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Exploring the National Parks

34: Funny National Park Stories (Vol. 1)

Exploring the National Parks

Dirt In My Shoes

Science, Society & Culture:places & Travel, Nature, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.8653 Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Today, we are sharing some funny stories from our adventures! We’ve spent a lot of time camping in the national parks, and we are sharing our most humorous moments from those camping trips in this episode. Join us as we cover:  The Beetle Armageddon of Sequoia Kings Sitting in our skivvies in Big Bend Nuclear bananas and radioactive mice in North Cascades We hope you enjoyed Volume One of our funny stories from the national parks! Despite these wild stories, these incredible parks make all the crazy (and gross) experiences worth it.  Join us next week for more national park fun, and head over to DirtInMyShoes.com to start planning your next trip! Check out the full show notes here.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You spelled beetle like the Beatles.

0:03.0

And I thought that was really funny.

0:05.2

Beetle Armageddon like the band.

0:08.1

Oops.

0:10.6

Goes both ways.

0:12.0

I don't like the Beatles.

0:13.1

Awesome.

0:14.1

I don't like the Beatles either.

0:19.4

This is the Exploring the National Parks podcast with Dirt in My Shoes.

0:24.3

My name is Ash and I'm a former park ranger and the founder of Dirt in My Shoes.

0:28.5

I think that the parks are best seen from the trail and I'm here to make national park trip planning easy.

0:34.8

And I'm John.

0:35.8

I carry the kids on the trails.

0:39.1

I tell stories and notice all the things that Ash doesn't care about much, like flowers. Join us as we show you around America's

0:45.6

spectacular national parks. We're sharing our favorite places, fun facts, adventures, and misadventures.

0:51.7

And we'll even throw in a little trip planning let's start exploring

0:55.6

we are trying something new for these next few episodes because john got back surgery

1:10.4

we've all had the same thought for some next few episodes because John got back surgery. Whomp, wamp, wamp.

1:12.8

We've all had the same thought.

1:14.7

For some reason, he keeps getting back surgery at the beginning of the summer.

1:18.4

Terrible timing.

1:19.3

This is his third back surgery.

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