August 4, 2006

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National Parks Circuit

• 6 days
• 5 nights
• 4 National Parks
• 3 National Monuments
• 2 something there are two of
• 1 amazing trip back to D.C.?

Some other numbers to ponder:
3150 miles, plus driving within National Parks. About 50 hours driving, without park time. Approximate cost of gas: $550. Number of inches oceans will rise as a result of emissions from my SUV: 3.

I'll be seeing Yosemite National Park, Devil's Postpile National Monument, Death Valley National Park (and National Monument), Cedar Breaks National Monument, Bryce Canyon National Park, and Arches National Park.

The current plan has me spending a day in Yosemite, and a day between Bryce Canyon and Arches. I don't really see any reason to stop in Death Valley. Unless I'm, you know, dead. Any thoughts on this plan? What should I do with my time in those parks? I'm particularly curious about Yosemite. I'll have about eight or nine hours in Yosemite. What should I do? And let me be clear that although I'd like to see as much as possible, I certainly don't plan on these being my only visits to these parks. Hopefully I'll come back and backpack all of them some day.

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