This is National Park Week, and entrance to all national park units will be free on April 22-23!  These free entrance days are a great opportunity to explore the national parks. You know we love our national parks – we just got out and wandered in three new parks last month: Guadalupe Mountains, Carlsbad Caverns, and Big Bend. All of them were beautiful, interesting, grand, and very diverse. We felt grateful to be able to check out a new part of the country and discover its incredible beauty and are continually amazed in our national park forays by all our country has to offer.

Guadalupe Mountains NP

Cactus blooms Big Bend National Park

King’s Palace tour Carlsbad Caverns NP

If you can’t make it out to the national parks this coming weekend, mark your calendar for these other 2017 free entrance dates — August 25: National Park Service Birthday, September 30: National Public Lands Day, November 11-12: Veterans Day Weekend

Get ready to find your park and discover why national parks are America’s best idea.

Enjoy your week or your weekend!