100: Our Top 3 National Park Experiences in 2024!

Exploring the National Parks

Dirt In My Shoes

Science, Society & Culture:places & Travel, Nature, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.8 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Exploring the National Parks, we’re celebrating a huge milestone—100 episodes! It’s also the final episode of 2024, so we’re diving into some of our favorite national park adventures from this year. Whether you're planning next year's national park bucket list or just dreaming of your next big trip, this episode is packed with inspiration for unforgettable experiences. Here’s what we’ll cover: Our trip to Iceland and the national parks we visited while we were there The backpacking trip you can't miss and why it was one of the highlights of our year The number one most incredible thing we did this year- a jaw-dropping experience that left us speechless! Thank you so much for joining us on this journey through 100 episodes of Exploring the National Parks! We hope you loved this special episode and feel inspired to make some of these adventures your own in the coming year. And don’t forget to complete your task for the week! Have you ever won the lottery for the synchronous fireflies? If so, we want to hear all about it! head over to the Dirt in My Shoes Facebook or Instagram page and share your experience with us! For a full summary of this episode, links to things we mentioned, and free resources/deals to get your trip planning started, check out the full show notes here.

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0:00.0	you're sitting on the outside of the raft and kind of just like leaning into the inside of the
0:04.4	boat. And so if you hit a wave wrong or if you get unbalanced, you could go right in. And he says,
0:10.3	don't worry, no one's ever fallen in. And I thought to myself, you haven't met my children or myself.
0:18.3	This is the Exploring the National Parks podcast with Dirt in My Shoes.
0:23.3	My Name is Ash and I'm a former park ranger and the founder of Dirt in My Shoes.
0:27.5	I think that the parks are best seen from the trail and I'm here to make National Park
0:32.3	Trip Planning easy.
0:33.8	And I'm John.
0:34.8	I carry the kids on the trails.
0:36.4	I tell stories and notice all the things that Ash doesn't care about much, like rocks.
0:42.1	Join us as we show you around America's spectacular national parks.
0:46.5	We're sharing our favorite places, fun facts, adventures, and misadventures.
0:50.6	And we'll even throw in a little trip planning.
0:53.4	Let's start exploring.
0:59.3	Today, we celebrate something special.
1:03.6	The centennial of the Exploring the National Parks podcast.
1:09.3	The centennial.
1:10.6	We have 100 episodes.
1:12.1	Today's episode 100.
1:14.2	Woo!
1:14.7	Which honestly, I'm not sure we ever thought we'd get here.
1:19.7	I'm not sure we ever did either.
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