America's best idea (Anchorage, Fairbanks, Bethel: homes, price, park)

[notreesininceland]

Originally Posted by karfar

I've got it on in the background, I think it's part 2 maybe? I didn't see the first part. I agree w/the other poster, we've got some great parks here in our country. Unfortunately, I still have yet to see the first one, Yellowstone. But I have been to Glacier although I was younger & don't really remember it. In a couple years, I hope to take a road trip & camp in Yellowstone.

Note that Yellowstone was the first designated "national" park not just in America, but in the world. This was a great idea - that a nation could set aside space for preservation and enjoyment of its pristine physical assets. It took men of the calibre of John Muir and Teddy Roosevelt to fully realize this idea in the face of opposition from vested commercial interests.

[Jerseykat]

My local PBS just followed the National Parks with the 2003 documentary Crown of the Continent about Wrangell/St Elias. What an amazing place, it's breathtaking. Hate to admit I knew the name but never really looked into what it was like.

[warptman]

Has been to Denali, Yellowstone, Death Valley, Craters Of The Moon in Idaho, Theodore Roosevelt in North Dakota, Mount Rushmore, Grand Teton, and Devil's Tower. Needs to see more!

[karfar]

Originally Posted by notreesininceland

Note that Yellowstone was the first designated "national" park not just in America, but in the world. This was a great idea - that a nation could set aside space for preservation and enjoyment of its pristine physical assets. It took men of the calibre of John Muir and Teddy Roosevelt to fully realize this idea in the face of opposition from vested commercial interests.

I know, I think it's fabulous they thought ahead. Unfortunately, the ranchers & oil people think otherwise. Sad really.

[Jerseykat]

Warpt in your travels you need to get the National Parks passport stamp book. So everytime you hit a park or national heritage site you get a stamp.

[warptman]

Never heard of that! Next trip...

[Jerseykat]

Here ya go...
*Passport To Your National Parks* - eParks - Where your purchase supports America's National Parks.

[warptman]

Thanks!

[Jerseykat]

Apparently you can also contact the parks you visited and get stamps retroactively so you don't miss one.
Noted on the site there are a bunch of stamp places in Alaska.
You could hit up a few stamps next time you hit Fairbanks.

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ALASKA:
Alagnak WR—King Salmon
Aleutian World War II NHA—Unalaska
Aniakchak NM & PRES—King Salmon
Bering Land Bridge N PRES—Kotz, Nome, Kotzebue
Cape Krusenstern NM—Kotzebue
Denali NP—Talkeetna, Denali NP, Denali Park
Gates of the Arctic NP—Fairbanks, Bettles
Gates of the Arctic NP & PRES—Bettles Field, Coldfoot, Anaktuvuk Pass, Fairbanks
Glacier Bay NP & PRES—Gustavus
Inupiat Heritage Center—Barrow
Katmai NP & PRES—Brooks Camp, King Salmon
Kenai Fjords NP—Seward, Exit Glacier, Exit Glacier Nature Center
Klondike Gold Rush NHP—Skagway
Kobuk Valley NP—Kotzebue
Lake Clark NP & PRES—Port Alsworth, Twin Lakes, Silver Salmon Creek, Homer, Anchorage
Noatak N PRES—Kotzebue
Sitka NHP—Sitka-99835, Kotzebue, Centennial 1910 - 2010
Western Arctic National Parks—Kotzebue, Nome
Wrangell-St. Elias NP & PRES—McCarthy, Kennecott, Copper Center, Slana, Yakutat, Chitina, Hubbard Glacier
Yukon-Charley Rivers N PRES—Fairbanks, Eagle

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[Jerseykat]

Question...how far is Kotzebue from Bethel?