#44: Mailbag!

Dear Bob and Sue: A National Parks Podcast

Matt and Karen Smith

Society & Culture, Nature, Personal Journals, Places & Travel, Science

5.0 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

It’s time again for our monthly mailbag episode where we answer questions from our listeners about national parks and other public lands, as well as questions about gear, hiking trails, and a broad range of travel-related topics. Some of the questions/topics we discuss in this episode: What kind of backpacks we use on our hikes Whether or not mosquito headnets really work Why we don’t use hydration bladders in our backpacks Which parks are good for small children Why we each have our own passport stamp books Whether or not we’ll be heading back to the Chilkoot Trail again this summer Driving a remote and rugged dirt road in Capitol Reef National park Advice and tips for older hikers Links to more information: Road conditions in Capitol Reef National Park Where to buy Permethrin Insect Repellant for clothing Where to learn more about our books and travels Join the conversation on Facebook - we want to hear from you! Check out our Instagram account Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You can customize these books however you want.
0:03.6	So for instance, there isn't just one stamp at these visitor centers.
0:07.4	They usually have multiple stamps.
0:09.4	So if you only want the stamp that says
0:12.2	Grand Canyon National Park in the date, that's great.
0:14.3	But they usually have tons of other stamps,
0:17.3	and they also have stickers that you can put in your passport.
0:20.2	I don't do the embellishment.
0:21.8	There's no kitty cats, stamps,
0:25.1	there's no dinosaur stamp.
0:27.5	You don't pedazzle it.
0:28.4	It's the snow bedazzling.
0:31.8	Mine's pretty bedazzled.
0:33.3	Well, I also keep mine protected in a waterproof pouch.
0:36.5	That's its home.
0:38.6	Is it climate controlled?
0:40.2	Yeah, yes, it's climate controlled.
0:44.6	You don't think that's a little OCD at all?
0:48.0	It's OCD.
0:49.0	There's no D.
0:51.0	This is the Dear Bob and Sue Podcast, our stories of adventures and misadventures as we travel
1:08.8	to all the US, national parks, and other public lands.
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