Suzanne Moody, Park Ranger-Interpretation at Chiricahua National Monument in Southeast Arizona shares the story of the Erickson family. Faraway Ranch was built in 1888 by Swedish immigrants Neil and Emma Erickson. Full story and video, here: https://nationalparktraveling.com/listing/faraway-ranch/

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Photographer Sarah Weeden talks about her National Parks Arts Foundation (NPAF) artist-in-residence experience in Death Valley National Park, the hottest and driest place in North America due to its lack of surface water and low relief. NPAF founder Tanya Ortega talks about the organization’s creates extraordinary and unique artist-in-residence programs within the National Park Service and other park destinations. More at www.SWeeden.us and www.NationalParksArtsFoundation.org
Featured music is ‘Sands of Time’ by the www.BayStationBand.com

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From Atchafalaya to Big Cypress, Cape Hatteras, Norris Dam and Merritt Island, travel writer Kathleen Walls discusses five record-breaking parks built around waterways. A member of the International Food, Wine & & Travel Writer Association (www.IFWTWA.org), Kathleen is publisher/writer for American Roads and Global Highways at www.AmericanRoads.net.
Featured music on this episode is "Bottom of the Bayou" by Jon Roniger & The Good For Nothin' Band - www.TheGoodForNothinBand.com

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World champion horse trainer Christy Wood along with Faun O'Neel with The Independence Fund, discuss the All-Terrain Wheelchair for a returning veteran fundraising campaign, which includes the new I LOVE MY PARKS Bald Eagle T-shirt. The t-shirt supports Big Blend's Love Your Parks Tour, plus, 25% percent of the proceeds benefits the All-Terrain Wheelchair Campaign; and, 25% of the proceeds also benefits the National Parks Arts Foundation in support of their artist-in-residence and artist workshop programs in parks. It's available in all kinds of styles, colors and sizes! Check it out at www.Bonfire.com/bald-eagle
Featured music is 'Colors of the USA' by www.DoreenTaylorMusic.com

Bobbi DePorter, Co-founder of SuperCamp, President of Quantum Learning Network and creator of the 8 Keys of Excellence, discusses Youth Success and sends Nancy J. Reid & Lisa D. Smith on a story mission on their Love Your Parks Tour. The story mission is to document youth success stories across the country including the accomplishments and achievements of youth as well as their communities. www.LoveYourParksTour.com

Anita Kane and Robin Pollard discuss the mission, projects and programs of REACH San Benito Parks Foundation (Recreation, Exercise and Community Health), a non-profit established to facilitate a healthy community through the preservation and enhancement of parks, facilities, and recreation programs in San Benito County in Central California. More at www.REACHSanBenito.org
Featured music is 'Loving the Land' by Wally Lawder.

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US Forest Service Public Affairs Specialist Reghan Cloudman provides an overview of Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland in northern Colorado. Known collectively as ARP, these public lands flank the Rocky Mountains and its foothills on both sides of the Continental Divide, and rank as the most-visited National Forest and Grassland for recreation in the nation, drawing over six million recreationists annually. Year-round recreational opportunities are abundant and include hiking, camping, wildlife viewing, horseback riding, fishing, skiing, and other winter sports. More at https://www.fs.usda.gov/arp
Music on this episode is “High on a Mountain” by Shelley King - www.ShelleyKing.com
Thank you to www.VisitGreeley.org for sponsoring this segment.

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the Big Blend Radio panel discussion focusing on the Chief Joseph Trail Ride with world champion horse trainer Christy Wood, Steve Taylor - CEO of Appaloosa Horse Club, and Andy Shaw and Ervin Gross - trail ride organizers and “wranglers”. More at www.Appaloosa.com
Featured music is ‘Prayer for the Past’ from the album ‘As Things Could Be’ by Evren Ozan - www.OzanMusic.com

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Jodi Canter, owner of Wanderlust Mark merchandise for National Park Junkies, shares her recent national park adventures including the dedication ceremony at Gateway Arch National Park in St. Louis, Missouri, and bear watching at Katmai National Park & Preserve in Southern Alaska.

Plus, Steve Schneickert recalls the Hollywood History of movies filmed in Western National Parks, and featured music includes: “Wanderlust” by Aoede (Lisa Sniderman), and “Oh Alaska” by Robbie Boyd.

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From Kenya to England and California to Canada, this episode of Big Blend Radio’s Vacation Station Park Travel Show is all about national parks, outdoor adventures, hiking and walking trails, wildlife encounters, conservation and campfire gatherings!
Featured Guests include:
- Adam M. Roberts “The Compassionate Conservationist” wildlife conservation expert
- Glynn Burrows is a family history expert and owner of Norfolk Tours UK
- Jim “Palomino” Ostdick is a retired earth science teacher, and avid long-distance hiker, cyclist and author.
Music on this episode is “Great Blue Sky” from the album “As Things Could Be” by Evren Ozan.

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