Our National Parks

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Across
  1. 2. State flower on display in New River Gorge
  2. 4. Classic viewpoint we “mist” in Great Smoky Mountains
  3. 7. From the top, you can see Nevada (Falls)
  4. 11. King’s Palace, Papoose Room, Boneyard
  5. 14. We didn’t even make it the full 693 feet, just “high enough”
  6. 16. Geologic feature with Sliding Sands
  7. 18. Our first national park!
  8. 21. Our route up Mt Sterling, Great Smokies.
  9. 24. 2016 glacier
  10. 25. Acadia’s second highest peak:
  11. 29. Pika and huckleberries!
  12. 31. Unforgettable microwaved dinner
  13. 33. We went here before it was a true NP—does that even count?
  14. 34. World Heritage Site in Olympic
  15. 35. Our first hike with ladders
  16. 36. Armless for the first 100 years
  17. 37. One translation of the name of this park (river and valley) means “daughter of the stars.”
  18. 38. Cliff dwellers
  19. 40. Windows and balanced rocks
  20. 41. Hottest campground ever
  21. 43. The other skyline hike
  22. 44. Brandywine Falls and Ledges
  23. 45. Where you threw a chipmunk
Down
  1. 1. Bears.
  2. 3. Thundersnow adventure
  3. 5. Named for waterfalls (chilly and wet)
  4. 6. Alchemy in the desert
  5. 8. Trail of terror
  6. 9. Sadly, no coral here
  7. 10. Our highest hike
  8. 12. Apparently home to 400 bee species
  9. 13. Martial mammal
  10. 15. Highest point in Texas
  11. 17. Sulfur and buffaloes
  12. 19. Type of lava in Hawaii Volcanoes
  13. 20. Sequoia sempervirens
  14. 22. Discovery of the heebs
  15. 23. Miners Trail in New River Gorge
  16. 26. Queens Garden
  17. 27. Originally named for the Civil War general
  18. 28. Watching a storm from a mesa
  19. 30. Volcano in Lassen
  20. 32. I “observe” there is a more than “narrow” chance we will return
  21. 39. Hike the hoodoos
  22. 40. The best way to see Congaree
  23. 42. We got to go because of Mayzie