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In 2023 I recently upgraded from a Canon Rebel T5i to a Canon 5D Mark III. When I don’t have my...
Totally get that! I get bored with the same old same old too. That pass sounds brilliant. Wish I was in America! Look forward to your images of exploration.
In my opinion YES if you visit them often! It's not cheap to get into the parks so it saves a lot of money and the parks are always an adventure especially if you try to hit them when it's off-season! I have the senior lifetime pass and it was money well spent.
Great blog post, Mark! I, too, find myself a bit uninspired as we travel the same back roads in our area, hoping for some great photo ops. We do have the Senior Lifetime Park Pass; but it is no longer good for our nearest prime photo ops place...the Bison Range...since it is now returned to tribal management. We do buy a year-long pass to that at $60. Quite expensive for us if we didn't live only a stone's throw from it. The next nearest places would be Glacier National Park or Yellowstone. But, sadly, with gas prices so high and traveling difficult for my husband, we are unlikely to get to either place... Well, that's my sad story. I suppose I need to ask the Lord to help me see photo ops near me that I have been blind to...
I'm afraid i didn't understand this - from looking at the pass I thought it was something which must be given to veterans as a free acknowledgement of their service. That seemed to be such a wonderful acknowledgement - so it was a bit strange to read that it had to be paid for...
@robz I did get my National Park pass for free as a veteran, but wanted to share that others can get it at a heavily reduced cost. Plus whatever local area people live do have local parks at discounted prices.
@frodob Our son and his family were just there for a day. Our oldest grandson wants us to go but my husband isn't interested. Probably because neither of us is able to hike at all. Sad :-(
@frodob Ah - thanks Mark - that all makes sense. Over here we have different National Park rules in each state - which is pretty funny when you think about it.. :)
We don’t have many national parks in Florida, but we have also used ours at national wildlife preserves and other places that qualify. Definitely worth the little bit of money it costs.
Interesting blog post - and yes, I think these passes at a reduced cost are great! A wonderful opportunity to get out there. I'm greatly looking forward to your national parks photographs.
I have used mind quite a bit especially when living in the mid-Atlantic states and when traveling. Not much in the Midwest where I live now. Last used it at the Carl Sandburg historical park in Flat Rock, NC in March.
@corinnec @gardenfolk @jgpittenger @shutterbug49 @ludwigsdiana @briaan Thank you so much!