I will be away on september 27, the first date for showing the National Parks video. I’m using Direct-TV and don’t seem able to schedule recording of this video. Helpo!

I WILL be there on Sept 23rd. Can’t wait.

It would be very helpful if you publised some information regading the exact location of the East Meadow as well as direction for getting there on public transportation.

I grew up in Minneapolis in the 50’s. My father loved the west, so every summer we drove west to Yellowstone, Glacier National Park, Black Hills, the Tetons, and Scotts Bluff Nebraska where we would hike out to the ruts in the earth left by the wagons on the Oregon Trail. We stayed in motels(with pools!) on the way there and then in the parks we would stay in the majestic lodges. We would dress for dinner…My Mom and I would wear our dresses and pumps and curl our hair. My Dad would wear a suit and tie. I remember floating down the Snake River in the Tetons…my Dad wearing a tie and hat…I wished I was a river guide in my jeans! I married aman who dared to move west with me in 1977…We moved to western Montana and raised our children out here. We live in Whitefish Montana just outside Glacier National Park and passed our love of the parks to our children!

I love the stories, Can’t wait to go to Yellowstone!

In 1957, my father took off from work and took our family for 6 weeks across this great country of ours and we saw every single National Park from Colorado to Calgary. It was an experience that to this day remains with us. We have revisited many places over time but nothing was like the unspoiled
memories of the first. thank you for this project-we will all be watching…

I am truly looking forward to revisiting, via your films, our nations parks. My husband and I have visited over 25 and hope to be able to visit many more. We have camped in most of them (where available).

IS THERE ANYONE WHO KNOWS THE EASIEST WAY FOR ME TO USE MY SCOOTER IN THE PARK? I WILL BE TRANSPORTING MY SCOOTER FROM WESTCHESTER AND THEN USING MY SCOOTER TO GET INTO CENTRAL PARK. ALSO INFO ON NEAREST PARKING GARAGES ALSO APPRECIATED
THANK YOU.

I have been blessed to have visited some of the most wonderful National Parks this country has set aside for enjoyment of beauty & nature for all. But most special was Denali in Alaska. The freedom & beauty of it all left an everlasting imprint in my soul. The beautiful snow capped peak of Denali itself, wildflowers, Mama grizzlys & cubs, caribou, moose even the ground squirrels are just a small part of nature’s natural beauty. Thanks to programs such as PBS 13, everyone can a chance to see what Mother Nature has gifted us to behold.

Does anyone know if the entire series will be streamed online at video.pbs.org?

Acadia, Yellowstone, Glacier the list goes on and on…but where else can I tell you we were followed by buffalo-two, in fact, on a mild spring evening while the rest of the crowd mingled around our rented car-ok, take it we told them-but not all of them cooperated-those two young buffalo followed us down the road-right square down the middle of the road, following the painted lines which led to us; we stopped-they stopped, we walked they did the same-we looked over our shoulders they stopped and looked out over the blossoming flowers and growing grass and shrubs. They weren’t dangerously close at all but just close enough so we could hear them snorting and laughing at us-why not, I guess, two middle aged tourists from Connecticut deprived of their car and being walked up the road-I swear it was for kicks, so they could go back home and while taking a dirt bath as they do, rolling around with the dust and dirt flying around, tell their brethren the story of their afternoon.

As we lost sight of the car and the darkness began to set in, those two brave souls just stood in the road and watched us-we weren’t yet looking to flag down a ride, we did that soon enough; rather, we were sheepishly trying to figure out how we could possibly describe this to our friends when they saw the picture we had taken of two young buffalo sauntering down the double yellow line of the road in Yellowstone. I am sure they knew that; they must have laughed all the way home. When we finally got a ride, we sat humbled and in silence, the buffalo were gone, all we had to contend with were shrieking triplets and a car full of giant, pink, stuffed polar bears. We did have a story we could tell-well, sort of tell.

Cecile: We understand the concern. THIRTEEN scheduled an early broadcast of the premiere episode at 2pm on Sunday afternoon. The entire program will also be rebroadcast on Sat. 10/3 (starting at noon) & Sun. 10/4 (starting at 2pm).

I look forward to seeing this documentary. As a solo parent, I made the decision in 1988 to drive across the lower continental United States from Oregon to Georgia with my children. It was the best thing I had ever done for them. Driving up to the Grand Canyon, and seeing the first red rock vista unfold created a moment of silence in myself and my children. We saw Mount Shasta, the deserts, the Sequoias and so much more. And although we are now miles and years and coasts apart, we shared that summer of seeing just a small segment of the beauty that is America. I hope to experience it again someday.

I always heard my Grandfather talk about taking my Mother to the “Great Smoky Mountains” just after he returne from WWII. They didn’t have much money but he packed my Grandmother and Mother into thier Chevrolet and left from Pennsylvania. My Mother (then about 10) had a camera that Grandpa purchased, upon seeing a black she decided to get out of the car and take a picture. But, the bear decided to come see my Mom so she quick took the picture and ran. The only thing that showed up on the photo was the black fur from the bear.

Thank You PBS! A spectacular presentation. I have been to nearly all of the majestic cathedrals over the past 40 years, have read, researched, taught conservation but these past 2 evenings have been breathtaking and messmerizing. You flights hit it out of the parkand I deeply thank you for using our contributions in this most amazing way. This is a keeper for the generations to come.

Изобретенная мной идея немного отличается от опубликованной автором, вдруг кому-то интересно, могу поделиться своими экспериментами. Мой емаил:red1162@yandex.ru, Олег.

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