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Dear Bob and Sue: A National Parks Podcast

#88: Mailbag! Hiking in Big Bend National Park and More

Dear Bob and Sue: A National Parks Podcast

Matt and Karen Smith

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

51.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In our Mailbag! episodes, we answer questions from listeners about the national parks, ranger-led tours, road trips, camping, backpacking, gear, relationships, and pretty much whatever anyone wants to ask us. In this episode, we cover these topics: · Some of our favorite hikes in Big Bend National Park · Our thoughts on which parks are good for pre-teens · Budget-friendly suggestions for visiting the parks · How we plan for a road trip Link to a government site that displays wildfire and air quality info · Which apps we use to store and remember information about hiking trails Link to AllTrails, which we use to research specific trails and read recent trail reports Link to GAIA GPS, which we use to navigate and record our hikes · How to keep your lunch cold while hiking Link to insulated lunch bags we use to keep our lunch items cool while we hike · And more! Also! Please check out our online merch store Dirtlander.com. Here you’ll find fun and inspiring shirts and merchandise. Subscribe to The Dear Bob and Sue Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and if you’ve enjoyed our show, please leave us a review or rating on Apple Podcasts. Five-star ratings help other listeners find our show. Follow us on Instagram at @mattandkarensmith, on Twitter at @mattandkaren, on Facebook at dearbobands, or check out our blog at www.mattandkaren.com. To advertise on The Dear Bob and Sue Podcast, email us at [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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So the park service says you can walk across it if it's low enough. You don't have to take the

0:34.9

robot. You can basically just walk across. But before anybody wants to save the five-dollar

0:40.4

robot fee and do this, the website also warns that the bacteria levels in the river fluctuate.

0:47.4

So if you do walk, it says be sure to keep your head above water. Don't do it if you have any

0:53.7

open sores or cuts. I'm out. And I don't even have open sores or cuts. I know.

1:12.4

This is the Dear Bob and Sue Podcast. Stories from our journey to all the U.S.

1:16.6

national parks and other public lands. I'm Matt Smith. And I'm Karen Smith. We're the authors of

1:21.8

the Dear Bob and Sue series of books. This is our monthly mailbag episode where we answer

1:27.1

questions about the national parks, road trips, hiking, camping, backpacking, gear,

1:32.5

relationships, and pretty much whatever anyone wants to ask us.

1:36.4

In this episode, we're answering a question about our favorite hikes in Big Ben National Park in

1:41.4

Texas. We'll also share our thoughts about which parks are good for preteens as well as some

1:46.7

budget-friendly ways to visit the parks. We'll throw out a few suggestions about apps you can

1:52.5

use while planning a road trip and to store information about hiking trails. Plus, most importantly,

1:59.6

how to keep your lunch cold in your backpack when you're out on a day hike. Because foods

2:04.9

the most important thing when you're hiking, right? Always. Yeah. Okay, so stay tuned. Lots of exciting

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