KidsNational Parks Family AdventuresPhotography

Family, Photography, and our Plan to Visit 18 National Park Sites in 2016.

I am excited to announce that my entry in the National Park Foundation’s Find Your Park Centennial Project won first place! Thank you so much for your support of my entry.

gregory_ng_findyourpark_nationalpark_finalist

As you can see from my entry above, I focused on the love in seeing my kids take an interest in photography while we journey to various National Parks in the country. As a winner I will receive:

• Two annual passes for entry to United States National Parks during 2016
• A Coleman® 54-quart Steel Belted™ Cooler
• A limited-edition Subaru National Parks Pendleton blanket
• And The Grand Prize “Find Your Park” gear package

mini_divider

18 National Park Sites in 2016

My family will certainly put to good use these prizes. We are on a mission to visit 100 National Park sites as a family by the end of 2020. Right now we are sitting on 55 National Park sites visited. We have the following trips planned for 2016 already!

March 23-April 3
[ ] Big Cypress National Preserve http://www.nps.gov/bicy/index.htm
[ ] Everglades National Park http://www.nps.gov/ever/index.htm
[ ] Biscayne National Park http://www.nps.gov/bisc/index.htm

May 28-30
[ ] Ninety Six National Site http://www.nps.gov/nisi/
[ ] Congaree National Park http://www.nps.gov/cong/

July 3-9
[ ] Glacier Bay National Park http://www.nps.gov/glba/
[ ] Skagway National Historical Park http://www.nps.gov/klgo/
[ ] Sitka National Park http://www.nps.gov/sitk/

July 10-17
[ ] Fort Vancouver National Historic Site http://www.nps.gov/fova/index.htm
[ ] Lewis & Clark National Historic Site http://www.nps.gov/lewi/index.htm
[ ] Mt Rainier National Park http://www.nps.gov/mora/index.htm
[ ] Olympic National Park http://www.nps.gov/olym/index.htm
[ ] Wing Luke Museum http://www.nps.gov/wing/index.htm
[ ] Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park http://www.nps.gov/klse/index.htm

September 3-6
[ ] Shenandoah National Park http://www.nps.gov/shen/
[ ] Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park http://www.nps.gov/cebe/
[ ] Harper’s Ferry National Historical Park http://www.nps.gov/hafe/
[ ] Chesapeaker and Ohio Canal National Historical Park http://www.nps.gov/choh

If we accomplish all of these trips as planned, we will finish 2016 with 73 total National Park sites visited!

mini_divider

Have you visited any of these National Park Sites?

Have you visited any of the 18 National park Sites we plan to see in 2016? If so, let me know what you think about them in the comments!

Gregory Ng

GOAL: Visit 100 National Parks as a family by 2020. Favorite Parks: Zion National Park, Mt Rainier National Park, Valley Forge National Historical Park

More Posts - Website

Follow Me:
Twitter

Comments

comments