#112: Mailbag!

Dear Bob and Sue: A National Parks Podcast

Matt and Karen Smith

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

5 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2023

⏱️ 59 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 to tell if a trail or road has steep drop-offs before starting your trip, and how to stay calm when you’re afraid of heights in these situations, · Tips on how to keep track of your bucket list items and where the phrase “wish bucket” came from · Suggestions on footwear for hiking the Sliding Sands trail in Haleakala National Park · Where to find accessibility information about trails, sights, and facilities in the national parks, and a few suggestions as to the most accessible parks in the NPS system, · And more! A few links we promised to share: · Where to find info about accessibility in the national parks · A list of the most and least accessible national parks from the AgingInPlace.org website · A link to info about the America the Beautiful Access Pass The best way to support our podcast is to become a member of our Patreon account. Follow this link to check it out. And 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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1:02.4	without a doubt, I would volunteer at Carl's Bed Caverns National Park in New Mexico
1:08.5	and I would want to do the cave tours. I would want to be the Ranger that does some of the
1:14.4	Ranger-led cave tours. You think they give that job to the volunteers with no
1:21.1	cave tour experience? I don't know.
1:41.0	This is the Dear Bob and Soup Podcast. Stories from our journey to all the U.S.
1:45.2	National Parks and other public lands. I'm Karen Smith.
1:48.8	And I'm Matt Smith. We're the authors of the Dear Bob and Soup series of books.
1:53.0	Welcome to our mailbag episode, where we answer questions from our listeners about the
1:58.1	National Parks, hiking, camping, road trip, itineraries, and a wide variety of travel-related topics.
2:05.8	Today we're sharing some thoughts about dealing with the fear of steep drop-offs along a trail
2:10.9	or a road, plus how we capture in our wish bucket all the places we want to visit,
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