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Exploring the National Parks

72: Exploring Glacier Bay: Trip Planning Tips and Activities

Exploring the National Parks

Dirt In My Shoes

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

4.8653 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Exploring the National Parks, we are exploring a park that is near and dear to our hearts – Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska!  Ash worked as a park ranger in Glacier Bay and has so many amazing experiences to share about living in this part of Alaska! This national park has tidewater glaciers, massive mountains, and wildlife galore, so we’re excited to explore Glacier Bay with you!  In this episode, we discuss:  Our special connection to this national park The unique route you need to know about if you want to visit this park The thing that makes Glacier Bay so cool  The best place to see humpback whales in this park  The incredible wildlife in this area The best way to see this park  Our favorite spots in Glacier Bay  What you can expect with the weather in this area The cool thing about the glaciers in this national park  What to do at Bartlett Cove  Our favorite trails in this national park  What you need to know if you plan to go fishing in Glacier Bay  We hope you love this episode and learning about all of the incredible sights that Glacier Bay has to offer! This park is truly phenomenal so we hope that everyone gets a chance to visit.  Don’t forget to complete your task for this week! What wildlife are you most looking forward to seeing in Glacier Bay? Head over to the Dirt In My Shoes Facebook or Instagram page and let us know! Check out the full show notes here.

Transcript

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That'd be so crazy. You wake up one day and realize that glacier's coming for me and they don't

0:06.1

move that fast, but for them to move fast enough to take over land from people.

0:11.7

This is the Exploring the National Parks podcast with Dirt in My Shoes. My name is Ash and I'm a former

0:18.5

park ranger and the founder of Dirt in My Shoes.

0:20.9

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

0:25.7

Trip Planning easy.

0:27.1

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

0:31.7

that Ash doesn't care about much like rocks.

0:35.7

Join us as we show you around America's spectacular national parks. We're sharing our

0:40.7

favorite places, fun facts, adventures, and misadventures. And we'll even throw in a little trip

0:46.2

planning. Let's start exploring. We've been getting a lot of requests for a specific park, a park that is very near and dear to my heart,

0:59.0

park that is not Glacier Bay, which is what we're talking about today.

1:04.5

But the main park that most people know about in Alaska.

1:08.5

Danali.

1:09.1

Danali.

1:09.9

Right.

1:10.2

So a lot of people have been wanting us to talk about Denali.

1:12.6

And I am so happy to do that.

1:15.1

I worked up there.

1:16.4

Like, John and I have both been there multiple times.

1:19.1

Yeah.

1:19.8

It's so cool.

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