Leonardo DiCaprio as Great Gatsby would definitely party there.

Yeah.

Jump off the dock, old boy.

Is that what he says?

I think that's exactly what you would say.

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

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

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

trip planning easy. And I'm John. I carry the kids on the trails, tell stories and notice all

the things that Ash doesn't care about much like trees. Join us as we show you around America's spectacular national parks.

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

And we'll even throw in a little trip planning.

Let's start exploring.

Today's episode I'm pretty excited about because one of my favorite things to do in national parks, especially during the summertime, is to find a nice, sweet watering hole where I can take a dip and cool off for the day.

We are water lovers, I would say, probably more than most people.

Oh yeah, we've always got our swimsuits available.

Listen, this is what I learned when I was working in the parks. You always keep your trunk full of fun stuff.

It's a rule.

So you always make sure that you have your funnest stuff.

And that always for us includes swimsuits because you never know when you're going to come across.

Swimsuits and binoculars. We always have those two things. We do. And snacks. Yes. Always. Yeah. And a change of clothes. And you know, you've just, you've got to be prepared for it all.

And so today we wanted to share a few of our favorite swimming holes.

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