495a National Parks Dinner Party; The Great Southwest; Crazy Utah Bike Ride

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🗓️ 11 September 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Author Terry Tempest Williams describes the various "personalities" of a dozen US national parks, and examines each one's contributions to the American character. Then historian Flannery Burke tells us how Arizona and New Mexico came to embody what we now think of as the Great Southwest. And travel writer Christopher Solomon enjoys getting dusty on a mountain-bike tour across southern Utah.

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0:00.0	You may not have to travel far to find fascinating sites from 1,000 years ago.
0:04.8	Try Effigy Mounds National Park in Iowa.
0:08.0	There is a mound in the shape of a bear facing the direction of the Mississippi River, prayers
0:15.6	held, bones buried, protected.
0:19.6	Coming up, Terry Tempest Williams introduces us to her favorite national parks.
0:24.2	In the American Southwest, history is still very much alive.
0:27.8	You don't have to find out how native people lived a long time ago to learn other ways,
0:34.0	you know, other cultures of the United States.
0:35.9	You can find out how native people are living now.
0:38.4	Flannery Burke explores what the Great Southwest represents to the rest of the country.
0:43.5	And Christopher Solomon describes a hot, dusty week crossing the wilds of Utah on a mountain
0:48.5	bike.
0:49.5	Some really adventurous outings that mix exhaustion with beauty.
0:53.5	The views are magnificent in the hour ahead.
0:56.1	Come along, it's travel with Rick Steves.
1:00.4	Visit Europe in 2022.
1:02.6	Rick Steves Europe bus tours are designed to economically and efficiently share our love
1:07.3	of Europe through my favorite places, people, and experiences.
1:11.6	With small groups, strict health and safety protocols, great guides, and more than 40 itineraries,
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1:22.6	Learn more at ricksteves.com
1:26.4	Mountain bikes were made for the kind of rugged trip Christopher Solomon recently got back
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