An article in our local newspaper had this article about this filmmaker, Ken Burns, and his new film which is a 12 hr. 6 part series. National Parks: America's BestIdea. It will start airing on PBS this Sunday, September 27. He takes us to Yosemite, Yellowstone, The Grand Canyon, Denali and many other places. It has taken him over 10 yrs. and cost $15 million, making it his most expensive project to date. For more info. go to http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks
Hoping some of you will be interested too.
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Speedhitch said
06:29 AM Mar 18, 2009
Sherri and I certainly will be. We plan on staying in as many National Parks as we can. There is so much to see in them and some of the sites there are the best in the world. May not have all the hook-ups but they have the best views..
Joe and Sherri
Tony and Eileen said
08:34 PM Sep 23, 2009
This series starts Sunday, Sept. 27th. Sounds very interesting. Hope some of you will check it out!!!
Serengeti said
05:15 AM Sep 24, 2009
We are working in Bar Harbor this summer and about a month ago Ken Burns was in the area promoting this film. It will be interesting what he has to say about Acadia NP. Probably one of the smaller parks but being on the East coast it gets a lot of visitors. Back on Aug. 17th we went to the top of Cadillac Mt. to see the sunrise, which made us one (other than the 100 or so people on the top of the mountain) of the first persons to see sunrise that day. We have it marked on our calendar.
RodnReal said
05:25 AM Sep 24, 2009
Serengeti wrote:
We are working in Bar Harbor this summer and about a month ago Ken Burns was in the area promoting this film. It will be interesting what he has to say about Acadia NP. Probably one of the smaller parks but being on the East coast it gets a lot of visitors. Back on Aug. 17th we went to the top of Cadillac Mt. to see the sunrise, which made us one (other than the 100 or so people on the top of the mountain) of the first persons to see sunrise that day. We have it marked on our calendar.
I spent many summers RV'ing with family as a kid in Acadia NP, hiking up Cadillac Mountain and looking at Porcipine Islands, Seal Cove, etc. It's a beautiful place and going down to the docks in Bar Harbor for lobster was always a special treat.
-Connie
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jagco said
06:01 AM Sep 24, 2009
Serengeti wrote:
Back on Aug. 17th we went to the top of Cadillac Mt. to see the sunrise, which made us one (other than the 100 or so people on the top of the mountain) of the first persons to see sunrise that day. We have it marked on our calendar.
That sounds absolutely wonderful!
aliandchas said
12:16 PM Sep 24, 2009
Yes, we've been excited about this series for months now. I can't wait for it to begin on Sunday. The previews they have been showing on PBS look like it's going to be really good. I'll bet it will really boost National Park visits in the next year. Thanks for the heads up!
vetrncwby said
02:15 PM Sep 30, 2009
The PBS special on the National Parks is alot different than I expected. It is a history lesson about the beginning of the parks back in the 1800 and how difficult it was to keep people from destroying the land and the animal population within the set boundaries. It is a very informative special. This is one reason I want to be a full timer so I can see these great National Treasures.
mikenmoh said
03:11 PM Sep 30, 2009
Mike and I watched Part I and II but missed last night. I hope we can catch it tonight. It is really well done and nothing like what I thought it would be. It is amazing what some people have gone through so that we can still have such beauty available to us.
We have really enjoyed watching it and recommend it to everyone.
rjenkins said
04:15 PM Sep 30, 2009
Definitely different than I expected. I guess I envisioned a 'Travel Channel' presentation of the National Parks. Nonetheless, an excellent series, have caught all three so far. It shows you how close we came (and still do) on losing our national parks. Have already visited Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Mt. Rainier, Olympic and of course the Everglades living in S. Florida. Making plans next year for Denali and Kenai in Alaska which I will ask in another post suggestions from you follks since I am looking at renting an RV for the 10 days I will be out there...
RodnReal said
05:45 PM Sep 30, 2009
We certainly are enjoying the series, history and all !
WhiteCloud said
05:11 AM Oct 3, 2009
We have watched and love the film. BTW we will be WKamping at Everglades NP this winter. Has anyone been there?
bjoyce said
06:45 AM Oct 3, 2009
>We have watched and love the film. BTW we will be WKamping at Everglades NP this >winter. >Has anyone been there?
Yes. many times. We love it in winter. Where specifically will you be working? It is a very large park and there are many places you could be working.
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rjenkins said
07:07 AM Oct 3, 2009
yes, we live in south florida. have done plenty of canoeing, hiking and biking there. a totally unique experience. whereabouts will you be? if you like the water and bird watching, this is a good place to be...
WhiteCloud said
11:23 AM Oct 3, 2009
Thank you everyone. Everglades City Visitor center will be our home from 11/15/09 to 3/15/10. DW will be at Visitor Center and I will be doing maintenance where ever it's needed. After will head for WK in Faribault, MN. Anyone been there?
wmalefyt said
12:58 PM Oct 3, 2009
WhiteCloud wrote:
Thank you everyone. Everglades City Visitor center will be our home from 11/15/09 to 3/15/10. DW will be at Visitor Center and I will be doing maintenance where ever it's needed. After will head for WK in Faribault, MN. Anyone been there?
We're not far from Everglades City (we live in Naples) so maybe we'll drive down to say hello! We usually get down that way once or twice every winter. We like to have lunch at the Rod and Gun Club and then take an airboat ride. We've never taken the 10000 Islands boat tour from the NP Visitor's Center so maybe we'll try it this year.
-- Edited by wmalefyt on Saturday 3rd of October 2009 12:59:52 PM
Hoping some of you will be interested too.
-- Edited by Tony and Eileen on Wednesday 23rd of September 2009 08:21:28 PM
It will be interesting what he has to say about Acadia NP.
Probably one of the smaller parks but being on the East coast it gets a lot of visitors.
Back on Aug. 17th we went to the top of Cadillac Mt. to see the sunrise, which made us one (other than the 100 or so people on the top of the mountain) of the first persons to see sunrise that day.
We have it marked on our calendar.
-Connie
-- Edited by RodnReal on Thursday 24th of September 2009 05:25:38 AM
-- Edited by RodnReal on Thursday 24th of September 2009 05:25:57 AM
-- Edited by RodnReal on Thursday 24th of September 2009 05:26:10 AM
Has anyone been there?
>Has anyone been there?
Yes. many times. We love it in winter. Where specifically will you be working? It is a very large park and there are many places you could be working.
-- Edited by bjoyce on Saturday 3rd of October 2009 06:57:23 AM
Everglades City Visitor center will be our home from 11/15/09 to 3/15/10. DW will be at Visitor Center and I will be doing maintenance where ever it's needed.
After will head for WK in Faribault, MN.
Anyone been there?
We're not far from Everglades City (we live in Naples) so maybe we'll drive down to say hello! We usually get down that way once or twice every winter. We like to have lunch at the Rod and Gun Club and then take an airboat ride. We've never taken the 10000 Islands boat tour from the NP Visitor's Center so maybe we'll try it this year.
-- Edited by wmalefyt on Saturday 3rd of October 2009 12:59:52 PM