OUR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

by **Nobunaga** on Mon Sep 23, 2013 9:51 am

... is spending money to make videos.

"What are those videos about"?, you might ask. Bears? Trees? Bees? Rivers & mountains?

... No to all of the above.

Check it out:

http://www.nps.gov/wori/photosmultimedia/multimedia.htm

Aside from the very strangeness of this, this survived the sequester. I think that says a lot.

by **Phatscotty** on Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:31 pm

Remember when Obama made NASA's priority "Muslim outreach"? Just like any ordinary Christian would....

Who else does he have brown nosing? Is Mosquito Control gonna release a video about the history of Islam??

by **saxitoxin** on Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:49 pm

wait - wha - ?

NPS wrote:No federal taxpayer or National Park Service funds were spent on the production of these videos. They were created through a donation from the Friends of Women’s Rights National Historical Park, a non-profit organization.

Anyway, what are all your FAV U.S. national parks? These are the ones I've been to after looking at this list (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_a ... onal_parks), insofar as I can recall:

Death Valley is always #1 for me because I like the desert and dry air. I've never been to the Grand Canyon, that's on my bucket list. I've never been to NP's east of the Mississippi except the Mall and Minuteman NHP, which don't really count, since they're not natural environments. I'm curious about the geography. I bet it's not as good.

by **Nobunaga** on Tue Sep 24, 2013 8:11 pm

NPS wrote:No federal taxpayer or National Park Service funds were spent on the production of these videos. They were created through a donation from the Friends of Women’s Rights National Historical Park, a non-profit organization.

If that's true, that makes me happy. Seems an odd thing to associate with national parks, but what the hell?

by **Phatscotty** on Tue Sep 24, 2013 9:10 pm

so, the government can promote a certain religion, as long as someone else pays for it and not the government?

by **macbone** on Wed Sep 25, 2013 4:14 am

Saxi, my favorite national park is The Great Smokey Mountains. I spent a week there once, hiking 50 miles worth of trails. It nearly killed me, but it was great fun!

I've also been to the Grand Canyon, Hot Springs, and Mt. Rainier. I regret that I haven't visited more. Back when I lived in the States, we'd go on different road trips around the Southeast, and Congaree and the Everglades were on my list, but I never got around to them.

by **2dimes** on Wed Sep 25, 2013 10:49 am

Glacier
Yellowstone
Mount Rushmore (Crazy Horse dwarfs it, no wonder the gov won't fund it.)
Haleakala

I'm not certain if Lewis and Clark Forrest counts. Been there, tent camped once with a toddler thought we were going to freeze, at least the wife saved some money buying those sleeping bags instead of real ones.