#102: Mailbag! White Sands, Hot Springs, and More

Dear Bob and Sue: A National Parks Podcast

Matt and Karen Smith

Places & Travel, Nature, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Science

5 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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In our Mailbag! episodes, we answer questions from listeners about the national parks, ranger-led tours, road trips, hiking, camping, backpacking, gear, relationships, and pretty much whatever anyone wants to ask us. In this episode, we cover these topics: · How much time to spend and what to do when visiting White Sands NP, · A brief overview of Hot Springs National Park, including how the park service has re-purposed a few of the park’s historic original bathhouses, · Short discussion about the national parks on the east coast, · Answering a few questions from one of our younger listeners, and · Discussing whether our books are appropriate for children Our Patreon account is now up and running with bonus content. Follow this link to check it out. Don’t forget to check out our new online merch store and www.dirtlander.com. Subscribe to The Dear Bob and Sue Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and if you’ve enjoyed our show, please leave us a review or rating on Apple Podcasts. Five-star ratings help other listeners find our show. Follow us on Instagram at @mattandkarensmith, on Twitter at @mattandkaren, on Facebook at dearbobands, or check out our blog at www.mattandkaren.com. To advertise on The Dear Bob and Sue Podcast, email us at [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:11.6	This is the Dear Bob and Sue Podcast, stories from our journey to all the U.S.
1:27.7	national parks and other public lands. I'm Karen Smith. And I'm Matt Smith.
1:32.3	We're the authors of the Dear Bob and Sue series of books. This is our mailbag episode where we
1:37.8	answer questions from listeners about a wide variety of topics. Today we're focusing on some
1:43.0	national park questions. That's right. We'll talk about how much time to budget for a visit to
1:48.3	white sands, followed by some suggestions of things to do over a weekend and hot springs.
1:53.6	Plus, a quick overview of the parks on the east coast. And spoiler alert, there may even be a
2:00.4	surprise history channel in this mailbag episode. And some inappropriate laughing, definitely some
2:07.3	inappropriate laughing.
2:19.8	Well, before we get started, we wanted to talk a little bit about national park visitation.
2:26.1	That is a big topic nowadays. I know the top 10, the visitation has just exploded in the last few
2:32.8	years. And some of it has to do with COVID, but it's just continuing. A lot of people go into these
2:38.9	parks. Yeah, and it's become an issue for the parks. A lot of them have started their reservation
2:44.7	system in the busy months, but the ones that haven't. Boy, the lines, some of those lines at yellow
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