Some Lesser Known (But Still Awesome) U.S. National Parks

In the last few weeks, I have been contemplating taking a big trip with my son. That is one of the things that we do together at least once a year, often more than one, if possible. Usually these trips are in the summer.

One thing about trips: often times, the anticipation of a coming trip, which includes the planning, is the best part. All possibilities are still open to you, whereas as soon as the trip begins, or is fully planned, those possibilities become considerably more limited.

Then, before you know it, the trip is over. Something that you had planned for weeks or maybe months is done, a part of the past, and you can only try and reminisce, remember it fondly, and perhaps start to think about the next trip.

We really should have more weeks of vacation here in the United States, but I will not digress further by getting into that particular topic.

The point is that, often times, the best parts of a trip are in the planning phase, before you have actually gotten the tickets or made any reservations, let alone actually gone on the trip. At that phase of things, you have your imagination, and with a lot of time left before the date when you are thinking of going, it allows you to dream of so many potential places to visit, experiences to enjoy.

Then, the reality of limited funds and limited time crashes into those dreams. Reality settles in.

Before you know it, you more or less know the itinerary, know where you are going to be and what you are going to visit. Part of that delicious mystery of exploring on a trip is already done, even though the trip itself still may lay well into the future.

Again, though, there is always the possibility of future trips, where the possibilities are still endless.

Well, here is an article about more possibilities: national parks that are not perhaps as well known as the more famous parks that have gobbled up most of the attention. But these national parks nonetheless have a lot to offer themselves, and are worthy of consideration for people interested in taking trips to less touristy destinations. To go off the beaten path, so to speak.

So, take a look, and enjoy!



13 OF THE MOST UNDERRATED U.S. NATIONAL PARKS

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