99: Mail from the Trail: Jr. Rangers + Snowshoeing Parks

Exploring the National Parks

Dirt In My Shoes

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

4.8 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Exploring the National Parks, we’re back with another Mail From the Trail episode! We reached out on the Dirt In My Shoes Instagram page for your questions, and today, we’re diving into the answers. Here’s what we’ll cover: Our thoughts on the Junior Ranger programs in the national parks The best parks to visit during spring break Where to find the top trails for snowshoeing Our top tips for arrival times and making reservations at the parks The best mementos and souvenirs to pick up during your visits We hope you enjoy this Q&A episode! If you’re not already following us, head over to the Dirt in My Shoes Facebook or Instagram page and connect with us there! For a full summary of this episode, links to things we mentioned, and free resources/deals to get your trip planning started, check out the full show notes here.

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0:00.0	Every website Ash has ever started has been somehow about feet, which is really interesting.
0:05.8	My seat are very important to me.
0:07.9	Hiking is my favorite thing, so.
0:10.9	This is the Exploring the National Parks podcast with Dirt in My Shoes.
0:15.9	My name is Ash and I'm a former park ranger and the founder of Dirt in My Shoes.
0:20.0	I think that the parks are best seen from the trail and I'm here to make ranger and the founder of dirt in my shoes. I think that the parks are best seen
0:22.2	from the trail and I'm here to make national park trip planning easy. And I'm John. I carry the kids
0:28.2	on the trails, I tell stories and notice all the things that Ash doesn't care about much like
0:32.6	trees. Join us as we show you around America's spectacular national parks.
0:39.1	We're sharing our favorite places, fun facts, adventures, and misadventures.
0:43.2	And we'll even throw in a little trip planning.
0:46.0	Let's start exploring.
0:52.0	So the funniest thing happened yesterday while I was working on the Canyonlands itinerary.
0:57.9	And so I was working on one of the articles to go with Canyonlands, the Druid Arch Trail Guide,
1:04.8	which is like the coolest trail in the world. I love that trail.
1:08.8	I know. It's so adventurous. You feel like Indiana Jones the whole
1:12.1	time. You do. I know. And so I'm like writing about it and I'm like, I wonder how tall this arch
1:18.0	actually is because I actually didn't know. And so I go into Google and I put it into search. And of course
1:25.2	they have that stupid AI snippet at the top. I hate AI. So I go in and it
1:30.8	has the AI at the top and it says that Druid Arch is 450 feet tall. And I'm like looking at it and I'm like,
1:39.7	there's no way. There's no way it's this tall. And so then I start like combing through the rest of the results.
1:45.8	And there's all these articles that pop up that say, Druid Arch is 450 feet tall. And I was like,
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