#146: Mailbag: How to Get Started Camping 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

🗓️ 4 January 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

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: · We reveal our ambitious 2024 New Year’s resolution (and you can join us!), · Our gear suggestions for a family who wants to get started camping, · A discussion about the difference between “strenuous” and “dangerous” trail descriptions, · An overview of Glacier National Park’s 2024 shuttle program, · Clarifying which reservations you’ll need in 2024 to visit Carlsbad Caverns NP, · And more! A few links related to the topics in this episode: · Where to purchase your self-guided tour tickets for Carlsbad Caverns · Family camping checklist from REI · And for all you Dirtlander fans, here is a link to our Floral Bison 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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0:00.0	My male bag question is, have you ever looked into competing on the amazing race?
0:05.6	You'd both be so much fun to watch, and I'm betting you'd also do well.
0:10.3	What do you think, Matt?
0:11.1	The amazing race?
0:12.3	Yes. We're Quitters. What do you think, Matt? The amazing race?
0:15.0	We're quitters. I'm not sure we would make it to the start.
0:20.0	We also get distracted easily.
0:36.0	This is the dear Bob and Sioux Podcast. Stories from our journey to all the U.S. National Parks and other public lands. I'm Karen Smith.
0:39.4	And I'm Matt Smith. We're the authors of the Dear Bob and Sue series of books.
0:43.0	Today is our monthly mail bag episode, where we answer questions from listeners about the national parks,
0:48.8	road trips, camping, hiking trails, gear, and other travel-related topics.
0:54.3	In this episode, we'll discuss what essentials you need to get started camping, plus the existence
1:00.4	of some secret NPS passport stamps.
1:04.3	We're also going to be talking about important details you need to know regarding Yosemite's
1:08.8	day use reservation system, Carl's Bad Cavern's Big Room Reservation System, and Glacier National Parks
1:16.4	Hiker Shuttle Program.
1:17.8	That's a lot.
1:18.8	Yeah.
1:19.8	And we'll share some thoughts about identifying treacherous hikes in the national parks.
1:24.7	All this and more coming up next. Okay, folks, happy new year. This is our first episode of 2024. I know, I feel like
1:41.8	there should be fireworks going off or something that was last night. Okay. I know it's time for New Year's resolutions and all that good stuff. Yeah, go to the gym the next three days? Three days. is that it for you? No. It's a three day
1:54.9	resolution. I did go to Costco this morning and it's so funny, minute you walk in both sides of the aisle
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