd control has always been a top priority for National Parks and you will see that this is still a fact as the parks are slowly re-opening. Make sure that you are contacting the right people to find out what each park is offering as they start to open up again, whether it is a visitors center or the local Park Rangers. Facebook and Twitter have been a really up to date source of information for what is going on for each of the parks. The Junior Ranger Programs are a really great source of learning for a bunch of different age groups. The way the program works is that you would find a ranger at a visitors center or contact station and ask about the program. They will give you a booklet and throughout the day you will go through the visitors center and learn some of the history of the park. Then you will go out into the park and do some activities. Once you do the worksheets in the booklet you will take it into the ranger and take a pledge and receive a Junior Ranger Badge. This is not something that you can do in five minutes. You will need to make sure that you are getting the booklet as soon as you get there if this is something that you want to do for your visit. You can also earn a Junior Ranger Badge virtually. Different parks are offering some other virtual learning tools right now that kids can take advantage of. Just visit John’s site for information on the Junior Ranger Programs so that you can learn at home. You can look up National Park webcams and just look around at different parks at home. The average National Park visits is about 3 - 4 hours, usually between the hours of 9am and 4pm. So if you want to visit at a less busy time you should keep that in mind when planning your visit. The first couple weeks of June or the very end of August also tend to be less crowded due to school openings and closings. Unfortunately that won't necessarily be the case for this year! FAVORITE TRAVEL GEAR John loves his Zamberlan boots because if his feet aren't happy he is not happy! He also likes to wear layers because it is easy to dress up or down, and clothes that dry quickly. MENTIONED ON THE PODCAST Junior Ranger Programs “Virtual” Parks National Park webcams 2019 Least Visited National Parks FOLLOW US AND SPREAD THE WORD! If you liked this show, please be sure to subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play and leave us a review! Have a question or comment? Send us an email at podcast@vacationmavens.com. You can also follow our travels on Stuffed Suitcase and We3Travel, or follow the Vacation Mavens on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. Thanks for listening!

Today I am joined by Dr. Jeanette. She is a pediatrician, wife to her amazing anesthesiologist husband of almost 9 years, and mom to four active and rambunctious city kids ranging from age 1 to almost 8 years. She’s lived in all the major cities of the northeast and Mid-Atlantic and now calls Baltimore home. In her free time, she is involved in her church, cheers on her kids at their sporting events and explores her home city. Recently, Dr. Jeanette traveled to Estes Park, Colorado and Rocky Mountain National Park. In today’s episode, we discuss: They flew in on a direct flight from Baltimore to Denver arriving at 9pm. Then, they took a shuttle to the car rental center and stayed the night at a local Holiday Inn that was able to accommodate her family of 6. Tip: Denver now has a new luggage drop area on the south side of the 5th floor for United Airlines that is never crowded! The next day they drove an hour and a half to Estes Park and checked in to their Airbnb. vrbo.com/949508 Hiking took up a large part of their trip as they explored the park and all of the lakes and trails in the area. Tip: Head to parking lots very early to get a parking spot or it will be full. Tip: Another reason to start early is that they get a lot of rain later in the day. Tip: Pack snacks and lunch so you don’t have to worry about it when you’re hiking. The kids really enjoyed playing “Eye Spy” and The Junior Ranger Program including their binoculars, headlamps and compasses. Her family hiked and explored RMNP for 3 days. They also took one day to relax. In the town of Estes Park, they shopped a bit and ate at two restaurants: Nepal's Cafe and Cafe de Pho Thai. Tip: Estes Park has a nice children’s play area in the center of town. They did not have many issues with the altitude change but gave themselves a day to adjust at the beginning in Denver as well. Shuttle buses are available in the area from town and also between trailheads. Her family really enjoyed Ride a Kart Amusements for a fun escape from nature. They were lucky enough to see some deer, birds and many chipmunks. She recommends Mill’s Lake Trail for an off the beaten path trail with less traffic. Her and her family truly enjoyed the trip and felt like it was very refreshing. Segment still needs to be added to the end so not sure if it will need more notes here. LEAVE ME A MESSAGE Want to be considered for a future episode of the Hippocratic Holiday? Please leave me a SpeakPipe message with your name, trip dates, where you traveled to, and who is in your group. You can do that using your computer or phone at www.speakpipe.com/HippocraticHoliday

On this week’s episode: Dan, Jamilah, and guest host Elizabeth Newcamp answer listener questions from a mom who is contemplating telling her son he was unplanned before his father tells him. And a guide to making friends with other parents. How can you make the leap from school yard acquaintances to actual friends? For Slate Plus, the hosts reminisce about amusement parks memories. Can parents actually have fun? Or is it all about the kids? Sign up for Slate Plus here. Recommendations: Elizabeth recommends the U.S National Park Service’s Junior Ranger Program. And in a stunning moment of unplanned host telepathy - Jamilah and Dan recommend the same thing: creating special handshakes with your kiddos. Join us on Facebook and email us at momanddad@slate.com to tell us what you thought of today’s show and give us ideas for what we should talk about in future episodes. Got questions that you’d like us to answer? Call and leave us a message at 424-255-7833. Podcast produced by Rosemary Belson. Hosts Dan Kois is an editor and writer at Slate. He’s the author of How to Be a Family and the co-author of The World Only Spins Forward. Jamilah Lemieux is a writer, cultural critic, and communications strategist based in Brooklyn, New York. Elizabeth Newcamp is a traveling mother of three boys who chronicles her misadventures at Dutch, Dutch, Goose! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s episode: Dan, Jamilah, and guest host Elizabeth Newcamp answer listener questions from a mom who is contemplating telling her son he was unplanned before his father tells him. Plus, a guide to making friends with other parents from a military mom who has to do it every three years. How can you make the leap from school yard acquaintances to actual friends? For Slate Plus, the hosts reminisce about amusement park memories. Can parents actually have fun? Or is it all about the kids? Sign up for Slate Plus here. Recommendations: Elizabeth recommends the U.S National Park Service’s Junior Ranger Program. And in a stunning moment of unplanned host telepathy - Jamilah and Dan recommend the same thing: creating special handshakes with your kids. Join us on Facebook and email us at momanddad@slate.com to tell us what you thought of today’s show and give us ideas for what we should talk about in future episodes. Got questions that you’d like us to answer? Call and leave us a message at 424-255-7833. Podcast produced by Rosemary Belson. Hosts Dan Kois is an editor and writer at Slate. He’s the author of How to Be a Family and the co-author of The World Only Spins Forward. Jamilah Lemieux is a writer, cultural critic, and communications strategist based in Brooklyn, New York. Elizabeth Newcamp is a traveling mother of three boys who chronicles her misadventures at Dutch, Dutch, Goose! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s episode: Dan, Jamilah, and guest host Elizabeth Newcamp answer listener questions from a mom who is contemplating telling her son he was unplanned before his father tells him. And a guide to making friends with other parents. How can you make the leap from school yard acquaintances to actual friends? For Slate Plus, the hosts reminisce about amusement parks memories. Can parents actually have fun? Or is it all about the kids? Sign up for Slate Plus here. Recommendations: Elizabeth recommends the U.S National Park Service’s Junior Ranger Program. And in a stunning moment of unplanned host telepathy - Jamilah and Dan recommend the same thing: creating special handshakes with your kiddos. Join us on Facebook and email us at momanddad@slate.com to tell us what you thought of today’s show and give us ideas for what we should talk about in future episodes. Got questions that you’d like us to answer? Call and leave us a message at 424-255-7833. Podcast produced by Rosemary Belson. Hosts Dan Kois is an editor and writer at Slate. He’s the author of How to Be a Family and the co-author of The World Only Spins Forward. Jamilah Lemieux is a writer, cultural critic, and communications strategist based in Brooklyn, New York. Elizabeth Newcamp is a traveling mother of three boys who chronicles her misadventures at Dutch, Dutch, Goose! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Description: In episode 9.3 Bryan talks with Park Ranger Mimi Gorman about how Crater Lake was created by Mount Mazama, what makes it special, mysteries about the lake, the legacy of Mount Mazama and tips for visitors. Discussion includes the following: · What is Crater Lake and why is it special (1:16) · Mount Mazama, how the lake was formed, and underwater volcanic features (2:50) · How does the water level stay consistent (5:20) · Gold Prospectors “discovered” the lake (7:24) · Crater Lake is not a crater (9:37) · Evidence of volcanic eruption today, pumice fields and 4 forest zones (10:17) · How to visit Crater Lake National Park: different modes of transportation (13:30) · Junior Ranger Program (18:20) · The old man in the lake (19:53) · Other mysteries of Crater Lake (23:03) · Mimi’s favorite story (25:16) Resources Mount Mazama and Crater Lake: Growth and Destruction of a Cascade Volcano The Old Man of the Lake Actions Subscribe to our podcast from our website https://www.everybodysnationalparks.com/ Tell your friends about Everybody’s National Parks Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/EverybodysNPs?alert=2 Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook   Please tag us from the parks you are visiting at #everybodysnationalparks