#154: Mailbag: Visiting Virgin Islands National Park 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

🗓️ 7 March 2024

⏱️ 54 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: · News about a faster way to enter Rocky Mountain National Park this summer, · Update about cabin demolitions within Olympic National Park, · Travel advice for a listener wanting to visit the Pacific Northwest this fall to see the mountain larches change colors, · Tips for visiting Virgin Islands National Park, · Our thoughts about a couple of our favorite “hard-to-get-to” national parks, · The ranger-led tours in Mesa Verde National Park ranked from easiest to most difficult, · National Parks that are good for kids, · And more! 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	We laid on the beach.
0:01.8	Matt was trying to decide if his back hair counted as SPF
0:06.3	instead of putting on lotion, right?
0:09.2	Oh, oh, it's going to be one of those episodes?
0:13.0	Okay.
0:14.0	Well, let me just get my notes out.
0:18.0	And Karen was laying there. There. Welcome to the
0:24.0	The dear Bob and Sioux
0:30.0	Welcome to the Dear Bob and Sioux
0:32.0	Podcast. Stories from our journey to all the U.S.
0:34.1	National Parks and other public lands. I'm Karen Smith. And I'm Matt Smith.
0:38.4	We're the authors of the Dear Bob and Sioux series of books. This is our monthly mailbag episode where we answer
0:44.6	questions from listeners about the national parks, hiking trails, camping,
0:49.2	road trips, outdoor gear, and a lot of other travel-related topics.
0:54.0	Today we're discussing hiking trails in the state of Washington,
0:58.0	where a listener can find golden laches in the fall,
1:01.0	and some national parks that are good for small children. in the Park and what we wish we would have done differently,
1:13.0	plus which hard to get to Park was our favorite and why.
1:17.0	We'll also offer suggestions about a listener's Utah Park itinerary
1:21.0	as well as an overview of the Ranger led tours in Mesa Verde.
1:25.6	And how hard is it to find a campsite in a national park campground without a reservation?
1:31.1	Find out on this episode of Nail Bad.
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