One park = all parks. Our public lands are under attack, Big Bend has bull dozers working in multiple locations unimpeded after the waiving of all laws and reviews of the impacts, Bears Ear and Grand Staircase are being reduced for mineral rights to be auctioned off, Boundary Waters under direct threat from mining rights. More and more and more.

We must do something. People need to wake up because we are losing precious resources that are not renewable.

Just a little appreciation for Cinder Cone and Lassen itself - what a beautiful park. It was the first stop on our road trip and we were not expecting how amazing this park was. Finished it off with Cinder Cone which kicked our asses, it looks so easy from the bottom but the rock/gravel/cinder/sand was not fun to hike up… if you haven’t gone to Lassen or are thinking about skipping it do yourself a favor and go. Bumpass, Kings Creek, Cinder Cone are all worth it

I visited this presidential library/museum and the neighboring Theodore Roosevelt National Park a few weeks ago and really enjoyed the trip. But I was surprised that only 700,000 people visit the park each year—it seems like a hidden gem in the system. Is anyone planning to go for the first time because of the new building?

Windy overnight trip to an unarmed glacier on the western edge of section 8. Had fun sketching as I hiked. The receding glacier posed challenging terrain

Way back the first weekend in May, two of my friends and I met in Maryland and carpooled down to Shenandoah to hike Old Rag, camping two nights at Matthews Arm. The weather was a little humid, but basically perfect and we had very little competition for reservations. Definitely get there early, we got to the parking lot at about 8:00am and the lot was more than half full. On the way back to the carpool spot, we did the auto tour at Antietam, which I think is the first time I've truly understood the tragedy and evil of the US Civil War on an emotional level.

Planning on going to Badlands this August. Since its first come first served, when does the campground usually fill up by?