#133: Sand in Our Shoes: Sand Dune National Parks

Dear Bob and Sue: A National Parks Podcast

Matt and Karen Smith

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

5 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Our country’s national parks protect a huge variety of landscapes, and today, we’re playing in the sand in some of the national parks that feature sand dunes. These unique landforms offer a wide variety of activities, from hiking, saucer-sliding, tranquil sunset watching, and even camping. We share stories of our adventures and misadventures in these incredible public lands. We also provide tips about other activities you might want to consider and suggestions for where to stay when visiting these parks. Here are a few of the sites we discus in this episode: · Great Sand Dunes National Park, · White Sands National Park, · Indiana Dunes National Park, · And we mention a few more parks with amazing dunes! Here are a couple links about things we mentioned in this episode: · Every Kid Outdoors (Fourth-Grader parks pass) · P.E.O. International (P.E.O. stands for Philanthropic Educational Organization) 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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0:54.2	Yeah, how far can they jump carrying?
1:02.0	Okay, I did look that up five feet. Five feet high five feet long. Five feet in the air.
1:09.4	So I'm like five feet four inches tall. So pretty much jump on your head.
1:16.1	Yeah, well, if I lived there and there was a thousand different sand obligates,
1:21.2	I would learn to jump five feet in the air also. I would learn to fly. I would find a new home.
1:36.4	This is the Dear Bob and Sue Podcast, stories from our journey to all the US national parks
1:41.1	and other public lands. I'm Matt Smith. And I'm Karen Smith. We're the authors of the Dear Bob and Sue
1:46.6	series of books. Our country's national parks protect a huge variety of landscapes. And today
1:53.5	we're playing in the sand at some of the national parks that feature sand dunes.
1:58.8	We'll talk about what to see and do at great sand dunes, white sands, and Indiana dunes national
2:04.5	parks. And we'll also mention a few other parks where you'll find sand dunes in some unexpected
2:09.6	places. And even though they all have sand dunes, they're actually very different parks offering
2:15.3	a wide variety of experiences. Can you believe it's already September? I know I can't.
2:29.0	Where did the summer go? It's well, there's a little bit of summer left. All of a sudden though,
2:33.8	you know, kids are back at school and it seems like fall is here already. I know the parks are
2:39.8	getting a little less crowded. They are. This is actually our favorite time to start going right
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