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PARK PARTY: Michigan couple completes goal, visits all 63 US National Parks
In 2013, Larry & Teresa Graetz decided to go for it. They wanted to visit all 63 U.S. National Parks. Eight years, and a pandemic later, the couple finished in 2021. Author: Brent Ashcroft Updated: 10:19 PM EDT July 12, 2021
JACKSON, Michigan It s been said many times that Life is a journey.
That s probably because each of our lives are made up of many, many individual journeys.
A retired Michigan couple recently completed an eight-year journey, which saw them complete a goal few get to do - travel to and visit all 63 United States National Parks.
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The raw materials used to create these Astro-temples were not readily available and so sandstone and timbers were transported from great distances. Massive timbers were necessary to line the rooftops of the kivas. These large timbers were harvested so far away that archaeologists remain unsure as to their origins. Small springs were utilized, but it seems the inhabitants were dependent on, and controlled, a network of offerings that flowed from the north and south. Meanwhile, archaeological evidence has only uncovered several hundred, strange burials.
Some Great House chambers that seem to be rooms at first glance, show no evidence of habitation. These rooms often have no exit, or light, and are too tightly enclosed even to have a fire within. Experts theorize that the grandeur of the building itself was the purpose, and these “rooms” are actually just fortified spaces used to add size and visual imposition.
Visitors gather to view Delicate Arch at Arches National Park in Utah last week.
The sun has risen over Delicate Arch, a famous, hulking mass of red sandstone you might remember best as having once been an ubiquitous screen saver.
The miles-long climb for a family photo beneath the 52-foot-tall behemoth at Arches National Park is worth it for Judy Lee and daughter Lindsey Cho. They re on a road trip through the Southwest from their home in Orange County, Calif. It s almost our turn, woo-hoo! Cho says, while she and her mom take sips from their water bottles.
The anticipation is real. Delicate Arch in this soft morning light is awesome. Spin around though, and there s perhaps a less inspiring view: a line nearing 100 people deep, all waiting to take the exact same photo that makes it look to friends and family back home that they re here in solitude.