#143: Mailbag: Where to See Moose in the National Parks, 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

🗓️ 30 November 2023

⏱️ 50 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: · Glacier NP announced their vehicle entrance reservation plan for 2024, · Grand Canyon NP is temporarily closing a stretch of Bright Angel Trail until mid-April 2024, · We answer a question about where some of the best places in the national parks are to see moose, · Our opinion on which airport is the best to fly into when visiting the Grand Canyon, · Whether we have a goal to visit all the national parks in Canada, · And more! A few links related to the topics in this episode: · Glacier NP’s 2024 vehicle entrance reservation plan, · Detail about Grand Canyon NP’s Transcanyon Waterline Project, including the the 2024 Bright Angel Trail closure, · And for all you Dirtlander fans, here is a link to our Bandana Moose t-shirts 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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0:54.1	Okay, the third question in this little series of road trip questions comes from
1:04.8	Leslie in Washington State and she wrote, how do you like to spend all of the time you have
1:10.2	in your vehicle as you travel along on your road trips?
1:13.8	Do we really want to answer this question? It's like, it's like festivists at our car.
1:18.8	There's the airing of grievances. There's no feats of strength.
1:26.9	Actually, to be honest, I drive and then Karen, you put your sunglasses on at sleep
1:33.6	and you think that because you have sunglasses on, I don't know you're sleeping.
1:37.7	This is the Dear Bob and Sue Podcast, stories from our journey to all the U.S.
1:51.7	National Parks and other public lands. I'm Karen Smith.
1:55.1	And I'm Matt Smith. We're the authors of the Dear Bob and Sue series of books.
1:59.2	This is our monthly mailbag episode where we answer questions from listeners about the
2:03.4	National Parks and other travel related topics. Today, we're talking about one of our favorite
2:08.8	large mammals, the beloved moose. Specifically, where you have a good chance of seeing them
2:14.4	throughout the National Parks, but also some suggestions about what to do if you have a close
2:19.2	encounter with one. We'll also answer a listener's question about the best city to fly into when
2:24.8	visiting Grand Canyon National Park and we'll discuss some of the Canadian National Parks that are
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