I do think that you're very good at the go, Ash. I am. It's a weird compliment to give somebody. I've been doing it a long time. But I have peed on my shoes. I've peed on my pants. I've had it run down towards my shoes because I didn't check the slope. This is the Exploring the National Parks podcast with Dirt in My Shoes.

My name is Ash and I'm a former park ranger and the founder of Dirt in My Shoes.

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

Trip Planning easy.

And I'm John.

I carry the kids on the trails.

I tell stories and notice all the things that Ash doesn't care about much, like birds.

Join us as we show you around America's spectacular national parks.

We're sharing our favorite places, fun facts, adventures, and misadventures.

And we'll even throw in a little trip planning.

Let's start exploring.

Music And we'll even throw in a little trip planning. Let's start exploring. Okay, so I learned something distressing the other day, and I'm very upset about this.

Oh, geez.

Okay.

So oftentimes when we're doing these podcast episodes, especially, like, we have to pay attention to how we pronounce the names of places and stuff. And it can cause some issues, especially on YouTube. My gosh, like, people are just always like, that's not how you say it. And I'm like, I'm just doing my best here, okay?

In Utah, we have so many things we pronounce super weird.

And so around the country, it's the same thing.

So, like, the National Parks in Washington, a lot of their names are, like, native names that are really hard to pronounce.

Right. Like, Oh, Hannah Pukash, like, stuff like that, scadget. native names that are really hard to pronounce.

Right.

Like Oh, Hannah Pukash, like, stuff like that, scadget.

Like, people just don't know how to pronounce those.

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