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Dear Bob and Sue: A National Parks Podcast

#89: Our Ten Favorite Day Hikes in the National Parks

Dear Bob and Sue: A National Parks Podcast

Matt and Karen Smith

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

51.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Whether you prefer hiking through forests, deserts, or to the top of mountains, this list covers them all. It wasn’t easy narrowing the list to just ten, but these are the hikes we find ourselves doing over-and-over again when we visit the national parks. And as a bonus, we offer alternatives to each of these trails in case you’re looking for easier options or just want more hiking suggestions near these great hikes. Check out our fun and inspiring apparel at Dirtlander.com 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 if you continue on that just note that there is a fin and Matt, since you're the geologist,

0:37.0

could you describe what a fin is? It's a long skinny rock that drops off on both sides.

0:42.0

And when the wind's blowing really hard, which seems like every time we do it,

0:46.3

you're in danger of falling to your death. Twice, when we have hiked across this fin,

0:51.4

there have been women who were scared and you Matt had to help them down.

0:57.0

Literally hold their hand. Yeah, I do a lot of hand holding of strange women on the fin.

1:05.0

Not sure how I feel about that. I'm not sure how I feel about that.

1:08.8

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

1:22.1

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

1:27.6

the Dear Bob and Sue series of books. Today we're sharing our top 10 favorite hikes in the National

1:33.4

Parks. It wasn't easy narrowing the list to just 10, but these are the hikes that we find

1:38.4

ourselves doing over and over again when we visit the parks. We know that everyone has their own

1:44.0

list of favorite national park hikes and people appreciate different things when it comes to hiking

1:48.8

trails. But whether you prefer hiking through forests, deserts, or to the top of mountains,

1:54.4

this list covers them all. So thanks for hanging out with us for the next hour or so.

1:59.7

You can see how your list of favorites compares to ours and who knows, maybe you'll find a new

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