Whether this is your first listen of our weekly podcast or number 299, welcome and thank you for listening. We hope you find these episodes interesting and present information or a side to the parks that you previously didn't know about.

Frankly, that's the approach that we try to take at the Traveler. Not only to provide newsworthy information, such as National Park Service funding for hurricane impacts, but also to highlight aspects of the National Park System that you may not have been aware of.

For example, take Jennifer Bain's story from Oregon Cave National Monument and Preserve, and its collection of purely American Monterey furniture, or Barbara Jensen's article from Cuyahoga Valley National Park and the Ohio and Eerie Canal Towpath there. Or Sharon McDonald's piece on the Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site in California.

Today, we're joined by contributors Kim O'Connell and Lynn Riddick to talk about the unusual, and at times eclectic content that you'll find on the Traveler.