Sep 24, 2016 | Ranger Doug Roadtrips, Retired Doug Roadtrips
I decide to climb Mt. Lassen with an old friend Rich, who like me, just turned 70. Rich (on right) just retired from UC Berkeley where he was Dean of Chemistry. Joining us are two colleagues, Ezra and Leila. And off we go! 2500 feet later, we’re on the summit...Sep 23, 2016 | Ranger Doug Roadtrips, Retired Doug Roadtrips
Once again, I leave Jackson, Wyo. threading my way south through Flaming Gorge, and out onto the Colorado Plateau. First stop is the “Wall of Bones” in Dinosaur National Monument. We’ve done a bang-up job with our WPA-style poster design here. At...Sep 22, 2016 | Ranger Doug Roadtrips
One Hundred Years ago (August 25, 2016) Woodrow Wilson signed the Organic Act creating the National Park Service. Today, under the Roosevelt Arch, a Centennial celebration begins. I run into SOI Sally Jewell for a big “high-five.” Sally opened my...Jul 20, 2016 | Ranger Doug Roadtrips
OK–this isn’t Waterton Lakes National Park, it’s Yellowstone–at the Roosevelt Arch in Gardiner, site of the upcoming NPS Centennial celebrations on August 25th. A town of about 1000 will host another 6000 to hear all our leaders expound upon...Mar 26, 2016 | Ranger Doug Roadtrips, Retired Doug Roadtrips
Next stop on my tour is………Graceland! I’m so close driving through Memphis that this is one place I can’t resist. Since I just spent $33 on a hot bath in Hot Springs Arkansas, I’m ready to get fleeced again! But, let’s camp...Mar 5, 2016 | Ranger Doug Roadtrips
After Balmorhea Springs State park (where I get a great soak, albeit in 40F weather), I head south again through Fort Davis where there is this Snake Museum. I don’t want to pay to see a rattlesnake–I stepped on one once and that was enough. Alpine, Texas...