Next Time...
ParkChat
59NationalParks
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Q1 #ParkChat Imagine that you’ve just completed your quest to visit all 61 National Parks. Better yet, you’ve you have a @ParksPassport cancellation for all 419 of the @NatlParkService units. What’s next? How do you plan your travel after that? @Wild_Tribute @rscottjones
tthrash
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Q2 Whether you’re aiming to ‘’touch them all" or have that
"happy place” you go to annually, when a park “calls you back”, is that visit next time more about redoing a hike or standing at a favorite overlook, or seeing/hiking something new? #parkchat
tthrash
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Q3. From government shutdowns to fires to persistent rain or snow, have you had park travel impacted in the last year? Do you have plans to go back? #parkchat
tthrash
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Q4. I haven’t been to Yosemite since 1993. My next time there will be this summer. That’s the longest I’ve gone without returning to a National Park. What’s the longest you’ve gone between park visits? #parkchat
tthrash
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Q5. Limited time off or travel costs can shorten a possible park visit. Plenty can require nearly a day of travel just to reach. What’s your mindset: See a little of everything, or focus on one area or hike and plan on getting to more of the park next time? #parkchat
tthrash
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Q6. You make your own rules for what you consider a park visit, but is your conscience clear? Of the parks you’ve been to, how many have you very eager for “next time” because rain, snow, time, season, etc barely let you out of the visitor center? #parkchat
tthrash
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Q7. Forgotten gear, bad pictures, car trouble, etc.: What is the most humorous or bizarre reason a park visit or hike was curtailed and has you eager for next time? #parkchat
tthrash
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Q8. You visited a park years ago. Has/will your next time there been/be about introducing it to a friend, significant other, your kids, etc? Explain. #parkchat
tthrash
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Q9. Is a missing passport stamp, an NPS site name/designation change, its expansion, or your failure to see a (insert your favorite wildlife critter here) a sufficient reason for you to think "next time" and plan to return? #parkchat
tthrash
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Q10. Think about any park you’ve been to. What’s that one hike, view, drive, etc, that has you most eager for next time? Photo please. #parkchat
Wild_Tribute
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Q11. “Next Time” is powerful motivation and also an in the moment medicine for disappointment. Be honest, when you say “Next Time...” are you an optimist in pursuing such or lean more towards the pessimistic side, but say it just to make yourself feel better? #ParkChat