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      • Introduction Part III: Tell Your Story
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Slovenia: Cave & Castle & Cake

May 26, 2018 / Camp Host Chad / Leave a comment

I like it here in this beautiful place! ~ Small Boy on Cave Tour Get me out of this creepy place! ~ Grown Woman on Cave Tour "This place" might not be for everyone. If you like the idea of riding a train deep into the earth and touring one of the largest known cave … Continue reading Slovenia: Cave & Castle & Cake

Cinque Terre: Sunset Cruise

May 11, 2018May 19, 2018 / Camp Host Chad / 5 Comments

If you’re browsing for a quick introduction to Italy’s Cinque Terre, you might try the previous post, which also includes a link to that national park’s official site. Wondering how to travel between villages via train, ferry or hiking trails? Want more info on the villages themselves, what to do and what to see? Start … Continue reading Cinque Terre: Sunset Cruise

Signs & Wonders

February 16, 2018February 13, 2018 / Camp Host Chad / 2 Comments

To commemorate the final day (today) of my current commute (I signed an agreement not to discuss the details of my employment status change, so mind your own beeswax, all you stickybeaks!), here are a few of the sights (I hesitate calling any of this "Roadside Art") along my concluding route to and from the … Continue reading Signs & Wonders

Roadside Art: Goldwell Open Air Museum

May 31, 2017January 6, 2018 / Camp Host Chad / Leave a comment

This place, just outside Death Valley, is like the motherlode of roadside art. If you want to visit with no expectations, look away, get in your air-conditioned car and go. Find Rhyolite on the map and head there. However, for a much faster visit, take a peek below. And if you want more info try the website or … Continue reading Roadside Art: Goldwell Open Air Museum

Find Your Voice

January 4, 2017 / Camp Host Chad / Leave a comment

Happy New Year! Although this blog is meant to include the National Park Service, there are many different topics to come (as will be foreshadowed in my as yet unposted Introduction Part II... Part III... and Part IV). That said, lately I am seeing the NPS everywhere. Yesterday, while viewing the Rose Parade floats in Sierra Madre, … Continue reading Find Your Voice

“America the Beautiful” Pass

December 30, 2016 / Camp Host Chad / Leave a comment

Earlier this year, I purchased an “America the Beautiful” pass from the National Park Service, determined to make the most of the NPS Centennial. In March, a tardy visit to Death Valley still caught the tail end of the 2016 “Super Bloom.” (The very, very tail end.) Keeping with the “late to the party” theme, … Continue reading “America the Beautiful” Pass

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Campfire Tales is a community-oriented blog, documenting the intersection between our experiences in National Parks, and the expression of those experiences through creative arts. The authors (the Camp Host and guest Camp Hosts) will present stories and resources, both of the National Parks and those who visit them (exploring how we shape our parks and our parks shape us).

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