GBBP 66: Modern-Day Explorers
Come along on this special episode of the show, blast off to the ISS with astronauts, talk filmmaking with an IMAX director, and geek out about the national parks with an amazingly awesome geologist.
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Tag: National Park Service
Where Were These Kids Field Guides When I Was a Kid?
When I crack open the new National Geographic Kids Ultimate Explorer Field Guides, I honestly think, “Where the heck were these when I was a kid?”
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Explore, Learn, and Protect: The Shining Jewel of the National Park Service Is the Junior Ranger Program
To celebrate the National Park Service’s 100th anniversary and National Parks Week, we’re here to celebrate the shining jewel of the system: the Junior Rangers Program.
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5 Ways to Celebrate the National Park Service
Patricia and her family are avid National Park Service fans who attempt to incorporate national park and national historic site visits into their travel whenever possible. With 2016 being the National Park Service’s 100th anniversary, don’t miss out on enjoying America’s beauty and history.
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National Park Service Announces Free Days for 2016
Enjoy our National Parks free of charge on selected days in 2016!
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The Landmark Music Festival Seeks to Save Our Front Yard
This weekend in Washington, DC, the Landmark Music Festival debuts with an impressive lineup and an even more impressive cause: to repair the crumbling pathways, polluted waters, and weed-infested swaths of dirt that have come to be the norm around some of our country’s most famous monuments and landmarks.
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When Geeks Go on Vacation: The Grand Canyon
It goes without saying that the Grand Canyon is educational. GeekMom Patricia shares some of the well-known (and lesser-known) ways to share the experience with your kids.
Continue ReadingCelebrating Cape Cod National Seashore’s 50th
August 7 was the 50th anniversary for the Cape Cope National Seashore. Provincetown is one of my family’s favorite summer vacation spots and while we missed the 100th anniversary of the Pilgrim Monument (the tallest all granite structure in the …
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